the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice 祭祀, giving audience 朝覲|朝觐, administering jointly 會同|会同, receiving guests 賓客|宾客, running army 軍旅|军旅, attending to farm work 田役, mourning ceremonial 喪荒|丧荒
tones of the musical scale
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
seven colors; a variety of colors; multi-colored; rainbow-colored
abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗, verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines
seven emotional states; seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy
喜, anger
怒, anxiety
忧, thought
思, grief
悲, fear
恐, fright
惊; seven relations
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方, 小方, 缓方, 急方, 奇方, 偶方 and 重方 or 复方
the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires; contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
guqin or seven-stringed zither
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata); "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
almost; nearing completion; bits and piece; of all kinds
at sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess
(the) seventies; (the) 70s; (the) 1970s
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
seven layer architecture (OSI)
assembled at random; a motley collection
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and fengshui)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
in one's seventies (age); very old (of people)
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines; abbr. to 七律
bits and pieces; scattered fragments
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
the 7th day after a person's death; the first 7-day period after a person's death
pseudo-ginseng; radix notoginseng
ratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
generation of 1957; refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera
五脏, 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 (o
completely mixed up; in a muddle
an assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
who cares; no matter what; regardless of the consequences
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