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two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
either side; both sides
HSK 4
bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
husband and wife
HSK 7-9
class Amphibia / amphibians
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
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
dual-use
both of them; the two of them
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
the year 2000 / 2000 years
both sides
not the same; different
both ends / both parties to a deal
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
both sides; either side
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
dual; twofold
polarization
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
two quite different things / two unrelated matters
heaven and earth / yin and yang
Liangdang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
both parties (to a lawsuit) / plaintiff and defendant
amphibian / amphibious animals
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)
two-faced person / double-dealing
Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
to pay no attention to outside matters
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
to coexist / coexistence
Liangdang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
two-party system
husband and wife / couple
received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled
innocent playmates
(Maoism) one divides into two
name of the "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
(say) a few words
ability / skill
hermaphrodite flower
both sides
two-phase (physics)
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
twice as much / double the amount
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
two Germanies / refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven
to neglect neither one
(chemistry) zwitterion
two-pronged strategy
two-China (policy)
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
two entirely different worlds; two contrasting realities
double-edged sword
twice / for a little while
bilateral symmetry
both countries; the two countries
between the two countries; bilateral
bilateral relations
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
bilateral talks
Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
hermaphrodite creature
disparity between the sexes
equality between the sexes
sexual dimorphism
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
fortnight
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
to polarize / polarization / polarized; divergent
two distinct things
a step away / very close
Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian civilization
Mesopotamia
(biology) class Amphibia
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes

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