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four / 4
HSK 1
all over the place / everywhere and all directions
HSK 6
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
all around
HSK 5
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
April
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
green bean / French bean / runner bean
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
one-quarter
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
forty / 40
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市 (abbr. to or )
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
Sichuan University
four-wheel drive
four-by-four (vehicle) / 4x4
(fig.) the whole world
four-dimensional space (math.)
quadriceps muscle group / thigh muscles
the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history , philosophy , belles-lettres
four of a kind / quads (poker)
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
tetralogy
four seasons like spring / favorable climate throughout the year
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
the four limbs of the body
four-leaf clover
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
Sichuan Daily
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom) / to feel at home anywhere / to roam about unconstrained / to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
fourth / four times / quartic
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
to look around
Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
crotchet (music)
Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
all around / on all sides / encircled
the four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
sedan (motor car)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
to disperse / to scatter in all directions
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
the top four
semifinals
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻 / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
(bird species of China) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟 at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟 at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟 at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟 at Tianshui, Gansu
tetracycline
to radiate all around
(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions / to splatter everywhere
(geometry) quadrilateral
12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
lizard
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
quaternion (math.)
all sides
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 / the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市, Guangdong
(bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
boxer shorts
tetrahedron
tetrachloroethylene
everywhere
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
quartet (musical ensemble)
Sichuan basin
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
all around
to scatter in all directions
four bare walls
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦|四谛 and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道

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