| | two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | HSK 2 |
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| | two sides / both sides | |
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| | National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
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| | both sides | |
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| | (say) a few words | |
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| | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | |
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| | either side / both sides | |
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| | male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric | |
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| | (coll.) young married couple | |
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| | dual-use | |
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| | both sides | |
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| | both countries; two countries | |
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| | bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland | |
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| | both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes | |
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| | twice as much / double the amount | |
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| | one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise | |
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| | both sides; either side | |
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| | both ends / both parties to a deal | |
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| | Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces | |
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| | two distinct things (often used in combination with 没有|沒有 to mean "to be no different") | |
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| | twice / for a little while | |
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| | dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice | |
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| | repeatedly (idiom) | |
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| | both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins | |
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| | two or three | |
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| | two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate | |
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| | both sides | |
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| | two-phase (physics) | |
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| | the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles | |
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| | one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | |
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| | husband and wife | |
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| | amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines | |
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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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| | to be a different person / not to be one's usual self | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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| | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
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| | heaven and earth / yin and yang | |
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| | silver (as currency) | |
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| | equivocal / ambiguous | |
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| | to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands) | |
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| | Mesopotamia | |
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| | lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide | |
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| | the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional) | |
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| | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997) | |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams | |
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| | to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything | |
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| | lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom) | |
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| | unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death | |
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| | not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee | |
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| | two quite different things / another kettle of fish | |
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| | lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices | |
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| | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts | |
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| | Liangdang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu | |
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| | to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too | |
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| | to coexist / coexistence | |
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| | two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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| | lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it | |
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| | a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade | |
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| | weight / (fig.) importance | |
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| | received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | quickly and effortlessly (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | honest and upright (idiom) | |
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| | both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute) | |
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| | British imperial ounce (old) | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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| | bicameralism / bicameral legislative system | |
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| | amphibian / amphibious animals | |
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| | both parties (to a lawsuit) / plaintiff and defendant | |
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| | places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) | |
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| | one person taking on two tasks simultaneously | |
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| | scatter-brained / thoughtless | |
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| | two Germanies / refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) | |
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| | the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia | |
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| | the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279) | |
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| | two quite different things / two unrelated matters | |
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| | the year 2000 / 2000 years | |
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| | class Amphibia / amphibians | |
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| | to pay no attention to outside matters | |
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| | if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt | |
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| | (coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw) | |
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| | high quality at bargain price | |
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| | to split sth into two (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate | |
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| | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste | |
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| | lit. one body two sides (idiom) / fig. a situation with two sides to it | |
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| | hurriedly / just a few steps away | |
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| | (idiom) to succeed in both love and business | |
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