| | ten / 10 | HSK 1 |
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| | very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts | HSK 2 |
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| | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential | HSK 2 |
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| | second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° | HSK 5 |
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| | ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) | HSK 5 |
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| | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° | HSK 5 |
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| | crossroads / intersection | HSK 7-9 |
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| | third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei | |
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| | Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) | |
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| | twenty; 20 | |
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| | Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) | |
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| | eighteen / 18 | |
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| | Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October | |
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| | cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten | |
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| | October / tenth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta | |
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| | Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December | |
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| | more than ten / a dozen or more | |
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| | Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October | |
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| | tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca | |
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| | light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) | |
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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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| | fifty | |
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| | Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September | |
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| | hundred thousand | |
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| | Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day | |
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| | number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座 | |
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| | thirtieth | |
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| | History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls | |
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| | History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls | |
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| | tenfold / ten times (sth) | |
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| | sixty / 60 | |
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| | Red Cross | |
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| | one tenth | |
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| | cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure | |
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| | Zhuxi county in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei | |
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| | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June | |
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| | Zhushan County in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei / Zhushan or Chushan Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan | |
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| | hexadecimal | |
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| | Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 | |
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| | decagram (old) (single-character equivalent of 十克) | |
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| | December / twelfth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls | |
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| | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
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| | The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人 | |
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| | cross-stitch | |
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| | October Revolution | |
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| | Danjiangkou, county-level city in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei | |
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| | seventeen / 17 | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | forty / 40 | |
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| | sixteen / 16 | |
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| | fourteen; 14 | |
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| | to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare) | |
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| | adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) | |
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| | crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades | |
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| | nineteen / 19 | |
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| | in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people) | |
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| | eighty / 80 | |
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| | approximate number / imprecise indication of quantity (e.g. 十幾|十几, 兩三百|两三百, 一千多) | |
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| | History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋, sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约 in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史) | |
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| | to be a cinch; in the bag / (of a person) confident of success | |
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| | completely | |
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| | Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March | |
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| | lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was | |
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| | History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 and Song Qi 宋祁 in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋, 225 scrolls | |
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| | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
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| | most urgent / posthaste / express | |
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| | one billion / giga- | |
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| | New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞 in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史 | |
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| | to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper) | |
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| | ninety | |
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| | twelve channels of TCM | |
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| | Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei | |
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| | Fang county in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei | |
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| | Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls | |
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| | fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta | |
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| | Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January | |
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| | (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people | |
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| | thirteenth day of a month | |
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| | Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘 | |
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| | ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona | |
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| | the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods | |
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| | jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠 and ileum 回腸|回肠) | |
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| | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span | |
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| | Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March | |
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| | Yunxi county in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei | |
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| | regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast | |
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| | wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous | |
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| | the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经 | |
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| | (coll.) going on foot | |
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| | twelve / 12 | |
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| | the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city | |
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