"approx" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
里	lǐ	n.	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮\|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰\|邻[lin2] levels	syn
盆	pén	n.	basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
拖拉	tuō lā		to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams	syn
吸虫吸蟲	xī chóng		trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
品脱品脫	pǐn tuō		pint (approx. 0.47 liter) (loanword)
坪	píng		a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)	syn
甬	tǒng		bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4],隻\|只[zhi1] / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) / variant of 桶[tong3], bucket
喱	lí		grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3]
觜	zī		number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座\|猎户座
帣	juàn		a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)
下寒武	xià hán wǔ		lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago)
下寒武统下寒武統	xià hán wǔ tǒng		lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)
光禄大夫光祿大夫	guāng lù dài fu		honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
觜宿	zī xiù		number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座\|猎户座

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