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| | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書｜六书 | |
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| | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) | |
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| | six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers | |
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| | the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun | |
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| | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心, lungs 肺, liver 肝, kidneys 腎｜肾, spleen 脾 and gall bladder 膽｜胆) | |
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| | six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin | |
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| | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) | |
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| | Six Dynasties (220-589) | |
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| | the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮｜礼 ( 禮儀｜礼仪), music 樂｜乐 ( 音樂｜音乐), archery 射 ( 射箭), charioteering 御 ( 駕車｜驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書｜书 ( 識字｜识字), mathematics or reckoning 數｜数 ( 計算｜计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經｜六经 | |
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| | ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character | |
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| | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog | |
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| | lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling | |
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| | to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | |
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| | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | |
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| | pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens | |
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| | military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜｜六韬 and Three Strategies 三略 | |
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| | at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽｜胆, stomach 胃, large intestine 大腸｜大肠, small intestine 小腸｜小肠, triple heater 三焦, bladder 膀胱 | |
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| | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) | |
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| | 9am-9pm, six days a week (work schedule) | |
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| | of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave | |
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| | ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character | |
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| | six pack (abdominal muscles) | |
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| | lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom) | |
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| | Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols ( 六禮｜六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family | |
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| | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character | |
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| | (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝) this / (abbr. for 阿堵物) money | |
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| | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | |
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| | pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph | |
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| | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜｜六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | |
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| | “Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 | |
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| | thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory | |
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| | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems | |
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| | nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) | |
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| | Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經｜六经 | |
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| | Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art | |
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| | six-pack (abs) | |
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| | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) | |
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| | six-sided talks (on North Korea) | |
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| | the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors | |
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| | the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang | |
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| | (TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風｜风, cold 寒, heat 暑, damp 濕｜湿, dryness 燥, fire 火 | |
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| | hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖 | |
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| | Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, Book of History 尚書｜尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮｜仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經｜乐经, Book of Changes 易經｜易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | six-pointed star / hexagram / star of David | |
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| | (TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風｜风, cold 寒, heat 暑, damp 濕｜湿, dryness 燥, fire 火 | |
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| | "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜｜六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 | |
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| | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long | |
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| | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line | |
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| | (Buddhism) recollection of past lives / wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats) | |
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| | hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖 | |
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| | Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為｜康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 | |
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| | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同｜谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀｜杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第｜刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁｜康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳｜杨锐 | |
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| | ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character | |
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| | Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 | |
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| | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound | |
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| | Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記｜浮生六记 | |
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| | Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復｜沈复, published 1808 | |
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| | postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth) | |
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| | lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom) | |
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| | Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character | |
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| | Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 | |
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| | Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 | |
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