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Definition
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two
现在二点了。It's two o'clock.
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- radical (Kang Xi 7)
Compounds (26)
money; unit of currency; phonetic component; unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc); yuan
few; some; several (measure word for small numbers and amounts); a little more; a little; somewhat; rather
time(s) (repetition); occurrence; order; position; place (in a sequence); next (in a sequence); inferior (quality); second-rate; second; secondary; stopping place (on a journey)
clown; 2nd earthly branch (period from 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month [6th January to 3rd February]); Year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°; shameful; ugly; disgraceful
clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
eye; item; meaning component (eyes, vision...); radical (Kang Xi 109); section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
ear; phonetic and meaning component (ear, hearing, or sound); radical (Kang Xi 128); handle (archaeology); and that is all (classical Chinese)
time; day; occasion; morning; radical (Kang Xi 161); 5th earthly branch (period from 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month [5th April-4th May]); year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
to show; to reveal; spirit; graphic component (often seen in other characters); radical (Kang Xi 113)
at first; suddenly; phonetic component; abruptly; to spread; (of hair) to stand on end; bristling
Related words (245)
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧[er4 huang2]; see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]; see also 西皮
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
(lit.) secondary foreigner; (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion); (coll.) westernized Chinese person; (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood; (slang) Ukraine; German shepherd dog; (dialect) two-year-old goat
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple); romantic couple's world
"mercenary expert", a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity
second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
(lit.) one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning); to share fairly between two parties; to go fifty-fifty
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer); also called voltaren 扶他林
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera; also called 京胡
12th April; refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s; see also 穷二代
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代
(lit.) second spring; (fig.) falling in love for the second time; a new lease of life; rebirth
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days
to withdraw to the second line of duty; to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
(lit.) 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck; also written (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]
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政变|反革命政變 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
Idioms (17)
one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
thoroughly (idiom); completely; to clean out completely; as clean as penny; neat and tidy; one and all; all finished
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
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