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two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
twenty; 20
World War II
carbon dioxide CO2
HSK 7-9
one half
double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
second-rate / second-tier
(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
second generation
idiot / stupid person / a dope
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world
20th century
over 20
February
brown oxidier / uranium dioxide
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
deputy leader / the second-in-command
diode
binary code / binary encoding
World War Two
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
second pregnancy
21st century
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
grade 2 / second class / category B
binary tree
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
second child / second baby
2-in-1 / two-in-one
square (i.e. x times x)
(math.) quadratic equation
World War Two
nitrogen dioxide
second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
double / repeated twice
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
mistress / second wife / lover
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
second-hand smoke
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
(soccer) one-two / push-and-run
xylene
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
both / both of them / neither
mitral valve (physiology)
binary system (math.)
dualism / two sided / double nature
second-class citizen
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
stupid person / dolt / rash (slang)
duet
quadratic curve / conic section (geometry)
the twenty-eight constellations
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
(law) second instance; second trial
sulfur dioxide SO2
16-year-old beauty
dioxin
February / second month (of the lunar year)
diphthong
again; twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
two items / binomial (math.)
diploid (in cell biology)
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) / alto fiddle / CL:
blackjack (card game)
lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
two-dimensional
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
index finger
minim (music)
mother and father / parents
second-hand goods / used goods
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
titanium dioxide
a double root of an equation
second best person / second-rate person
16 / sixteen
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
carbon disulfide
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
duet (in music)
mitral stenosis (physiology)
second branch of an extended family / concubine
diethylene glycol / glycerin (used in antifreeze)
2nd day of the month
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
(math.) quadratic polynomial

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