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| | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply | HSK 4 |
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| | a (large) bell (CL: 架) / clock (CL: 座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL: 點｜点, 分, 秒) (as in 三點鐘｜三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘｜五分钟 "five minutes" etc) | HSK 3 |
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| | a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: 支, 把 | HSK 4 |
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| | three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福, 祿｜禄, and 壽｜寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation | |
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| | to have three meals a day | |
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| | Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River | |
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| | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅｜新罗 in 658 | |
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| | History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽｜陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝｜晋朝, 65 scrolls | |
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| | Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries | |
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| | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | three generations under one roof | |
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| | the third of the three annual periods of hot weather ( 三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August | |
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| | the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民｜江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004 | |
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| | the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) | |
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| | man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經｜三字经) | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability | |
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| | three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元) | |
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| | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan | |
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| | three-dimensional / 3D | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | one day apart seems like three years (idiom) | |
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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳｜左传) | |
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| | three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
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| | principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山｜孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義｜三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade) | |
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| | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
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| | three-shift system (work rostering) | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters | |
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| | three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August | |
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| | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52 | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江｜黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江｜乌苏里江 | |
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| | Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章｜曹余章 | |
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| | Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze | |
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| | Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山｜孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s) | |
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| | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
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| | there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子) | |
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| | the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage | |
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| | wealth never survives three generations (idiom) | |
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| | three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能｜三项全能) | |
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| | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩 | |
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| | Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三｜张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅｜孙诛 | |
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| | line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America | |
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| | (basketball) three-point shot | |
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| | BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍｜胸围, waist 腰圍｜腰围 and hip 臀圍｜臀围 | |
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| | third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
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| | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory | |
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| | Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine | |
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| | "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund | |
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| | three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水｜废水, exhaust gas 廢氣｜废气, industrial slag 廢渣｜废渣 | |
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| | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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| | competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation | |
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| | 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元｜状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively) | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | two or three | |
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| | three in one / triple | |
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| | the three spring months | |
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| | the three core challenges of rural development in mainland China (agriculture 農業｜农业, rural areas 農村｜农村 and farmers 農民｜农民), first identified as a policy focus in the 1990s | |
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| | the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice | |
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| | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war | |
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| | (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元｜会元 and palace 狀元｜状元 | |
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| | three of a kind (poker) | |
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| | (neologism) the three core personal values: worldview ( 世界觀｜世界观), view of life ( 人生觀｜人生观) and value system ( 價值觀｜价值观) | |
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| | in groups of three or four (idiom) | |
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| | top three | |
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| | three women makes a crowd | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) | |
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| | T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links | |
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| | lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry | |
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| | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | |
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| | three-year college / junior college / professional training college | |
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| | Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period | |
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| | to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events | |
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| | three years ago | |
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| | Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 | |
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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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| | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
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| | lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone | |
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| | the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime | |
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| | (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓｜邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗｜吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution | |
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| | the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵｜苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍｜苏辙) | |
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| | three-body problem (mechanics) | |
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| | Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史｜辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托 | |
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| | (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) | |
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