"Group of Five" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
五国集团	wǔ guó jí tuán	Group of Five

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
五劳七伤五勞七傷	wǔ láo 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)
五常	wǔ cháng	the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義\|义[yi4], propriety 禮\|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫\|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements	syn
五苓散	wǔ líng sǎn	wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
五代	wǔ dài	Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
五音	wǔ yīn	five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音\|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
五香	wǔ xiāng	five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
五步蛇	wǔ bù shé	Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)	syn
伍	wǔ	squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	syn
三纲五常三綱五常	sān gāng wǔ cháng	three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義\|义, propriety 禮\|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
五鬼闹判五鬼鬧判	wǔ guǐ nào pàn	Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
五权宪法五權憲法	wǔ quán xiàn fǎ	Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院\|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院\|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
五人墓碑记五人墓碑記	wǔ rén mù bēi jì	Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥\|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢\|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty
北汉北漢	běi hàn	Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
五加五	wǔ jiā wǔ	Five plus Five
五五一一		Five-Five Sin-Sin
五年期一年期		Five-Five Sin-Sin
五加一小组五加一小組	wǔ jiā yī xiǎo zǔ	five plus one group / three plus three group
三加三小组三加三小組	sān jiā sān xiǎo zǔ	five plus one group / three plus three group
乐羊羊樂羊羊	lè yáng yáng	Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會\|广州亚运会
五国委员会非正式协商小组会议		Informal Consultative Group Meeting of the Committee of Five
西方五国联络小组西方五國聯絡小組		Contact Group of the Western Five
不结盟和发展中国家高级别五人专家组不結盟和發展中國家高級別五人專家組		High-level Group of Five Experts of Non-Aligned and Developing Countries
奴隶问题五人小组奴隸問題五人小組		Group of Five on Slavery
聚众淫乱罪聚眾淫亂罪	jù zhòng yín luàn zuì	group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)
团购團購	tuán gòu	group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group
布干维尔休战监察小组		Bougainville Truce Monitoring Group / Regional Truce Monitoring Group / Truce Monitoring Group
1540委员会专家组 1540委員會專家組		Expert Group of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (1540 Expert Group) / Expert Group of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) / Ex
1540专家组 1540專家組	140zhuan1 jiā zǔ	Expert Group of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (1540 Expert Group) / Expert Group of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) / Ex
南南协商与合作首脑级小组南南協商與合作首腦級小組		Summit-level Group for South-South Consultations and Cooperation / Group of 15 / Group of fifteen
15国小组 15國小組	1guo2 xiǎo zǔ	Summit-level Group for South-South Consultations and Cooperation / Group of 15 / Group of fifteen
五金	wǔ jīn	metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫\|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1]	syn
五行	wǔ xíng	five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水	syn
五笔五筆	wǔ bǐ	abbr. of 五筆字型\|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
华山華山	huà shān	Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
五星级五星級	wǔ xīng jí	five-star (hotel)	syn
五官	wǔ guān	five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
五百	wǔ bǎi	five hundred
五天	wǔ tiān	five days
红星紅星	hóng xīng	red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
五彩	wǔ cǎi	five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored	syn
二十五	èr shí wǔ	twenty five
岭南嶺南	lǐng nán	south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
三五	sān wǔ	several / three or five
五指	wǔ zhǐ	the five fingers of one's hand
三更	sān gēng	third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]	syn
诗经詩經	shī jīng	Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經\|五经[Wu3 jing1]
连珠連珠	lián zhū	joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row	syn
五谷五穀	wǔ gǔ	five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥\|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley	syn
嵩山	sōng shān	Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
衡山	héng shān	Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽\|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
五星级酒店五星級酒店	wǔ xīng jí jiǔ diàn	five-star hotel
五洲	wǔ zhōu	five continents / the world	syn
五子棋	wǔ zǐ qí	five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
五岳五嶽	wǔ yuè	Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山\|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山\|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
海河	hǎi hé	Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
五脏五臟	wǔ zàng	five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎\|肾[shen4]	syn
五味	wǔ wèi	the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹\|咸 / all kinds of flavors
击掌擊掌	jī zhǎng	to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five	syn
子	zǐ	son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-	syn
鲜味鮮味	xiān wèi	umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)	syn
全国代表大会全國代表大會	quán guó dài biǎo dà huì	national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
五更	wǔ gēng	fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
恒山恆山	héng shān	Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西\|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
五笔字型五筆字型	wǔ bǐ zì xíng	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五年计划五年計劃	wǔ nián jì huà	Five-Year Plan
东岳東嶽	dōng yuè	Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
五笔输入法五筆輸入法	wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
勾践勾踐	gōu jiàn	King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
五角星	wǔ jiǎo xīng	five-pointed star / pentagram
五方	wǔ fāng	the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers	syn
六十五	liù shí wǔ	sixty-five
五大洲	wǔ dà zhōu	five continents / the whole world
南唐	nán táng	Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
二更	èr gēng	second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
公	gōng	public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)	syn
五经五經	wǔ jīng	the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經\|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記\|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經\|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
五帝	wǔ dì	the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊\|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳\|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯\|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]	syn
五虎将五虎將	wǔ hǔ jiàng	Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽\|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛\|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲\|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超\|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠\|黄忠
梭哈	suō hā	five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand")
惊风驚風	jīng fēng	infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
后汉後漢	hòu hàn	Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
四更	sì gēng	fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
颛顼顓頊	zhuān xū	Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
五蕴五蘊	wǔ yùn	the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
齐桓公齊桓公	qí huán gōng	Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
更	gēng	to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)	syn
北岳北嶽	běi yuè	Mt Heng 恆山\|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
西岳西嶽	xī yuè	Mt Hua 華山\|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
后周後周	hòu zhōu	Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封\|开封[Kai1 feng1]
五	wǔ	five / 5	syn
中岳中嶽	zhōng yuè	Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
感觉器官感覺器官	gǎn jué qì guān	sense organs / the five senses	syn
和平共处五项原则和平共處五項原則	hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé	Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
旧唐书舊唐書	jiù táng shū	History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫\|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉\|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
后唐後唐	hòu táng	Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
十六国十六國	shí liù guó	Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國\|五胡十六国
过五关斩六将過五關斬六將	guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng	lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
候	hòu	to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days	syn
五岭五嶺	wǔ lǐng	the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺\|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺\|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺\|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺\|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺\|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]

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"Group of Five" Chinese-English Dictionary

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