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five / 5
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
five-star (hotel)
HSK 7-9
to order again and again (idiom)
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
over and over again (idiom)
HSK 7-9
idiot / stupid person / a dope
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
the Pentagon
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
five continents / the whole world
the five impurities (Buddhism)
see 五常市 / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence , justice 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and honor / alternative term for 五倫|五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
multicolored / the rainbow / garish
5-1 (May 1st)
one fifth
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart , liver , spleen , lungs and kidneys 腎|肾
employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
fifteen / 15
five-pointed star; pentagram
fifty
five-pointed star; pentagram
(music) staff / stave
the five fingers of one's hand
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章
the fifth / fifth day of a month
pentagon
Olympic rings
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Friday
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
May
five rings / pentacyclic (chemistry)
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
hardware store / ironmonger's store
several / three or five
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
chest of drawers
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
sun, moon and the five visible planets
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
five degrees / fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
pork belly / streaky pork
to have regular features
Wuchang, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动, The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭, Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭, Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭
laughable low-budget special effects
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence , righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and fidelity )
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
hardware store
medium (of steak)
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
with complex feelings (idiom)
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
in groups of three or four (idiom)
five-spice powder
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
modern pentathlon
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
AA battery (PRC) / Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池
(Tw) the Pentagon
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
all parts of the country
Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)

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