七 | [ qī ] seven, 7 |
七七事變 | [ 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] |
七七八八 | [ qī qī bā bā ] almost, nearing completion, bits and piece, of all kinds |
七上八下 | [ qī shàng bā xià ] at sixes and sevens, perturbed state of mind, in a mess |
七上八落 | [ qī shàng bā luò ] see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4] |
七事 | [ qī shì ] (archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign |
七分之一 | [ qī fēn zhī yī ] one seventh |
七分熟 | [ qī fēn shú ] medium well (of steak) |
七十 | [ qī shí ] seventy, 70 |
七十七國集團 | [ qī shí qī guó jí tuán ] Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964 |
七十年代 | [ qī shí nián daì ] the seventies, the 1970s |
七台河 | [ qī taí hé ] see 七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 shi4] |
七台河市 | [ qī taí hé shì ] Qitaihe prefecture level city, Heilongjiang province |
七和弦 | [ qī hé xián ] seventh (musical cord) |
七喜 | [ qī xǐ ] 7 Up (soft drink), Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer |
七嘴八張 | [ qī zuǐ bā zhāng ] see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2] |
七嘴八舌 | [ qī zuǐ bā shé ] lively discussion with everybody talking at once |
七國集團 | [ 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 | [ qī dǔ ] Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan |
七堵區 | [ qī dǔ qū ] Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan |
七夕 | [ qī xī ] double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month, girls' festival, Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting |
七夕節 | [ 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 |
七大姑八大姨 | [ qī dà gū bā dà yí ] distant relatives |
七大工業國集團 | [ 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) |
七姊妹星團 | [ qī zǐ meì xīng tuán ] Pleiades M45 |
七孔 | [ qī kǒng ] the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
七層架構 | [ qī céng jià goù ] seven layer architecture (OSI) |
七巧板 | [ qī bǎn ] tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle) |
七帶石斑魚 | [ qī daì shí bān yú ] Epinephelus septemfasciatus |
七年之癢 | [ qī nián zhī yǎng ] seven-year itch |
七弦琴 | [ qī xián qín ] guqin or seven-stringed zither |
七彩 | [ qī caǐ ] seven colors, a variety of colors, multi-colored, rainbow-colored |
七律 | [ qī lǜ ] abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗, verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines |
七情 | [ qī qíng ] seven emotional states, seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1], seven relations |
七手八腳 | [ qī shoǔ bā ] (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically) |
七扭八歪 | [ qī niǔ bā waī ] misshapen, crooked, uneven (idiom) |
七折八扣 | [ qī zhé bā koù ] lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom), fig. greatly reduced, substantially scaled back |
七拼八湊 | [ qī pīn bā coù ] assembled at random, a motley collection |
七政四餘 | [ qī zhèng sì yú ] seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui) |
七方 | [ qī fāng ] (Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[da4 fang1], 小方[xiao3 fang1], 緩方|缓方[huan3 fang1], 急方[ji2 fang1], 奇方[ji1 fang1], 偶方[ou3 fang1] and 重方[chong2 fang1] or 複方|复方[fu4 fang1] |
七日熱 | [ qī rì rè ] leptospirosis |
七旬老人 | [ qī xún laǒ rén ] septuagenarian |
七星 | [ qī xīng ] Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi |
七星區 | [ qī xīng qū ] Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi |
七星瓢蟲 | [ qī xīng chóng ] seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) |
七曜 | [ qī yaò ] the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) |
七月 | [ qī yuè ] July, seventh month (of the lunar year) |
七月份 | [ qī yuè fèn ] July |
七武士 | [ qī wǔ shì ] Seven Samurai (movie) |
七河州 | [ qī hé zhoū ] Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2] |
七爺八爺 | [ qī yé bā yé ] term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2] |
七碳糖 | [ qī tàn táng ] heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms |
七竅 | [ qī ] the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
七竅生煙 | [ qī shēng yān ] lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom), fig. to seethe with anger |
七級浮屠 | [ qī jí fú tú ] seven floor pagoda |
七美 | [ qī meǐ ] Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
七美鄉 | [ qī meǐ xiāng ] Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
七老八十 | [ qī laǒ bā shí ] in one's seventies (age), very old (of people) |
七聲 | [ qī shēng ] tones of the musical scale |
七聲音階 | [ qī shēng yīn jiē ] heptatonic scale |
