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  *四* | 四* | *四
four / 4
HSK 1
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
fourteen; 14
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
Thursday
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip
forgetful / empty-headed
to use all sorts of excuses
to be picky / to be choosy
(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
confused / disorderly / incoherent
lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
servile
repeatedly / over and over again
back cover
Thursday
to be pushing 40
Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
repeatedly / over and over again
fourth-year university student
to make hanky-panky / to seduce women
Regulus (constellation)
Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
unaccommodating / rigid
Thursday
to spread rumors / to gossip
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
to sow discord everywhere
Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
in disorder / in a tremendous mess
to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
one after the other / in succession (idiom)


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