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| | multicolored / every color under the sun | HSK 4 |
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| | used in place names | |
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| | the sixties / the 1960s | |
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| | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems | |
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| | hexahedron | |
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| | Saturday | |
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| | all walks of life (idiom) / every trade | |
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| | out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned | |
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| | hexagon | |
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| | sixteen / 16 | |
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| | six-pointed star; hexagram | |
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| | sixty / 60 | |
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| | (idiom) various emotions and desires | |
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| | hexadecimal | |
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| | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) | |
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| | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) | |
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| | not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives | |
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| | of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave | |
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| | women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) | |
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| | the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun | |
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| | Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989 | |
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| | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
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| | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心, lungs 肺, liver 肝, kidneys 腎|肾, spleen 脾 and gall bladder 膽|胆) | |
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| | June | |
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| | lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom) | |
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| | June / sixth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | Saturday | |
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| | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog | |
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| | Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia | |
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| | Luhe, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu | |
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| | Saturday | |
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| | 64-bit (computing) | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) | |
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| | hexagon | |
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| | Strait of Malacca | |
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| | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | |
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| | (math.) parallelepiped | |
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| | sextant | |
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| | Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 | |
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| | Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI | |
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| | Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China | |
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| | 16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退, 敵駐我擾, 敵疲我打, 敵退我追|敌进我退, 敌驻我扰, 敌疲我打, 敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 | |
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| | 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck | |
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| | lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom) | |
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| | the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang | |
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| | (four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经 | |
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| | Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 | |
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| | six-pointed star; hexagram | |
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| | Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950) | |
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| | (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior | |
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| | one sixth | |
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| | Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省 | |
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| | Six Dynasties (220-589) | |
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| | hexagonal | |
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| | (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆, stomach 胃, large intestine 大腸|大肠, small intestine 小腸|小肠, triple heater 三焦, bladder 膀胱 | |
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| | orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices | |
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| | hexagon | |
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| | sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc) | |
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| | thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory | |
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| | old friends and relatives | |
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| | hexavalent | |
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| | YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral | |
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| | Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra | |
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| | lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability | |
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| | hexagon socket head cap screw | |
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| | six-pack (abs) | |
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| | the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors | |
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| | sulfur hexafluoride | |
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| | Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 | |
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| | six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin | |
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| | Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013 | |
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| | (math.) rhombohedron | |
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| | Allen key / hex key | |
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| | refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989 | |
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| | regular hexagon | |
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| | sixth sense / intuition | |
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| | Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan | |
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| | tortoise shell brackets 〔〕 | |
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| | hexagonal nut | |
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| | (TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风, cold 寒, heat 暑, damp 濕|湿, dryness 燥, fire 火 | |
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| | Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复, published 1808 | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | MI6 (British military intelligence agency) | |
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| | Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan | |
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| | 16-bit (computing) | |
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| | food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame) | |
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| | King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–) | |
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| | to be pregnant (idiom) | |
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