| | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just | HSK 1 |
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| | six / 6 | HSK 1 |
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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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| | multicolored / every color under the sun | HSK 4 |
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| | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | June / sixth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | Jinzhai, a county in Lu'an 六安, Anhui | |
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| | sixteen / 16 | |
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| | Lu'an prefecture-level city in Anhui | |
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| | hexagon | |
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| | sixty / 60 | |
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| | Liupanshui prefecture-level city in west Guizhou 貴州｜贵州 | |
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| | Huoqiu, a county in Lu'an 六安, Anhui | |
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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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| | to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書｜六书 | |
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| | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) | |
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| | lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers | |
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| | hexagon | |
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| | Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇｜江苏 | |
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| | the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun | |
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| | Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui | |
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| | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心, lungs 肺, liver 肝, kidneys 腎｜肾, spleen 脾 and gall bladder 膽｜胆) | |
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| | Huoshan, a county in Lu'an 六安, Anhui | |
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| | Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市｜六盘水市, Guizhou / Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州｜贺州, Guangxi | |
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| | six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin | |
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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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| | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) | |
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| | Six Dynasties (220-589) | |
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| | Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui | |
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| | Shuicheng county in Liupanshui 六盤水｜六盘水, Guizhou | |
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| | Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra | |
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| | the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮｜礼 ( 禮儀｜礼仪), music 樂｜乐 ( 音樂｜音乐), archery 射 ( 射箭), charioteering 御 ( 駕車｜驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書｜书 ( 識字｜识字), mathematics or reckoning 數｜数 ( 計算｜计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經｜六经 | |
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| | ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character | |
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| | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog | |
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| | lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling | |
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| | to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | |
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| | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | |
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| | not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives | |
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| | pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | Pan county in Liupanshui 六盤水｜六盘水, Guizhou | |
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| | sextant | |
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| | military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜｜六韬 and Three Strategies 三略 | |
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| | refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989 | |
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| | various emotions and desires | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽｜胆, stomach 胃, large intestine 大腸｜大肠, small intestine 小腸｜小肠, triple heater 三焦, bladder 膀胱 | |
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| | out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned | |
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| | Shuicheng county in Liupanshui 六盤水｜六盘水, Guizhou | |
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| | hexahedron | |
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| | of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave | |
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| | ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character | |
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| | old friends and relatives | |
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| | women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) | |
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| | orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices | |
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| | Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages) | |
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| | lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom) | |
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| | Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑, Jie 羯, Di 氐, Qiang 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國｜五胡十六国 | |
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| | to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols ( 六禮｜六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family | |
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| | hexagonal | |
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| | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character | |
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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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| | (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝) this / (abbr. for 阿堵物) money | |
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| | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | |
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| | seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force | |
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| | Lu'an prefecture-level city in Anhui | |
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| | the sixties / the 1960s | |
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| | Huoqiu, a county in Lu'an 六安, Anhui | |
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| | Saturday | |
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| | Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 | |
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| | Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣｜云林县, Taiwan | |
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| | pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Saturday | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣｜嘉义县, west Taiwan | |
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| | Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | |
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| | Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989 | |
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| | “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 | |
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| | hexadecimal | |
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| | unaccommodating / rigid | |
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| | to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將｜过五关斩六将) | |
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| | 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck | |
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| | thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | all walks of life (idiom) / every trade | |
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| | nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) | |
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| | (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior | |
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| | Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經｜六经 | |
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| | hexagon socket head cap screw | |
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| | Allen key / hex key | |
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| | Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950) | |
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| | the Korean War (started June 25 1950) | |
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| | hexavalent | |
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| | one sixth | |
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| | Sextans (constellation) | |
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