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five / 5
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
five-star (hotel)
HSK 7-9
May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
all parts of the country
Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor
multicolored / the rainbow / garish
five-pointed star; pentagram
the five fingers of one's hand
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence , justice 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and honor / alternative term for 五倫|五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements
pentagon
(music) staff / stave
5-1 (May 1st)
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
fifty
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
50-50 / equal (share, partnership etc)
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
pork belly / streaky pork
five rings / pentacyclic (chemistry)
Wuhe, a county in Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui / Punjab, a province of Pakistan
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
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
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
Isuzu
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart , liver , spleen , lungs and kidneys 腎|肾
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭, Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭, Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
burly / strapping / big and strong
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
chest of drawers
(of a person) short in stature
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动, The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑, Jie , Di , Qiang , esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
medium (of steak)
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / cf four horsemen of the apocalypse
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
to masturbate (slang)
Wuzhishan City, Hainan
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
Wuhe, a county in Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
to have regular features
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
with complex feelings (idiom)
fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党) hired Internet commenter
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Five-Year Plan
five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying) (said of persons with the same surname)
pentagon
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
five-pointed star; pentagram
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
confetti

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