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  *七* | 七* | *七
seven / 7
HSK 1
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  *拐* | 拐* | *拐
to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for ) / variant of 枴|拐
HSK 6
in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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  *魏* | 魏* | *魏
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
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  *赵* | 赵* | *赵
surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
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  *韩* | 韩* | *韩
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
seven colors; a variety of colors / multicolored; rainbow-colored
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曜* | 曜* | *曜
bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柒* | 柒* | *柒
seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
Seven Samurai (movie)
guqin or seven-stringed zither
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
(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)
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain
Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against Thebes etc
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐, , , 韓|韩, 趙|赵, and
seven-year itch
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy , anger , anxiety 憂|忧, thought , grief , fear , fright 驚|惊 / seven relations
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方, 小方, 緩方|缓方, 急方, 奇方, 偶方 and 重方 or 複方|复方
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
seven floor pagoda
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths) / see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数 and mixed number 帶分數|带分数
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国 and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
alternative name for 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬, "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法, "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子, "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子, "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略 and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对
famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies
"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China


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