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56DB
四
four
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Strokes (without radical) 2 Total Strokes 5
Mandarin reading Cantonese reading sei3 si3
Japanese on reading shi Japanese kun reading yotsu yotabi
Korean reading sa Vietnamese reading tứ
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   [ ]    four, 4
   [ èr ]    12th April, refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
   [ èr shì biàn ]    the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists, called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
   [ èr fǎn mìng zhèng biàn ]    counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
   [ èr cǎn àn ]    the massacre of 12th Mar 1927, the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
   [ xià ]    everywhere
   [ xià li ]    all around
   [ xiàng ]    common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse, an odd mixture of disparate elements, hodgepodge, farrago
   [ shì tóng táng ]    Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]
   [ shì tóng táng ]    four generations under one roof (idiom)
   [ qiān zhōng ]    tetraethyl lead poisoning
   [ rén bāng ]    Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
   [ yǎng chā ]    sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
   [ ge quán miàn ]    Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
   [ ge xiàn daì huà ]    Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4]
   [ yuán shù ]    quaternion (math.)
   [ liǎng qiān jīn ]    lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom), fig. to achieve much with little effort
   [ chū wén qián ]    coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
   [ fēn zhī ]    one-quarter
   [ 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
   [ fēn weì shù ]    quartile (statistics)
   [ fēn ]    "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, dating from c. 484 BC
   [ fēn weì ]    quarterback (QB) (American football)
   [ fēn yīn ]    crotchet (music)
   [ yùn suàn ]    the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
   [ huà ]    abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
   [ shí ]    forty, 40
   [ shí èr zhāng jīng ]    The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)
   [ yuàn ]    courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
   [ zhoū ]    all around
   [ guó ]    Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
   [ guó quǎn ]    Shikoku (dog)
   [ weí ]    all around, on all sides, encircled
   [ jìng ]    all the borders
   [ rán ]    four bare walls
   [ ]    the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism), the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
   [ míng shān ]    Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang
   [ míng zhù ]    the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
   [ tiān wáng ]    the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra), the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
   [ míng ]    the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
   [ jiē kōng ]    lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom), this world is an illusion
   [ pén ]    four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
   [ shí ]    the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu
   [ meǐ ]    the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
   [ shēng ]    Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
   [ wáng ]    Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
   [ wáng ]    Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
   [ ]    four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
   [ chūn ]    four seasons like spring, favorable climate throughout the year
   [ doù ]    green bean, French bean, runner bean
   [ doù fu ]    four seasons beancurd
   [ haì ]    "the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows, see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4]
   [ shè ]    to radiate all around
   [ lóng ]    Four Asian Tigers, East Asian Tigers, Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
   [ chuān ]    Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
   [ chuān waì guó xué ]    Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
   [ chuān zhèn ]    Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
   [ chuān xué ]    Sichuan University
   [ chuān shān zhè ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
   [ chuān xuán què ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)
   [ chuān baò ]    Sichuan Daily
   [ chuān lín ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
   [ chuān liǔ yīng ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
   [ chuān pén ]    Sichuan basin
   [ chuān shěng ]    Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3], capital Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
   [ chuān zhì chún ]    (bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
   [ píng ]    Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
   [ píng wěn ]    everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
   [ píng ]    former Siping prefecture, Jilin
   [ píng shì ]    Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
   [ ]    the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集
   [ quán shū ]    Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
   [ qiáng ]    the top four
   [ qiáng saì ]    semifinals
   [ ]    four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends, the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
   [ shě ]    (math.) to round up or down, to round off
   [ sàn ]    to disperse, to scatter in all directions
   [ sàn bēn taó ]    to scatter in all directions
   [ fāng ]    four-way, four-sided, in all directions, everywhere
   [ fāng ]    Sifang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
   [ fāng maò ]    see 方帽[fang1 mao4]
   [ fāng ]    a slow march
   [ fāng liǎn ]    square-jawed face
   [ fāng taí ]    Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
   [ fāng taí ]    Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
   [ páng ]    nearby regions
   [ shì ]    Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan
   [ shì shì ]    Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan
   [ xún jié ]    First Sunday of Lent
   [ xún zhaī ]    Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
   [ shí ]    the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
   [ gēng ]    fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
   [ shū ]    Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
   [ huì ]    Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
   [ huì shì ]    Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
   [ yuè ]    April, fourth month (of the lunar year)
   [ yuè fèn ]    April
   [ ]    four of a kind, quads (poker)
   [ ]    fourth, four times, quartic
   [ mín ]    "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
   [ huà guī ]    silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
   [ huà yoú ]    uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
   [ qīng fēn ]    Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC
   [ ]    tetrachloroethylene
   [ huà tàn ]    carbon tetrachloride
   [ haǐ zhī neì jiē xiōng ]    all men are brothers
   [ haǐ shēng píng ]    lit. all four oceans are peaceful, worldwide peace (idiom)
   [ haǐ weí jiā ]    to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom), to feel at home anywhere, to roam about unconstrained, to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
   [ haǐ jiē zhǔn ]    appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable, a panacea
   [ haǐ líng ]    drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
   [ qīng ]    the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]
   [ qīng yùn dòng ]    the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
   [ ]    Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
   [ xiāng ]    Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
   [ ]    (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place, (of grease etc) dripping everywhere, flowing all over the place
   [ jiàn ]    (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions, to splatter everywhere
   [ ]    (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]), (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9
   [ tāng ]    four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
   [ huán ]    tetracycline
   [ yǎn tián ]    four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
   [ tàn táng ]    tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
   [ ]    grade 4, fourth class, category D
   [ shì guān ]    sergeant first class
   [ weí ]    the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor, see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3], the four directions, the four limbs (Chinese medicine), four-dimensional
   [ weí kōng jiān ]    four-dimensional space (math.)
