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five / 5
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
five-star (hotel)
HSK 7-9
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
hardware store
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
five continents / the whole world
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市, Hubei
see 五常市 / 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
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest
multicolored / the rainbow / garish
5-1 (May 1st)
one fifth
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
five-pointed star; pentagram
fifty
Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
five-pointed star; pentagram
the five fingers of one's hand
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
pentagon
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
five rings / pentacyclic (chemistry)
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
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
the Pentagon
May
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
hardware store / ironmonger's store
Wuhua, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市, Guangdong
(Tw) the Pentagon
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
five degrees / fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
pork belly / streaky pork
to have regular features
Wuchang, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
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
abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动, The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
pentagon
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
laughable low-budget special effects
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
medium (of steak)
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
five-spice powder
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
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 viscera and six bowels (TCM)
employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
all parts of the country
Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
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)
tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Isuzu
with complex feelings (idiom)
Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校)
50-50 / equal (share, partnership etc)
Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市, Heilongjiang
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党) hired Internet commenter
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control Yuan
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
pentagon
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
to masturbate (slang)
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control yuan

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