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| | to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL: 頓｜顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | HSK 3 |
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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams) | |
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| | black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | nine-tenths / ninety percent | |
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| | Grand Servant in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | twenty | |
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| | legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person | |
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| | lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world. | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China | |
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| | the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art | |
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| | the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story | |
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| | the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty | |
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| | nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done | |
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| | History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫｜脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 135 scrolls | |
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| | the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915 | |
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| | the twenty-eight constellations | |
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| | twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) | |
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| | nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) | |
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| | Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | twenty; 20 | |
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| | nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life | |
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| | History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls | |
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| | twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 | |
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| | twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 | |
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| | twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 | |
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| | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
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| | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty | |
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| | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆｜张春帆 | |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家｜阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家｜纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家｜杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家｜农家 | |
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| | Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle | |
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| | twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 | |
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| | the Nine Ministers (in imperial China) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | twenty, twentieth | |
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| | twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 | |
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| | twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069 | |
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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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| | Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 | |
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| | lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean | |
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| | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | |
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| | enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces) | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony | |
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| | Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong (abbr. for 粵港澳大灣區｜粤港澳大湾区) | |
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| | History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉｜张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls | |
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| | lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits | |
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| | Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝 (892-908), reigned 904-907 | |
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| | History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫｜脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 116 scrolls | |
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| | C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998 | |
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| | nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) | |
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| | nine-ball (billiards game) | |
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| | The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒｜猪八戒) | |
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| | the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice | |
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| | Supervisor of Attendants in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game | |
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| | Grand Minister of Agriculture in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine | |
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| | the twenty-eight constellations / also written 二十八宿 | |
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| | twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) / same as 二十四史 | |
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| | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜｜九尾龟 | |
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| | Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝 (892-908), reigned 904-907 | |
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| | rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river | |
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| | Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China | |
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| | Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong | |
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