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| | very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts | HSK 2 |
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| | ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) | HSK 5 |
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| | crossroads / intersection | HSK 7-9 |
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| | eighteen / 18 | |
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| | cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten | |
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| | fifty | |
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| | Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day | |
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| | sixty / 60 | |
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| | one tenth | |
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| | twelve / 12 | |
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| | December / twelfth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | sixteen / 16 | |
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| | The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人 | |
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| | seventeen / 17 | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | forty / 40 | |
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| | October / tenth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | fourteen; 14 | |
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| | crusaders / army of crusaders / the Crusades | |
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| | seventy / 70 | |
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| | nineteen / 19 | |
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| | eighty / 80 | |
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| | cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure | |
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| | completely | |
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| | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
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| | thirtieth | |
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| | one billion / giga- | |
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| | twelve channels of TCM | |
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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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| | thirteenth day of a month | |
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| | lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties | |
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| | ninety | |
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| | (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people | |
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| | adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) | |
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| | the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods | |
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| | decimal | |
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| | fifteen / 15 | |
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| | wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous | |
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| | (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success | |
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| | the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经 | |
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| | Red Cross | |
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| | most urgent / posthaste / express | |
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| | (coll.) going on foot | |
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| | the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city | |
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| | ten commandments | |
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| | light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) | |
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| | PRC National Day (October 1st) | |
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| | eleven / 11 | |
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| | hexadecimal | |
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| | regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast | |
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| | Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘 | |
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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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| | the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼 | |
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| | lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was | |
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| | Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) | |
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| | cross-stitch | |
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| | last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve | |
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| | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China | |
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| | lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black | |
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| | October Revolution | |
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| | blackjack (card game) | |
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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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| | dodecahedron | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 | |
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| | the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty | |
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| | half-witted / nitwit | |
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| | to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper) | |
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| | sonnet | |
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| | the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915 | |
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| | the twenty-eight constellations | |
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| | lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise | |
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| | the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number) | |
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| | pretty close / very near / about right | |
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| | twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) | |
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| | complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom) | |
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| | pickaxe | |
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| | decimal system | |
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| | the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition | |
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| | (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy | |
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| | perfect; complete | |
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| | more than ten / a dozen or more | |
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| | several billion | |
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| | twenty; 20 | |
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| | thirty / 30 | |
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| | thirteen / 13 | |
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| | who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences | |
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| | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
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| | last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve | |
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| | lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done | |
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| | about a hundred / a hundred or so | |
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| | the ten commandments (religion) | |
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| | lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail | |
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| | dodecagon | |
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| | ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly | |
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