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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
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
between the two countries; bilateral
either side; both sides
HSK 4
hermaphrodite creature
both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes
bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
class Amphibia / amphibians
not the same; different
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
the year 2000 / 2000 years
dual-use
heaven and earth / yin and yang
polarization
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
both sides
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
(Maoism) one divides into two
both ends / both parties to a deal
Mesopotamian civilization
equality between the sexes
hermaphrodite flower
dual; twofold
dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
both sides
two-phase (physics)
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
both countries; the two countries
bilateral talks
to polarize / polarization / polarized; divergent
to pay no attention to outside matters
two-party system
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
to neglect neither one
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)
to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven
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
husband and wife
HSK 7-9
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
two-faced person
fortnight
double-edged sword
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
a step away / very close
bilateral symmetry
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
Mesopotamia
two-China (policy)
(chemistry) zwitterion
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
(biology) class Amphibia
bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)
both sides; either side
two distinct things
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
ability / skill
twice / for a little while
innocent playmates
two-pronged strategy
(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
both of them; the two of them
shiny-leaf prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)
(say) a few words
sexual dimorphism
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
husband and wife / couple
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
disparity between the sexes
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
nunchaku
twice as much / double the amount
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
amphibian / amphibious animals
name of the "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
both parties (to a lawsuit) / plaintiff and defendant
lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
two Germanies / refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled

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