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  *五* | 五* | *五
five / 5
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
over and over again (idiom)
HSK 7-9
five-star (hotel)
HSK 7-9
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / 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
Friday
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
pentagon
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei / Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart , liver , spleen , lungs and kidneys 腎|肾
fifth
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
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
fifty
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
one fifth
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
Friday
of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
(Tw) from time to time / frequently
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
pentagon
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
Wuhe, a county in Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui / Punjab, a province of Pakistan
Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
Pentecost
several / three or five
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
(music) staff / stave
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
pitch-dark (idiom)
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
the Pentagon
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
multicolored / the rainbow / garish
May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校)
5-1 (May 1st)
five continents / the whole world
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt / History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
Five-Year Plan
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
the five fingers of one's hand
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
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control yuan
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
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 and six bowels (TCM)
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 )
(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior
pentagon
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
fifteen / 15
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control Yuan
pork belly / streaky pork
50-50 / equal (share, partnership etc)
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan

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