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4E94
五
five; surname
Radical 𠄞𠄟𠄠
Strokes (without radical) 2 Total Strokes 4
Mandarin reading Cantonese reading ng5
Japanese on reading go Japanese kun reading itsutsu
Korean reading o Vietnamese reading ngũ
Semantic Variant(s)
Specialized Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ ]    five, 5
   [ ]    5-1 (May 1st)
   [ ]    memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
   [ daì ]    generation of 1957, refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957
   [ gàn ]    May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4])
   [ gàn xué ]    May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校 五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 gan4 xiao4])
   [ shì ]    the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
   [ ]    50-50, equal (share, partnership etc)
   [ rén beī ]    Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3]
   [ daì ]    Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
   [ daì shí guó ]    Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
   [ daì shǐ ]    History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
   [ beì zi shù ]    Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
   [ lún ]    the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
   [ guāng shí ]    bright and multicolored, of rich variety, (fig.) dazzling, glitzy
   [ fēn zhī ]    one fifth
   [ fēn shú ]    medium (of steak)
   [ fēn meǐ jīn ]    nickel, five US cents
   [ xíng ]    imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4], Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
   [ jiā ]    Acanthopanax gracilistylus
   [ laó shāng ]    (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
   [ shí ]    fifty
   [ shí baǐ ]    the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom), the pot calls the kettle black
   [ shí jiān ]    adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
   [ shí líng ]    Isuzu
   [ ]    abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动[wu3 sa4 yun4 dong4], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
   [ yùn dòng ]    anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
   [ yuán ]    Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
   [ yuán xiàn ]    Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
   [ koǔ tōng shāng ]    the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
   [ weì ]    the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸, all kinds of flavors
   [ weì quán ]    a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
   [ weì ]    schizandra (Schisandra chinensis), Magnolia vine
   [ weì chén ]    with complex feelings (idiom)
   [ ]    fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
   [ guó yùn dòng ]    May Fourth Movement, Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
   [ yùn dòng ]    May Fourth Movement, Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
   [ sān ]    burly, strapping, big and strong
   [ míng shān ]    Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
   [ zhoū ]    five continents, the whole world
   [ ]    Great Lakes, the five north American Great Lakes
   [ lián chí ]    Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
   [ lián chí shì ]    Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
   [ ]    five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe), Japanese: gomoku, gobang
   [ guān ]    five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳), facial features
   [ guān duān zhèng ]    to have regular features
   [ jiā ]    Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
   [ jiā shì ]    Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
   [ zhaì ]    Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
   [ zhaì xiàn ]    Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
   [ fēng ]    abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei, Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
   [ fēng jiā zhì xiàn ]    Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
   [ fēng xiàn ]    abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
   [ fēng xiāng ]    Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
   [ lǐng ]    the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
   [ yuè ]    Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
   [ ]    the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
   [ cháng ]    Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang, the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
   [ cháng ]    five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信, five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends), five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
   [ cháng shì ]    Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
   [ nián huà ]    Five-Year Plan
   [ ]    five degrees, fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
   [ xíng ]    Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
   [ caǐ ]    five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue), multicolored
   [ caǐ bīn fēn ]    all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
   [ caǐ bīn fēn ]    colorful
   [ ]    to masturbate (slang)
   [ zhǐ ]    the five fingers of one's hand
   [ zhǐ shān ]    Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan, Wuzhishan City, Hainan
   [ zhǐ shān shì ]    Wuzhishan City, Hainan
   [ doǔ guì ]    chest of drawers
   [ doǔ daò ]    Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement), Way of the Celestial Master
   [ fāng ]    the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center, all parts, China and the lands beyond its frontiers
   [ xún jié ]    Pentecost
   [ xīng ]    the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
   [ xīng hóng ]    five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
   [ xīng ]    five-star (hotel)
   [ gēng ]    fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
   [ yuè ]    May, fifth month (of the lunar year)
   [ yuè fèn ]    May
   [ yuè jié ]    Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
   [ quán xiàn ]    Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan, The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
