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three / 3
HSK 1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
March / third month (of the lunar year)
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
triple
to order again and again (idiom)
Samsung Group
foreign, private and joint ventures
syllogism (deduction in logic)
(neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观), view of life (人生觀|人生观) and value system (價值觀|价值观)
thirty / 30
Samsung (South Korean electronics company) / Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits , 祿|禄, and 壽|寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation
triangle
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
three-dimensional / 3D
HSK 7-9
trisomy
V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section)
delta (geography)
cube (third power, math.)
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
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
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
March
grade 3 / third class / category C
Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
(slang) threesome
two or three
cubic curve (geometry)
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
Holy Trinity / trinity
third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
trigeminal nerve
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha , the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (his monastic order)
three-section staff (old-style weapon)
three generations under one roof
in twos and threes
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
salmon (loanword)
Mitsubishi
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北, 華北|华北 and 西北
(loanword) sandwich
HSK 6
product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽, Baekje 百濟|百济, Silla 新羅|新罗.
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
trigonometric function
pedicab / tricycle
triceps muscle / triceps brachii
triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China
separation of powers
triangle
HSK 7-9
sedan (automobile body type)
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
three of a kind (poker)
one third
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围, waist 腰圍|腰围 and hip 臀圍|臀围
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
trigonometry
three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
three-body problem (mechanics)
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
triangulation (surveying)
International Women's Day (March 8)
third (musical interval)
three-shift system (work rostering)
Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago)
trilobite
trigonometry (math.)
Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
3 annual hunting bouts / 3 qi points
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
somewhat / to some degree
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
(loanword) sandwich
triode (vacuum tube or transistor)
Sanmin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市, Taiwan
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江
third-rate / inferior

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