| | bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland | HSK 5 |
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| | amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines | HSK 7-9 |
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| | one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | |
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| | two-party system | |
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| | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | |
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| | National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
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| | two sides; both sides | HSK 6 |
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| | not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee | |
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| | (fig.) two sides of the same coin | |
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| | two or three | |
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| | hermaphrodite creature | |
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| | to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) | |
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| | dual; twofold | |
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| | either side; both sides | HSK 4 |
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| | Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province | |
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| | (idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate | |
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| | (coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw) | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | quickly and effortlessly (idiom) | |
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| | amphibian / amphibious animals | |
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| | dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice | |
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| | to polarize / polarization / polarized; divergent | |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | twice as much / double the amount | |
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| | male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric | |
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| | two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | HSK 1 |
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| | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste | |
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| | both countries; the two countries | |
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| | between the two countries; bilateral | |
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| | both sides; either side | |
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| | husband and wife | HSK 7-9 |
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| | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997) | |
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| | honest and upright (idiom) | |
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| | the year 2000 / 2000 years | |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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| | equality between the sexes | |
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| | innocent playmates | |
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| | both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute) | |
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| | fortnight | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death | |
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| | (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially | |
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| | one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise | HSK 6 |
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| | polarization | |
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| | two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things | |
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| | twice / for a little while | |
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| | to give short weight | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts | |
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| | to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands) | |
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| | (say) a few words | |
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| | the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional) | |
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| | both sides | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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| | bicameralism / bicameral legislative system | |
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| | heaven and earth / yin and yang | |
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| | (of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine | |
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| | empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything | |
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| | to haggle over every ounce (idiom) / to to fuss over minor points / to be particular about sth | |
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| | a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade | |
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| | class Amphibia / amphibians | |
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| | (idiom) thriving; (of a city) populous and wealthy; (of a family) large and prosperous | |
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| | dual-use | |
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| | when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | two-faced person | |
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| | both ends / both parties to a deal | |
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| | Mesopotamian civilization | |
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| | lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt | |
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| | two entirely different worlds; two contrasting realities | |
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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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| | both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes | |
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| | to have real skill / to know one's stuff | HSK 7-9 |
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| | husband and wife / couple | |
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| | to be a different person / not to be one's usual self | |
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| | both of them; the two of them | |
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| | Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) | |
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| | two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | (coll.) young married couple | |
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| | bilateral symmetry | |
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| | to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too | |
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| | (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970) | |
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| | (chemistry) zwitterion | |
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| | ability / skill | |
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| | amphibious (vehicle) | |
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| | a step away / very close | |
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| | weight / (fig.) importance | |
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| | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
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| | two-pronged strategy | |
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| | two-faced person / double-dealing | |
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| | to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven | |
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| | the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279) | |
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| | Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi | |
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