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  *十* | 十* | *十
ten / 10
HSK 1
one billion / giga-
October
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
eighteen / 18
cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
November
October Revolution
fifteen / 15
sixteen / 16
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
seventeen / 17
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
over one billion / more than a billion
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
tenfold / ten times (sth)
more than ten; a dozen or more
one tenth
hexadecimal
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
thirteen / 13
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
December
half-witted / nitwit
twelve channels of TCM
ten items / decathlon (athletics)
duodenum
hundred thousand
nineteen / 19
equal temperament
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
decagon
the ten commandments (religion)
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
the twelve signs of the zodiac
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
twelve / 12
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
PRC National Day (October 1st)
eleven / 11
cross-stitch
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
gigabit
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)
the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom)
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades
more than ten / a dozen or more
crosshairs
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
thirteenth day of a month
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
most urgent / posthaste / express
decimal system
turnstile
dodecagon
sonnet
completely
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
ten commandments
the Crusades
perfect; complete
decile (statistics)
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
12-yard (sports) / penalty kick
Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
pickaxe
crucifiction
fourteen; 14
twelve channels of TCM
decathlon
(coll.) going on foot
History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣, 114 scrolls
decimal / calculations to base 10
Chinese poker
dodecagon
decagram
decimal
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
16-bit (computing)
cruciform / cross shape
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
decagon
dodecahedron
decimal system

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