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  *四* | 四* | *四
four / 4
HSK 1
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
all over the place / everywhere and all directions
HSK 6
all around
HSK 5
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
April
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦|四谛 and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道
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
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
green bean / French bean / runner bean
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 great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
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
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
(fig.) the whole world
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
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
the top four
the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
tetralogy
four seasons like spring / favorable climate throughout the year
the four limbs of the body
Sichuan Daily
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
Sichuan University
all men are brothers
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
quadriceps muscle group / thigh muscles
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
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
fourth / four times / quartic
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
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
(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
cuboid / rectangular prism (math.)
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
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
crotchet (music)
(TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊 (observation), 聞診|闻诊 (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊 (interrogation), 切診|切诊 (pulse feeling and palpation)
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
one's nearest neighbors
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
quarterback (QB) (American football)
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 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
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
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
to radiate all around
12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
all sides
Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
quartile (statistics)
the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
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
First Sunday of Lent
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
boxer shorts
four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
to scatter in all directions
Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
semifinals
square-jawed face
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
four-by-four (vehicle) / 4x4
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
(bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
suburb / outskirts (of town)

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