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four
我們四個人去看電影.The four of us are going to see a movie.
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the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics, namely: level or even tone 平聲|平声, third tone 上聲|上声, fourth tone 去聲|去声, entering tone 入聲|入声; the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, namely: First or high level tone 陰平聲|阴平声, Second or rising tone 陽平聲|阳平声, Third or low-falling-raising tone 上聲|上声, Fourth or falling tone 去聲|去声
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, 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), 大字報 (PRC)
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, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional
sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
12th April; refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
(the) four great Chinese inventions (:paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder)
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
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
to round up to the nearest integer; to discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)
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
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
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
fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Idioms (29)
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
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
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable; a panacea
the five lakes and the four seas (idiom); all parts of the country; everywhere; (from) all corners of the country; all the seas and lakes
(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
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilious
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable; a panacea; applicable anywhere (idiom)
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