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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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| | 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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| | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply | HSK 4 |
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| | three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic | 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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| | 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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| | three-dimensional / 3D | HSK 7-9 |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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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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| | dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) | |
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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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| | (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland | |
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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 (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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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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| | History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽｜陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝｜晋朝, 65 scrolls | |
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| | Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms) | |
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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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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟｜百济 and Koguryo 高句麗｜高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 | |
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| | three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram | |
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| | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 | |
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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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| | 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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| | the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) | |
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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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| | 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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| | Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | three-year college / junior college / professional training college | |
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| | three days ago | |
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| | sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list | |
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| | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale | |
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| | three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
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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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| | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi | |
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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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| | (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元｜会元 and palace 狀元｜状元 | |
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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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| | Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權｜孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽) | |
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| | three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) | |
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| | two or three | |
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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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| | 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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| | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳｜吴 in the Three Kingdoms period | |
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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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| | lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces | |
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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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| | (music) triad; three-note chord | |
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| | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | |
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| | to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events | |
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| | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters | |
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| | Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三｜张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf | |
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| | Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator | |
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| | Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城 | |
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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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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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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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| | several / three or five | |
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| | hat trick (when one player scores three goals) | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 | |
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| | (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) | |
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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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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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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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| | lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly / over and over again | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules | |
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| | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅｜尔雅, 18150 entries | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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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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| | 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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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區｜黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡｜黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls | |
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| | competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation | |
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| | the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵｜苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍｜苏辙) | |
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| | three days from now / day after day after tomorrow | |
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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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| | 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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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳｜左传) | |
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| | Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 | |
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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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| | Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓｜黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣｜滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) | |
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| | Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun | |
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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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