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two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
binary system (math.)
World War II
twenty; 20
21st century
carbon dioxide CO2
HSK 7-9
one or two; a few / a little; just a bit
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal
secondly, ...
one half
second best person / second-rate person
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
World War Two
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
second-rate / second-tier
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
second generation
20th century
idiot / stupid person / a dope
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world
(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute
over 20
February
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
nitrous oxide N2O / laughing gas
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
deputy leader / the second-in-command
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
Tuesday
second child / second baby
second-hand goods / used goods
(slang) fool / dunce / foolishly cute person
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
diode
titanium dioxide
impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
butyl glycol
second pregnancy
World War II
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
two-dimensional
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
second-hand smoke
blackjack (card game)
butadiene C4H6 / biethylene
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
2-in-1 / two-in-one
least squares (math.)
square (i.e. x times x)
(math.) quadratic equation
(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
HSK 7-9
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
nitrogen dioxide
photodiode
second round (of a match or election)
second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
double / repeated twice
December
two items / binomial (math.)
mistress / second wife / lover
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
the only (choice, way etc) / undivided (loyalty)
propylene glycol / propane-1,2-diol C3H6(OH)2
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
second tone
twelve channels of TCM
xylene
(idiom) without the slightest difference
the one and only way / the only proper course to take
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
quadratic curve (geometry) / conic
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
duodenum
Zener diode
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
both / both of them / neither
light-emitting diode / LED
mitral valve (physiology)
to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
dualism / two sided / double nature
(law) second instance; second trial
second-class citizen
grade 2 / second class / category B
Erlangshen, Chinese deity

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