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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
to fall in love
(Internet slang) Renminbi (pun on 人民幣|人民币)
software
HSK 5
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  *MC* | MC* | *MC
(Tw) (coll.) menstruation (from "menstrual cycle")
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  *软* | 软* | *软
soft / flexible
HSK 5
financial software / accounting software
menstrual leave (Tw)
February
to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion
(photographic) film
credulous
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
Microsoft Corporation
menstruation / a woman's period
open-source software (OSS)
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
breast cancer
soft-spoken / afraid to speak out
software development
freeware
a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
mollusk
to play truant / to cut classes
HSK 7-9
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
application software
(idiom) softhearted; merciful
software technology
to be softhearted / to be tenderhearted / to be kindhearted
database software
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
February / second month (of the lunar year)
ransomware (computing)
susceptible to force but not persuasion
software and hardware
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
menstrual period
(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
antivirus software
unmoved by force or persuasion
software package
advertorial
tired and feeble
ointment / paste
malware (computing)
software platform
to live off a woman
safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
first menstrual period; menarche
credulous
soft drink
(of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software
open-source software
(anatomy) costal cartilage / (fig.) weak spot; weak link; vulnerability
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
weakling / coward
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
(Tw) application software
software company
shareware
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
(coll.) menstruation that comes only once every three months
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
credulous person / credulous
to play truant / to cut classes
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
palmitic acid (chemistry)
(aviation) soft landing / (economics) soft landing
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  *闰* | 闰* | *闰
intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
the soft and melodic Wu dialect
Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 4th-18th February
software system
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
cartilage
soft
HSK 7-9
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
anti-virus software
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
keratin
to soften
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
soft water (cf. 硬水, hard water)
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
(medicine) rickets
menstrual leave
amenorrhoea / irregular menstruation
fabric softener

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