七七事变 | [ qī qī shì biàn ] Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] |
七十七国集团 | [ qī shí qī guó jí tuán ] Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964 |
七嘴八张 | [ qī zuǐ bā zhāng ] see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2] |
七国集团 | [ qī guó jí tuán ] G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
七堵区 | [ qī dǔ qū ] Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan |
七夕节 | [ qī xī jié ] Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, girls' festival, Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting |
七大工业国集团 | [ qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán ] G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
七姊妹星团 | [ qī zǐ meì xīng tuán ] Pleiades M45 |
七层架构 | [ qī céng jià goù ] seven layer architecture (OSI) |
七带石斑鱼 | [ qī daì shí bān yú ] Epinephelus septemfasciatus |
七年之痒 | [ qī nián zhī yǎng ] seven-year itch |
七手八脚 | [ qī shoǔ bā ] (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically) |
七拼八凑 | [ qī pīn bā coù ] assembled at random, a motley collection |
七政四余 | [ qī zhèng sì yú ] seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui) |
七日热 | [ qī rì rè ] leptospirosis |
七星区 | [ qī xīng qū ] Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi |
七星瓢虫 | [ qī xīng chóng ] seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) |
七爷八爷 | [ qī yé bā yé ] term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2] |
七窍 | [ qī ] the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
七窍生烟 | [ qī shēng yān ] lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom), fig. to seethe with anger |
七级浮屠 | [ qī jí fú tú ] seven floor pagoda |
七美乡 | [ qī meǐ xiāng ] Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
七声 | [ qī shēng ] tones of the musical scale |
七声音阶 | [ qī shēng yīn jiē ] heptatonic scale |
七叶树 | [ qī yè shù ] Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) |
七荤八素 | [ qī hūn bā sù ] confused, distracted |
七号电池 | [ qī haò diàn chí ] AAA battery (PRC), Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池|四号电池 |
七言律诗 | [ qī yán lǜ shī ] verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines, abbr. to 七律 |
七边形 | [ qī biān xíng ] heptagon |
七里河区 | [ qī lǐ hé qū ] Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu |
七项全能 | [ qī xiàng quán néng ] heptathlon |
七鳃鳗 | [ qī saī mán ] lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae) |
七龙珠 | [ qī lóng zhū ] Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series |
⇒ 七七事变 | [ qī qī shì biàn ] Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] |
⇒ 七十七国集团 | [ qī shí qī guó jí tuán ] Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964 |
⇒ 三七开 | [ sān qī kaī ] ratio seventy to thirty, thirty percent failure, seventy percent success |
⇒ 三七开定论 | [ sān qī kaī dìng lùn ] thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong |
⇒ 乱七八糟 | [ luàn qī bā zaō ] everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess, at sixes and sevens |
⇒ 二七区 | [ èr qī qū ] Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
⇒ 五七干校 | [ wǔ qī 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]) |
⇒ 五七干部学校 | [ wǔ qī gàn bù 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]) |
⇒ 五劳七伤 | [ wǔ laó qī 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) |
⇒ 五痨七伤 | [ wǔ laó qī shāng ] variant of 五勞七傷|五劳七伤[wu3 lao2 qi1 shang1] |
⇒ 十七孔桥 | [ shí qī kǒng ] Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing |
⇒ 参宿七 | [ shēn xiù qī ] Rigel (star), lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation |
⇒ 夹七夹八 | [ jiā qī jiā bā ] completely mixed up, in a muddle |
⇒ 工业七国集团 | [ gōng yè qī guó jí tuán ] G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
⇒ 战国七雄 | [ zhàn guó qī xióng ] Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2], 趙|赵[Zhao4], 魏[Wei4] and 秦[Qin2] |
⇒ 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 | [ jiù rén yī mìng shèng zaò qī jí fú tú ] saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) |
⇒ 横七竖八 | [ héng qī shù bā ] in disorder, at sixes and sevens (idiom) |
⇒ 武经七书 | [ wǔ jīng qī shū ] Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5], "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4] and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4] |
⇒ 乌七八糟 | [ wū qī bā zaō ] everything in disorder (idiom), in a hideous mess, obscene, dirty, filthy |
⇒ 说七说八 | [ shuō qī shuō bā ] after all |
⇒ 长坂坡七进七出 | [ cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū ] famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies |
⇒ 长坂坡七进七出 | [ cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū ] famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies |
⇒ 杂七杂八 | [ zá qī zá bā ] an assortment, a bit of everything, lots of different (skills) |
⇒ 头七 | [ toú qī ] the 7th day after a person's death, the first 7-day period after a person's death |
⇒ 黄花岗七十二烈士 | [ huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì ] the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 |