   [ shé ]    Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper, also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
   [ maó ]    fifty cents (0.5 RMB), (fig.) paltry sum of money, (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter
   [ maó ]    laughable low-budget special effects
   [ maó dǎng ]    fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
   [ yǎng huà èr fán ]    Vanadium pentoxide V2O5, vanadic anhydride
   [ ]    Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui, Punjab, province of Pakistan
   [ xiàn ]    Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui
   [ zhoū ]    five continents, the world
   [ liáng ]    the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
   [ haǐ ]    all parts of the country
   [ zhuó ]    the five impurities (Buddhism)
   [ dēng huì yuán ]    Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
   [ yíng ]    Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
   [ yíng ]    Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
   [ huán ]    five rings, pentacyclic (chemistry)
   [ huán huì huī ]    Olympic rings
   [ wēn ]    five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
   [ wēn shén ]    five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence, cf four horsemen of the apocalypse
   [ laó shāng ]    variant of 五勞七傷|五劳七伤[wu3 lao2 qi1 shang1]
   [ baǐ nián qián shì jiā ]    five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
   [ duǎn shēn caí ]    (of a person) short in stature
   [ tàn táng ]    pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2]
   [ quán ]    Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
   [ lín mén ]    lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death), (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
   [ léng jìng ]    pentaprism
   [ ]    five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants, all crops, all grains, oats, peas, beans and barley
   [ fēng dēng ]    abundant harvest of all food crops, bumper grain harvest
   [ ]    abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
   [ xíng ]    five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
   [ xíng ]    Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes, variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2]
   [ biān ]    five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
   [ shū ]    five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
   [ děng jué weì ]    five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
   [ liáng ]    Wuliangye liquor, Five Grain liquor
   [ shì guān ]    master sergeant
   [ jié ]    Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
   [ jié xiāng ]    Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
   [ jīng ]    the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
   [ xiàn ]    (music) staff, stave
   [ shēng yīn jiē ]    pentatonic scale
   [ ]    Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
   [ xiāng ]    Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
   [ ]    Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]
   [ shí liù guó ]    Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
   [ zàng ]    five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
   [ zàng liù ]    five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
   [ taí ]    Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
   [ taí shān ]    Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
   [ taí shì ]    Wutai city in Shanxi
   [ taí xiàn ]    Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
   [ ]    multi-colored, the rainbow, garish
   [ bīn fēn ]    all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
   [ huā mén ]    myriad, all kinds of, all sorts of
   [ huā bǎng ]    to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck, to truss up
   [ huā roù ]    pork belly, streaky pork
   [ huā yān zhū roù ]    streaky bacon
   [ líng sǎn ]    wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM), poria five powder, Hoelen five powder, five ling powder
   [ huá ]    Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong, Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 shi4], Yunnan
   [ huá ]    Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 shi4], Yunnan
   [ huá xiàn ]    Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
   [ hūn ]    (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
   [ lián ]    Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
   [ lián xiàn ]    Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
   [ yùn ]    the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
   [ jiàng ]    Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
   [ haò ]    the fifth, fifth day of a month
   [ haò diàn chí ]    AA battery (PRC), Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池
   [ xíng ]    five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
   [ háng zuō ]    all the trades, people of all trades and professions
   [ ]    pentagon
   [ chǎng ]    Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
   [ loú ]    the Pentagon
   [ xíng ]    pentagon
   [ xīng ]    pentagram
   [ yán jué ]    poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
   [ jiǎng meǐ sān ]    the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
   [ xīn ]    see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1]
   [ tōng ]    bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame), (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
   [ tōng ]    Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
   [ tōng ]    Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
   [ daò koǔ ]    Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
   [ biān xíng ]    pentagon
   [ jīn ]    metal hardware (nuts and bolts), the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
   [ jīn diàn ]    hardware store, ironmonger's store
   [ jīn diàn ]    hardware store
   [ yuàn ]    the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan
   [ ]    the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
   [ yīn ]    five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la, five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
   [ yīn quán ]    tone deaf, unable to sing in tune
   [ yīn ]    fifth (musical interval)
   [ xiàng quán néng ]    pentathlon
   [ yán liù ]    multi-colored, every color under the sun