   [ xiàn qiāng ]    Sixian dialect of Hakka Chinese
   [ shèng ]    the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism), see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
   [ shēng ]    the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声, the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
   [ shēng juān ]    (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
   [ zhī ]    the four limbs of the body
   [ zhī zhī chēng shì ]    low plank (yoga pose)
   [ ]    sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
   [ chaó tiān ]    four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
   [ shé ]    lizard, common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
   [ jiù ]    the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
   [ caǒ ]    four-leaf clover
   [ chù ]    all over the place, everywhere and all directions
   [ haò diàn chí ]    AAA battery (Tw), PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2]
   [ ]    the four corners (of a rectangle), the eaves that the four corners of a building
   [ xíng ]    square, quadrilateral
   [ zhù ]    cuboid, rectangular prism (math.)
   [ haò ]    four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
   [ ]    boxer shorts
   [ zhěn ]    (TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation)
   [ ]    the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
   [ xiàng ]    four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
   [ ]    to spring up everywhere, from all around
   [ lún dìng weì ]    wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
   [ lún chē ]    chariot
   [ lún dòng ]    four-wheel drive
   [ jìn ]    nearby
   [ tōng ]    roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
   [ biān ]    four sides
   [ biān xíng ]    quadrilateral
   [ ]    suburb, outskirts (of town)
   [ ]    tetralogy
   [ lín ]    one's nearest neighbors
   [ lín shè ]    the whole neighborhood
   [ chóng zoù ]    quartet (musical ensemble)
   [ mén chē ]    sedan (motor car)
   [ líng ]    four divinities, four divine emperors, four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2], also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
   [ miàn ]    all sides
   [ miàn fāng ]    in all directions, all around, far and near
   [ miàn chǔ ]    lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom), fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
   [ miàn ]    tetrahedron
   [ xiàng běn yuán ]    the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
   [ toú ]    quadriceps muscle group, thigh muscles
   [ ]    to look around
   [ chē ]    four-by-four (vehicle), 4x4
   [ ]    one's four limbs, two arms and two legs
   [ qín fēn ]    never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
⇒    [ nián ]    all year round
⇒    [ èr shí shǐ zhī cóng shuō ]    It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
⇒    [ zhèng ]    seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
⇒    [ sān cuī qǐng ]    to coax and plead
⇒    [ sān cóng ]    Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
⇒    [ sān péng yoǔ ]    friends, cronies
⇒    [ sān ]    dubious, shady, neither one thing nor the other, neither fish nor fowl, nondescript
⇒    [ guī biān xíng ]    irregular quadrilateral, trapezium
⇒    [ diū sān ]    forgetful, empty-headed
⇒    [ gān biān doù ]    fried beans, Sichuan style
⇒    [ èr shí shǐ ]    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
⇒    [ èr shí ]    the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
⇒    [ èr shí jié qi ]    the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
⇒    [ ]    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
⇒    [ haǐ ]    all parts of the country
⇒    [ 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)
⇒    [ sān xià ]    servile
⇒    [ chuán sān guò ]    to spread rumors, to gossip
⇒    [ chuán fāng ]    to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
⇒    [ yuán jiā ]    Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
⇒    [ yuán shī jiā ]    the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
⇒    [ liù shí weì yuán ]    64-bit (computing)
⇒    [ liù shí guà ]    the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
⇒    [ liù ]    refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
⇒    [ liù shì jiàn ]    Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989
⇒    [ liù chaó jiā ]    Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]
⇒    [ zaì sān zaì ]    repeatedly, over and over again
⇒    [ zaì ]    repeatedly, over and over again
⇒    [ chū táng jié ]    the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]
⇒    [ goū sān ]    to make hanky-panky, to seduce women
⇒    [ beǐ sòng shū ]    Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
⇒    [ shí ]    fourteen, 14
⇒    [ shí háng shī ]    sonnet
⇒    [ weī ]    danger lurks on every side (idiom)
