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four / 4
HSK 1
all around
HSK 5
all over the place / everywhere and all directions
HSK 6
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
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)
forty / 40
April / fourth month (of the lunar year)
four sides
(fig.) the whole world
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
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
all sides
abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化, Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
the top four
lizard
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
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
four of a kind / quads (poker)
to disperse / to scatter in all directions
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
carbon tetrachloride
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动
tetrahedron
Sihui, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
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
(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions / to splatter everywhere
to radiate all around
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
tetracycline
the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history , philosophy , belles-lettres
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
one's nearest neighbors
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
the four limbs of the body
nearby
green bean / French bean / runner bean
common name for 麋鹿, Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
quarterback (QB) (American football)
suburb / outskirts (of town)
12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
nearby regions
Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place
quartet (musical ensemble)
Sichuan University
the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan
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
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
everywhere
four-wheel drive
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
Sichuan basin
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
chariot
Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
four-leaf clover
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
four seasons beancurd
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
wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
all men are brothers
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
four-by-four (vehicle) / 4x4
Sihui, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
(of two people) to look into each other's eyes
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
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
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
(geometry) quadrangle; quadrilateral
four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤, turtle 龜|龟, dragon 龍|龙 and Chinese unicorn 麒麟 / also 四象, the four division of the sky
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
crotchet (music)
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦|四谛 and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道
quadriceps muscle group / thigh muscles
boxer shorts
Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC
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
Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市 (abbr. to or )
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
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
to scatter in all directions
square-jawed face

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