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twenty; 20
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ten / 10
HSK 1
21st century
one billion / giga-
thirty / 30
the seventies; the 1970s
the sixties / the 1960s
October
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
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
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
eighteen / 18
seventy / 70
20th century
Red Cross
ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly
over 20
cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
November
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
eighty / 80
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
October Revolution
fifteen / 15
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
fifty
sixteen / 16
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
seventeen / 17
forty / 40
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
blackjack (card game)
sixty / 60
over one billion / more than a billion
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
tenfold / ten times (sth)
more than ten; a dozen or more
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
one tenth
hexadecimal
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them / fig. (of goods) 100% genuine
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
thirteen / 13
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
December
half-witted / nitwit
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
twelve channels of TCM
ten items / decathlon (athletics)
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
duodenum
hundred thousand
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
nineteen / 19
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
equal temperament
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
several billion
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
the twenty-eight constellations
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
decagon
the ten commandments (religion)
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
the twelve signs of the zodiac
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
twelve / 12
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
PRC National Day (October 1st)
eleven / 11
cross-stitch
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
Isuzu
64-bit (computing)
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
gigabit
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
(coll.) to look every bit the big star
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)
the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom)
ninety
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子

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