⇒    [ chě gōng ]    names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
⇒    [ míng yáng haǐ ]    to become known far and wide (idiom), famous
⇒    [ táng chū jiā ]    Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang, refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]
⇒    [ ]    fourth-year university student
⇒    [ bèn ]    to be pushing 40
⇒    [ sòng shū ]    Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
⇒    [ sòng jiā ]    four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]
⇒    [ jiā ]    lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom), fig. very poor, wretched
⇒    [ fēng ]    back cover
⇒    [ sān lǎn ]    to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
⇒    [ píng xíng biān xíng ]    parallelogram
⇒ 廿   [ niàn shǐ ]    twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions), same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
⇒    [ zhāng sān ]    Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom), Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ zhāng sān wáng zhaò liù ]    four proverbial names, Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ zhì zaì fāng ]    to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
⇒    [ toú yuè tuán ]    the Beatles
⇒    [ sān jiǎn ]    to be picky, to be choosy
⇒    [ sān ]    to sow discord everywhere
⇒    [ tuī sān ]    to use all sorts of excuses
⇒    [ yáng míng haǐ ]    known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
⇒    [ fàng zhī haǐ ér jiē zhǔn ]    appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable, a panacea
⇒    [ fàng zhī haǐ ér jiē zhǔn ]    applicable anywhere (idiom)
⇒    [ wén fáng baǒ ]    Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4], the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
⇒    [ xīn jūn ]    New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
⇒    [ xīng ]    Thursday
⇒    [ zhaō sān ]    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
⇒    [ weì ]    Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
⇒    [ ]    Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ guāng ]    Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
⇒    [ bǎn bǎn liù shí ]    unaccommodating, rigid
⇒    [ ]    Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan, also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
⇒    [ gòng zhèn ]    nuclear quadrupole resonance (physics)
⇒    [ héng sān shù ]    in disorder, in a tremendous mess
⇒    [ jiāng nán caí ]    Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
⇒    [ huó shè ]    dynamic, enthusiastic, energetic
⇒    [ hàn jùn ]    four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
⇒    [ fēng huǒ ]    the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
⇒    [ fēng yān ]    lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
⇒    [ fēng yān zhàn huǒ fēn feī ]    lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
⇒    [ kuáng sān zhà ]    to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
⇒    [ láng yān ]    fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
⇒    [ huán zhoū ]    to look around
⇒    [ kōng haǐ ]    the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant, condescending, supercilious
⇒    [ yǎn guān chù ěr tīng fāng ]    see 眼觀四面,耳聽八方|眼观四面,耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1]
⇒    [ yǎn guān miàn ěr tīng fāng ]    lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom), fig. to be observant and alert
⇒    [ jiù ]    Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
⇒    [ baì ]    Thursday
⇒    [ ]    fourth quarter
⇒    [ ]    fourth quarter (of financial year)
⇒    [ ]    fourth period, quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
⇒    [ shēng ]    fourth tone in Mandarin, falling tone
⇒    [ taí ]    fourth channel, (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
⇒    [ ]    polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), trademarked as Teflon
⇒    [ toú ]    quadriceps muscle group, thigh muscles
⇒    [ jiē fang lín ]    neighbors, the whole neighborhood
⇒    [ jīng zuò ]    to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom), (of a remark) startling
⇒    [ shuō sān daò ]    to make thoughtless remarks (idiom), to criticize, gossip
⇒ 調   [ sān ]    to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
⇒    [ xuān yuán shí ]    Regulus (constellation)
⇒    [ lián sān bìng ]    one after the other, in succession (idiom)
⇒    [ zhoū ]    Thursday
⇒    [ jīn zhuān guó ]    Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
⇒    [ rùn yuè chī shù ]    an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
⇒    [ jiā ]    Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
⇒    [ toú naǒ jiǎn dān zhī ]    all brawn no brains
⇒    [ diān sān daǒ ]    confused, disorderly, incoherent
⇒    [ feī jiàn ]    to spray in all directions
⇒    [ meì shè ]    glamorous, charming, seductive

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