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  *十* | 十* | *十
ten / 10
HSK 1
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
seventy / 70
twenty; 20
eighteen / 18
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
more than ten / a dozen or more
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
fifty
hundred thousand
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day
thirtieth
duodenum
tenfold / ten times (sth)
sixty / 60
Red Cross
one tenth
cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
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
hexadecimal
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人
cross-stitch
October Revolution
seventeen / 17
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
forty / 40
sixteen / 16
fourteen; 14
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades
nineteen / 19
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
eighty / 80
to be a cinch; in the bag / (of a person) confident of success
completely
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
more than ten; a dozen or more
most urgent / posthaste / express
one billion / giga-
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
ninety
twelve channels of TCM
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
thirteenth day of a month
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
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
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
(coll.) going on foot
twelve / 12
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
pretty close / very near / about right
ten commandments
PRC National Day (October 1st)
eleven / 11
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
pickaxe
blackjack (card game)
dodecahedron
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
sonnet
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
the twenty-eight constellations
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
decimal
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom)
decimal system
the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
fifteen / 15
several billion
thirteen / 13
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
about a hundred / a hundred or so
ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
decimal / calculations to base 10

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