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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
twenty; 20
World War II
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
one half
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
second-rate / second-tier
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
second generation
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute
impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
idiot / stupid person / a dope
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world
20th century
over 20
February
brown oxidier / uranium dioxide
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
deputy leader / the second-in-command
diode
binary code / binary encoding
World War Two
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
butyl glycol
second pregnancy
(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
HSK 7-9
21st century
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
grade 2 / second class / category B
World War II
butadiene C4H6 / biethylene
binary tree
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
second child / second baby
(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
HSK 7-9
2-in-1 / two-in-one
least squares (math.)
square (i.e. x times x)
(math.) quadratic equation
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
World War Two
nitrogen dioxide
(idiom) without the slightest difference
second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
double / repeated twice
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
December
mistress / second wife / lover
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
second-hand smoke
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
(soccer) one-two / push-and-run
xylene
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
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
both / both of them / neither
disodium inosinate (E631)
mitral valve (physiology)
binary system (math.)
to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
dualism / two sided / double nature
one price for all / fixed price
second-class citizen
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
equal temperament
perfectly clean / blameless / unimpeachable (idiom)
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
second quarter (of financial year)
stupid person / dolt / rash (slang)
duet
photodiode / light-emitting diode (LED)
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
tremendous strength (idiom)
quadratic curve / conic section (geometry)
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
the twenty-eight constellations

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