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| | male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 | HSK 1 |
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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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| | public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) | HSK 6 |
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| | five-string lute / Taiwan pr. [zhu2] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | five-star (hotel) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫｜金银铜铁锡 | |
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| | Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱｜哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA) | |
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| | the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁, justice 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and honor 信 / alternative term for 五倫｜五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements | |
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| | marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official | |
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| | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 | |
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| | five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features | |
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| | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經｜五经 | |
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| | Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) | |
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| | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼｜前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼｜后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼｜北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼｜南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼｜西凉 (400-421) | |
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| | five crops, e.g. millet 粟, soybean 豆, sesame 麻, barley 麥｜麦, rice 稻 or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley | |
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| | five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心, liver 肝, spleen 脾, lungs 肺 and kidneys 腎｜肾 | |
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| | red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star | |
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| | Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口) | |
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| | father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 | |
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| | imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨, cutting off the nose 劓, amputation of one or both feet 刖, castration 宮｜宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖, forced labor 徒, exile or banishment 流, capital punishment 死 | |
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| | infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) | |
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| | squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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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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| | umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery) | |
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| | surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾 | |
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| | Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls | |
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| | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line | |
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| | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | |
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| | south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi | |
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| | Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 | |
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| | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
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| | the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, the Book of History 書經｜书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, the Book of Changes 易經｜易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | sense organs / the five senses | |
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| | the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists | |
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| | the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹｜咸 / all kinds of flavors | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践 | |
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| | five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang | |
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| | Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies | |
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| | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored | |
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| | Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor | |
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| | five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) | |
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| | the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約｜南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州｜广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波｜宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門｜厦门 and Shanghai 上海 | |
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| | Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市｜衡阳市, Hunan / Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝｜黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊｜颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯｜唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜 | |
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| | Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西｜鸡西, Heilongjiang | |
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| | pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la | |
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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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| | same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, 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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| | son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- | |
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| | one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏 | |
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| | the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經｜五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經｜尚书经, 尚書｜尚书, 書｜书 | |
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| | the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門｜天安门) | |
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| | to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five | |
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| | Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) | |
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| | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神 | |
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| | five continents / the whole world | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 | |
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| | History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls | |
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| | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China | |
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| | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India | |
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| | acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴｜五输穴) | |
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| | Five-Year Plan | |
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| | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) | |
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| | King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | the five fingers of one's hand | |
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| | one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳｜喾 | |
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| | the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺｜大庾岭, Dupang 都龐嶺｜都庞岭, Qitian 騎田嶺｜骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺｜萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城嶺｜越城岭 | |
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| | Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946) | |
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| | Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封｜开封 | |
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| | the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism) | |
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| | Mt Heng 恆山｜恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院 are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院｜考试院 Examination yuan, 監察院｜监察院 Control yuan | |
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| | Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960) | |
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| | Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾 | |
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| | (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander | |
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| | Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) | |
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| | History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls | |
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| | ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) | |
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| | Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs | |
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| | Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使｜节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖｜后梁太祖 | |
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| | third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] | |
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| | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) | |
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| | three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) | |
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| | (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟｜五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind) | |
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| | first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) | |
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| | the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院｜考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院｜监察院 Control Yuan | |
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