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  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
over and over again / again and again
HSK 4
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
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  *三* | 三* | *三
surname San
March / third month (of the lunar year)
triple
Chinese poker
to order again and again (idiom)
triangle
HSK 7-9
thirty / 30
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
triangle
trigonometric function
to have three meals a day
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
delta (geography)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
cube (third power, math.)
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
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
hat-trick (sports)
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
Ku Klux Klan / KKK
over and over again (idiom)
HSK 7-9
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
March
trisomy
(slang) threesome
Samsung Group
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012-2020
(bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
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
HSK 7-9
grade 3 / third class / category C
pedicab driver
three generations under one roof
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
Mitsubishi
V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section)
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北, 華北|华北 and 西北
separation of powers
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
again and again
salmon (loanword)
lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
one third
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
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
archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
three-dimensional / 3D
HSK 7-9
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
HSK 7-9
pedicab / tricycle
one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
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
tripod / derrick crane
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
third (musical interval)
three-shift system (work rostering)
trigonometry (math.)
scalene triangle
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
3 annual hunting bouts / 3 qi points
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
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
Holy Trinity / trinity
somewhat / to some degree
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
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.)
(loanword) sandwich
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江
third-rate / inferior
San Francisco (California)
trigonometry
triglyceride
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
in twos and threes
see 三伏
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
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)

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