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"ten billions" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
冓 gòu inner rooms of palace / ten billions
Chinese Pinyin Translation
干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number
十 shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn
十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn
什 shí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous syn
石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn
一万 一萬 yī wàn ten thousand
保龄球 保齡球 bǎo líng qiú ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball
己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn
万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten / a dozen or more
十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
上万 上萬 shàng wàn over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
球道 qiú dào fairway (golf) / lane (ten-pin bowling)
腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn
万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire
千里马 千里馬 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed syn
万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn
一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn
甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman
十倍 shí bèi tenfold / ten times (sth)
万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn
万户 萬戶 wàn hù ten thousand houses or households
十数 十數 shí shù more than ten / a dozen or more
万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
十项 十項 shí xiàng ten items / decathlon (athletics)
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead syn
十日谈 十日談 shí rì tán Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]
十恶 十惡 shí è Ten
斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn
拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn
乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
百分之十 bǎi fēn zhī shí ten percent
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
戊 wù fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
旬 xún ten days / ten years / full period syn
壬 rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
庚 gēng age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta syn
癸 guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca
鹏程万里 鵬程萬里 péng chéng wàn lǐ the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant syn
地滚球 地滾球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball
斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn
帙 zhì variant of 帙[zhi4] / variant of 秩[zhi4] / (classifier) ten years syn
万儿八千 萬兒八千 wàn r bā qiān ten thousand or almost ten thousand
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳 一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩 yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom) / once bitten twice shy
一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) / incessant and ever more complicated demands
闻一知十 聞一知十 wén yī zhī shí lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom) / fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
万死不辞 萬死不辭 wàn sǐ bù cí ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom) / ready to risk life and limb to help out syn
苏州码子 蘇州碼子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3ma3]
十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
万人之敌 萬人之敵 wàn rén zhī dí a match for ten thousand enemies
十几个月 十幾個月 shí jǐ gè yuè ten months or so / about ten months
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)
穆斯林民族迎接21世纪挑战十年行动纲领 穆斯林民族迎接21世紀挑戰十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action
十年行动纲领 十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action
读万卷书，行万里路 讀萬卷書，行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
十诫 十誡 shí jiè ten commandments
万维天罗地网 萬維天羅地網 wàn wéi tiān luó dì wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3]
十大建设 十大建設 shí dà jiàn shè Ten
五代十国 五代十國 wǔ dài shí guó Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
倚天资讯 倚天資訊 yǐ tiān zī xùn E-TEN
一夫当关，万夫莫开 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一暴十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / short attention span syn
上浣 shàng huàn first ten days of a lunar month
下浣 xià huàn last ten days of the lunar month
十吋口炮 shí cùn kǒu pào ten inch caliber cannon
十国春秋 十國春秋 shí guó chūn qiū History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣[Wu2 Ren4 chen2], 114 scrolls
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十常侍 shí cháng shì Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
十戒 shí jiè the ten commandments (religion)
千经万卷 千經萬卷 qiān jīng wàn juǎn lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls / fig. the vast Buddhist canon
吴任臣 吳任臣 wú rèn chén Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
旬年 xún nián full year / ten years
旬日 xún rì (literary) ten days / short period
旬时 旬時 xún shí ten days
旬朔 xún shuò ten days / one month / short period
旬期 xún qī ten days
旬课 旬課 xún kè test every ten day / periodic deadline
旬首 xún shǒu start of a ten day period
末伏 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August syn
草码 草碼 cǎo mǎ the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
万人之敵 萬人之敵 wàn rén zhī dí a match for ten thousand enemies
万人敵 萬人敵 wàn rén dí a match for ten thousand enemies
万位 萬位 wàn wèi the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
万年前 萬年前 wàn nián qián ten thousand years ago
万里江山 萬里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)
万里追踪 萬里追蹤 wàn lǐ zhuī zōng to pursue for ten thousand miles
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
魔高一丈，道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
十国集团 十國集團 shí guó jí tuán Group of Ten
十年能力建设方案 shí nián néng lì jiàn shè fāng àn Ten-Year Capacity-Building Programme
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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