   [ xiāng ]    five spice seasoned, incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
   [ xiāng fěn ]    five-spice powder
   [ toú ]    to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
   [ guǐ ]    five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence, also written 五瘟神
   [ guǐ naò pàn ]    Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
⇒    [ shí ]    lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
⇒ 退   [ tuì liù èr ]    lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule), fig. to deny responsibility, to pass the buck, also written 一推六二五[yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3]
⇒    [ sān xià chú èr ]    three, set five remove two (abacus rule), efficiently, quickly and easily
⇒    [ sān shí ]    (Tw) from time to time, frequently
⇒    [ sān ]    several, three or five
⇒    [ sān chéng qún ]    in groups of three or four (idiom)
⇒    [ sān lìng shēn ]    to order again and again (idiom)
⇒    [ sān xiá ]    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
⇒    [ sān fān ]    over and over again (idiom)
⇒    [ sān huáng ]    three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend, the earliest system of Chinese historiography
⇒    [ sān gāng cháng ]    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)
⇒    [ shàng xià qiān nián ]    Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]
⇒    [ èr tiān zuò ]    lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning), to share fairly between two parties, to go fifty-fifty
⇒    [ èr shí shǐ ]    twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
⇒    [ èr baǐ ]    idiot, stupid person, a dope
⇒    [ ]    50-50, equal (share, partnership etc)
⇒    [ hēng shì ]    Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt, History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
⇒    [ rén rén liù ]    to make a show of being decent and proper, to display phony or hypocritical behavior
⇒    [ shēn shoǔ jiàn zhǐ ]    pitch-dark (idiom)
⇒    [ ]    15th August, refers to Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945
⇒    [ liù èr shì biàn ]    Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
⇒    [ liù èr zhàn zhēng ]    the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
⇒    [ jiā ]    manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
⇒    [ shí ]    fifteen, 15
⇒    [ shí bǎn ]    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
⇒    [ yaō liù ]    lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
⇒    [ píng gòng chǔ xiàng yuán ]    Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
⇒    [ ěr shì ]    Harald V of Norway
⇒    [ fēn liè ]    all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization), complete lack of unity, to disintegrate, falling apart, to be at sixes and sevens
⇒    [ shě ]    (math.) to round up or down, to round off
⇒    [ qín fēn ]    never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
⇒    [ ]    Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
⇒    [ zhǐ shǔ ]    great jerboa (Allactaga major)
⇒    [ duò zhōng ]    as if lost in a thick fog (idiom), in a fog, muddled, completely unfamiliar with sth
⇒    [ xué chē ]    of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
⇒    [ shān běn shí liù ]    YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
⇒    [ zhāng sān wáng zhaò liù ]    four proverbial names, Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ chún ]    xylitol, also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2]
⇒ 西   [ jīng ]    the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses in the Old Testament
⇒    [ xīn daì shǐ ]    Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
⇒    [ yuè xīng ]    sun, moon and the five visible planets
⇒    [ xīng ]    Friday
⇒    [ chūn qiū ]    the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]
⇒    [ weì doǔ zhé yaō ]    (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate), (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
⇒    [ wáng ]    Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ wáng laǒ ]    lit. fifth child of the Wangs, bachelor
⇒    [ xiàn daì xiàng ]    modern pentathlon
⇒ 宿   [ xiù ]    Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri
⇒    [ ]    the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors
⇒    [ chán mén zōng ]    the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
⇒    [ baì ]    Friday
⇒    [ duān ]    variant of 端午[Duan1 wu3]
⇒    [ ]    fifth
⇒    [ xiàn daì huà ]    fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4]
⇒    [ zòng duì ]    fifth column (subversive group)
⇒    [ leì ]    category 5, CAT 5 (cable)
⇒    [ hóng xīng ]    name of the flag of the People's Republic of China
⇒    [ hóng leì ]    the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
⇒    [ gān ]    (neologism) person who posts online in support of the Chinese government, but unlike a wumao 五毛[wu3 mao2], is not paid for doing so (abbr. for 自帶乾糧的五毛|自带干粮的五毛[zi4 dai4 gan1 liang2 de5 wu3 mao2])
⇒    [ jiù daì shǐ ]    History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
⇒    [ duǒ de guò chū duǒ guò shí ]    lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom), fig. you can't put it off forever, sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
⇒    [ duǒ guò chū duǒ guò shí ]    see 躲得過初一,躲不過十五|躲得过初一,躲不过十五[duo3 de5 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3]
⇒    [ jūn qíng chù ]    MI5 (British military counterintelligence office)
⇒    [ zhoū ]    Friday
⇒    [ guò guān zhǎn liù jiàng ]    lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom), fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
⇒    [ chóng ]    Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
⇒    [ zuàn shí wáng laǒ ]    highly eligible bachelor, desirable male partner
⇒    [ sǎn chà ]    see 隔三差五|隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3]
⇒    [ sān chà ]    every few days (idiom)
⇒    [ líng diǎn ]    zero point five, 0.5, one half
⇒    [ què suī zàng quán ]    the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom), small but complete in every detail
⇒    [ heī ]    Black Friday
⇒    [ heī leì ]    the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists

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