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shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
two-day weekend (abbr. for 雙休日|双休日)
Pisces (star sign)
dual degree (academic)
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
double bed
both parents
double standard (abbr. for 雙重標準|双重标准)
"double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰 and carbon neutrality 碳中和 / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
profitable to both sides / a win-win situation
HSK 7-9
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
double quotes
(hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches
twisted pair (cabling)
biplane
double-sided tape
twin / CL: 對|对
HSK 7-9
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final)
double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
bisexual / bisexuality
double room (hotel)
two-day weekend
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
bilateral trade
double
HSK 7-9
two legs / both feet
flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
mutual support between the military and the people – specifically, support provided by local people and authorities for the military, and preferential treatment of the families of soldiers, on the one hand, and the military's support for the government and care for the general public, on the other
bilateral agreement
combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节 falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section
backpack
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
both hands
HSK 5
return-trip / two-way / bidirectional / double-pass
double standard
bipolar
dual core (computing)
lose-lose (situation) / (of the two sides involved) to both be disadvantaged
abbr. for Taipei City 臺北市|台北市 and New Taipei City 新北市 (Tw)
double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)
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two / double / pair / both / even (number)
HSK 3
twin brothers
even number (on a ticket, house etc)
double set / diploid
(math.) bijection
boobies
lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
bistable
Gemini (star sign)
two-person / double / pair / tandem
double bond (chemistry)
pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
dance for two / pas de deux
Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991
(computing) to double-click
Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017
double door
diploid (doubled chromosomes)
(math.) hyperboloid
Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
(zoology) bivalve
double star
double-stranded nucleic acid
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day
both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously)
one's pair of eyes
double eyelid
breasts
Christmas and New Year's Day
double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible
two-sided / bilateral
twin room
catamaran
disaccharide
double fault (in tennis)
double happiness / the combined symmetric character (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution
Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport
diphthong
hyperbola
double-blind (scientific experiment)
J. A. Henckels (brand)
nunchaku
legs / both legs / two legs
(education) double major
twin (attributive) / twins
binocular vision
bilingual
double tier / double decker
double-edged blade
two simultaneous happy events in the family

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