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| | over and over again / again and again | HSK 4 |
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| | triangle | 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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| | over and over again (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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| | (slang) threesome | |
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| | Miura (Japanese surname and place name) | |
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| | mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school | |
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| | 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等) | |
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| | Mozambique (Tw) | |
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| | Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) | |
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| | somewhat / to some degree | |
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| | Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan | |
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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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| | trio (musical ensemble) | |
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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron | |
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| | Samsung (South Korean electronics company) / Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan | |
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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 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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| | 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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| | in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying | |
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| | confused / disorderly / incoherent | |
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| | the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) | |
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| | quickly and effortlessly (idiom) | |
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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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| | the Third (of numbered kings) | |
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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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| | Sanchong, a district of New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan / Mie Prefecture in central Japan | |
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| | treble | |
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| | three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
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| | sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra | |
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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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| | trilobite | |
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| | to use all sorts of excuses | |
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| | International Women's Day (March 8) | |
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| | March / third month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | one third | |
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| | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi | |
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| | clover / trefoil | |
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| | syllogism (deduction in logic) | |
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| | Pearl River Delta (PRD) | |
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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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| | of undetermined status / unregulated | |
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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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| | briefs / panties | |
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| | sauna (loanword) (Tw) | |
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| | Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省 | |
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| | surname San | |
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| | tripod / derrick crane | |
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| | two or three | |
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| | thirtieth | |
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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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| | (music) triad; three-note chord | |
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| | Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang | |
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| | (idiom) one after another; in quick succession | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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| | third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) | |
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| | San Francisco (California) | |
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| | Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty | |
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| | triathlon | |
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| | Holy Trinity / trinity | |
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| | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | third person (grammar) | |
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| | Wednesday | |
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| | Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan | |
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| | thirteenth day of a month | |
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| | the sun, the moon, and the stars | |
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| | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | |
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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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| | third year in junior middle school | |
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| | triangular pyramid (math.) | |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of ( 平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake) | |
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| | trident | |
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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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| | trigonometry | |
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| | Yangtze River Delta | |
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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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| | to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip | |
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| | triglyceride | |
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| | lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability | |
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| | shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom) | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | riffraff / scum / lowlife / despicable / inferior | |
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| | triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle | |
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| | Sanlitun (Beijing street name) | |
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| | to strike out / strikeout (baseball, softball) / (Tw) to ditch / to eliminate from consideration | |
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| | lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide | |
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