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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
carbon dioxide CO2
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
silicon dioxide (SiO2)
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
2-in-1 / two-in-one
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人
again; twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
dichloromethane
minim (music)
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
quadratic function
both / both of them / neither
grade 2 / second class / category B
(law) second instance; second trial
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
second class / second-rate
index finger
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
second child / second baby
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
secondly, ...
second brother
16 / sixteen
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity
second branch of an extended family / concubine
one half
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
second round (of a match or election)
objection / differing opinion
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
duet (in music)
diode
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
second-hand goods / used goods
square (i.e. x times x)
index finger
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
middleman / buyer and seller
duet
sublandlord / tenant who sublets
titanium dioxide
biceps muscle
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
blackjack (card game)
second officer (of ship) / second mate
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
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
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
two items / binomial (math.)
second pregnancy
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧 / see also 西皮
Erenhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
the twenty-eight constellations
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
February / second month (of the lunar year)
quadratic curve (geometry) / conic
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案)
mother and father / parents
binary system (math.)
traitor / collaborator with the enemy
double / repeated twice
twenty; 20
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) / alto fiddle / CL:
diploid (in cell biology)
second part / the equinox
16-year-old beauty
second class cabin
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
binary (math.)
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
quadric surface (geometry)
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
second-rate / second-tier
biennial (botany)
idiot / stupid person / a dope
dualism / two sided / double nature
deputy leader / the second-in-command
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
mitral valve (physiology)
nitrogen dioxide
stupid person / dolt / rash (slang)
second generation
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) / also written 二疊紀|二叠纪
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
inexpert / a botcher
two shift system (in schools)

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