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  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
over and over again / again and again
HSK 4
sandwich (loanword) / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
triangle
HSK 7-9
three-dimensional / 3D
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
one after another (idiom) / in quick succession
HSK 7-9
over and over again (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
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surname San
(slang) threesome
Ku Klux Klan / KKK
Sanya, prefecture-level city, Hainan
see 3C[san1 C]
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
sampan
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
thirteen / 13
third year in junior middle school
Holy Trinity / trinity
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha , the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (his monastic order)
third-year university student
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
Sanshui, a district of Foshan 佛山市, Guangdong
March / third month (of the lunar year)
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
Mitsubishi
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
in the depth of the night; very late at night
the Third (of numbered kings)
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲)
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等)
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
Samsung (South Korean electronics company) / Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits , 祿|禄, and 壽|寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation
T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links
(Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节, 8th March / foolish / stupid
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
delta (geography)
Wednesday
several / three or five
third-rate / inferior
ferric chloride FeCl3
Suntory, Japanese beverage company
lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them)
triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China
clover / trefoil
the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围, waist 腰圍|腰围 and hip 臀圍|臀围
"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人, Fuxi 伏羲 and Shennong 神農|神农, or 天皇, 地皇 and 人皇
the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing)
triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped
in twos and threes
thirty / 30
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
(derog.) an Indian
three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水, exhaust gas 廢氣|废气, industrial slag 廢渣|废渣
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
in groups of three or four (idiom)
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
in the depth of night / late at night
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
pansy
(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北, 華北|华北 and 西北
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan
three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture)
(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
three-shift system (work rostering)
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip

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