七股 | [ qī gǔ ] Chiku township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
七葉樹 | [ qī yè shù ] Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) |
七葷八素 | [ qī hūn bā sù ] confused, distracted |
七號電池 | [ qī haò diàn chí ] AAA battery (PRC), Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池|四号电池 |
七角形 | [ qī xíng ] heptagon |
七言律詩 | [ qī yán lǜ shī ] verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines, abbr. to 七律 |
七邊形 | [ qī biān xíng ] heptagon |
七里河 | [ qī lǐ hé ] Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu |
七里河區 | [ qī lǐ hé qū ] Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu |
七里香 | [ qī lǐ xiāng ] orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata), "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt |
七零八碎 | [ qī líng bā suì ] bits and pieces, scattered fragments |
七零八落 | [ qī líng bā luò ] (idiom) everything broken and in disorder |
七項全能 | [ qī xiàng quán néng ] heptathlon |
七魄 | [ qī pò ] seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires, contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls |
七鰓鰻 | [ qī saī mán ] lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae) |
七龍珠 | [ qī lóng zhū ] Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series |
⇒ 七七事變 | [ 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] |
⇒ 七七八八 | [ qī qī bā bā ] almost, nearing completion, bits and piece, of all kinds |
⇒ 七十七國集團 | [ qī shí qī guó jí tuán ] Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964 |
⇒ 三七 | [ sān qī ] pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb |
⇒ 三七二十一 | [ sān qī èr shí yī ] three sevens are twenty-one (idiom), the facts of the matter, the actual situation |
⇒ 三七仔 | [ sān qī zǐ ] (slang) pimp |
⇒ 三七開 | [ sān qī kaī ] ratio seventy to thirty, thirty percent failure, seventy percent success |
⇒ 三七開定論 | [ sān qī kaī dìng lùn ] thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong |
⇒ 三魂七魄 | [ sān hún qī pò ] three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man |
⇒ 不管三七二十一 | [ bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī ] regardless of the consequences, recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast |
⇒ 亂七八糟 | [ luàn qī bā zaō ] everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess, at sixes and sevens |
⇒ 二七區 | [ èr qī qū ] Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
⇒ 五七 | [ wǔ qī ] memorial activity 35 days after a person's death |
⇒ 五七一代 | [ wǔ qī yī daì ] generation of 1957, refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 |
⇒ 五七幹校 | [ 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]) |
⇒ 五七幹部學校 | [ 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]) |
⇒ 五勞七傷 | [ 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) |
⇒ 五癆七傷 | [ wǔ laó qī shāng ] variant of 五勞七傷|五劳七伤[wu3 lao2 qi1 shang1] |
⇒ 北斗七星 | [ beǐ doǔ qī xīng ] (astronomy) Big Dipper |
⇒ 十七 | [ shí qī ] seventeen, 17 |
⇒ 十七孔橋 | [ shí qī kǒng ] Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing |
⇒ 參宿七 | [ shēn xiù qī ] Rigel (star), lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation |
⇒ 夾七夾八 | [ jiā qī jiā bā ] completely mixed up, in a muddle |
⇒ 工業七國集團 | [ 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) |
⇒ 戰國七雄 | [ 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] |
⇒ 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 | [ jiù rén yī mìng shèng zaò qī jí fú tú ] saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) |
⇒ 橫七豎八 | [ héng qī shù bā ] in disorder, at sixes and sevens (idiom) |
⇒ 武經七書 | [ 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] |
⇒ 污七八糟 | [ wū qī bā zaō ] variant of 烏七八糟|乌七八糟[wu1 qi1 ba1 zao1] |
⇒ 烏七八糟 | [ wū qī bā zaō ] everything in disorder (idiom), in a hideous mess, obscene, dirty, filthy |
⇒ 田七 | [ tián qī ] pseudo-ginseng, radix notoginseng |
⇒ 管他三七二十一 | [ guǎn tā sān qī èr shí yī ] who cares, no matter what, regardless of the consequences |
⇒ 說七說八 | [ shuō qī shuō bā ] after all |
⇒ 長坂坡七進七出 | [ 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 |
⇒ 長坂坡七進七出 | [ 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 |
⇒ 雜七雜八 | [ zá qī zá bā ] an assortment, a bit of everything, lots of different (skills) |
⇒ 頭七 | [ toú qī ] the 7th day after a person's death, the first 7-day period after a person's death |
⇒ 黃花崗七十二烈士 | [ huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì ] the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 |