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| | a (large) bell (CL: 架) / clock (CL: 座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL: 點｜点, 分, 秒) (as in 三點鐘｜三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘｜五分钟 "five minutes" etc) | HSK 3 |
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| | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply | HSK 4 |
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| | a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: 支, 把 | HSK 4 |
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| | three-dimensional / 3D | HSK 7-9 |
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| | line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes | |
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| | Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅｜新罗 in 658 | |
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| | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布｜吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era | |
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| | the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order) | |
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| | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
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| | toad (chán represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon | |
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| | Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine | |
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| | Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡｜湘绣, 粵繡｜粤绣 and 蜀繡｜蜀绣) | |
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| | (Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife ( 房子, 車子｜车子 and 妻子) / (archaic) cautious / cowardly | |
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| | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory | |
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| | three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福, 祿｜禄, and 壽｜寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation | |
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| | three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) | |
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| | T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links | |
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| | Penglai, county-level city in Yantai 煙台｜烟台, Shandong / Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals / by extension, fairyland | |
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| | Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | the third of the three annual periods of hot weather ( 三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August | |
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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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| | three edged spear / (used in given names) | |
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| | the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August | |
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| | three (colloquial equivalent of 三個｜三个) | |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權｜孙权 | |
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| | Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡｜苏绣, 湘繡｜湘绣 and 粵繡｜粤绣) | |
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| | lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them) | |
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| | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... | |
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| | BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍｜胸围, waist 腰圍｜腰围 and hip 臀圍｜臀围 | |
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| | three-year college / junior college / professional training college | |
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| | Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥｜崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓｜岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣｜滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund | |
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| | Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan | |
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| | three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man | |
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| | Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun | |
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| | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan | |
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| | Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓｜岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓｜黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei | |
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| | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han | |
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| | the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人, Fuxi 伏羲 and Shennong 神農｜神农, or 天皇, 地皇 and 人皇 | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | a thorny tree / sugarcane / Cudrania triloba / three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) / Chinese mulberry (Cudrania) | |
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| | the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) | |
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| | three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水｜废水, exhaust gas 廢氣｜废气, industrial slag 廢渣｜废渣 | |
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| | the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省｜辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省｜黑龙江省 | |
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| | in groups of three or four (idiom) | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話｜评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆 | |
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| | residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides | |
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| | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
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| | (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper | |
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| | Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality | |
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| | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | |
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| | three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) | |
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| | (TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao" | |
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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | to wash / to rinse / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) / Taiwan pr. [huan3] / also pr. [wan3] | |
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| | three-shift system (work rostering) | |
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| | three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact | |
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| | Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义) | |
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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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| | reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator | |
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| | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs | |
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| | three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend / the earliest system of Chinese historiography | |
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| | contraction of the three characters of 圖書館｜图书馆 / library | |
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| | lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals | |
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| | to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules | |
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| | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 | |
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| | Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges | |
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| | Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡｜苏绣, 粵繡｜粤绣 and 蜀繡｜蜀绣) | |
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| | reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) | |
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| | the second of the three annual periods of hot weather ( 三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year | |
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| | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬 | |
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| | Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms | |
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| | lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces | |
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| | Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽｜三峡 | |
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