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  *二* | 二* | *二
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
(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
HSK 7-9
(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
HSK 7-9
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
carbon dioxide CO2
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
the binomial theorem (math.)
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
next day / the morrow
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
28-spotted ladybird / hadda beetle / Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
sublandlord / tenant who sublets
(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
quadratic form (math.)
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
laser diode
inside front cover
silicon dioxide (SiO2)
sodium dimercaptosulfanate
dioxin
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal
two items / binomial (math.)
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
second / number two / next / secondary
Zener diode
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
carbon disulfide
butyl glycol
idiot / stupid person / a dope
the only (choice, way etc) / undivided (loyalty)
binary (math.)
disodium guanylate (E627)
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
the second time / second / number two
twelve / 12
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
second order / quadratic (math.)
2-in-1 / two-in-one
glycol / ethylene glycol C2H4(OH)2 (antifreeze)
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人
mistress / second wife / lover
second class / second-rate
again; twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
dioxin
(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one
Tuesday
dichloromethane
minim (music)
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
quadratic function
both / both of them / neither
grade 2 / second class / category B
waiter
(law) second instance; second trial
index finger
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
second child / second baby
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
secondly, ...
second brother
16 / sixteen
double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
twelve channels of TCM
disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity
biceps muscle
second branch of an extended family / concubine
one half
Gigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
duodenum
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
second round (of a match or election)
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
the one and only way / the only proper course to take
duet (in music)
diode
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
second-hand goods / used goods
light-emitting diode (LED) (Tw)
square (i.e. x times x)
(lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
index finger
one price for all / fixed price
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
(idiom) without the slightest difference
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
middleman / buyer and seller

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