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三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ...
rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn
妥协 妥協 tuǒ xié to compromise / to reach terms / a compromise syn
型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
融洽 róng qià harmonious / friendly relations / on good terms with one another syn
冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
优惠 優惠 yōu huì privilege / favorable (terms) / preferential (treatment) / discount (price) syn
相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn
要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn
大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
大体上 大體上 dà tǐ shàng overall / in general terms syn
小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn
大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn
不和 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord syn
和好 hé hǎo to become reconciled / on good terms with each other syn
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
不欢而散 不歡而散 bù huān ér sàn to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
科普 kē pǔ popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2]) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
简言之 簡言之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly syn
约法三章 約法三章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules syn
爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance / to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
情话 情話 qíng huà terms of endearment / words of love
白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September
门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn
冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn
夏至 xià zhì Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July syn
春分 chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
秋分 qiū fēn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October
次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn
规约 規約 guī yuē terms (of an agreement) syn
三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn
霜降 shuāng jiàng Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November syn
丧权辱国 喪權辱國 sàng quán rǔ guó to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms syn
三个代表 三個代表 sān gè dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
为数 為數 wéi shù in numerical terms (typically followed by 不少[bu4 shao3] or 不多[bu4 duo1] or a number)
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn
深入浅出 深入淺出 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand syn
从优 從優 cóng yōu preferential treatment / most favored terms syn
简单明了 簡單明瞭 jiǎn dān míng liǎo clear and simple / in simple terms
立春 lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us
结算方式 結算方式 jié suàn fāng shì settlement terms (accountancy, law)
谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
立秋 lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August
立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
惊蛰 驚蟄 jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn
不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms syn
鼎足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June
ā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] syn
zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn
jiā (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn
大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn
擦边 擦邊 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July
处暑 處暑 chǔ shǔ Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September
sān three / 3 syn
第三 dì sān third / number three syn
三百 sān bǎi three hundred
线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan syn
间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn
立体 立體 lì tǐ three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic syn
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
大雅 dà yǎ one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 syn
三维 三維 sān wéi three-dimensional / 3D
四分之三 sì fēn zhī sān three quarters
外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line
露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals)
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
立功 lì gōng to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
大专 大專 dà zhuān three-year college / junior college / professional training college
三包 sān bāo "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
小雅 xiǎo yǎ one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
退避三舍 退避三捨 tuì bì sān shè lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom) / fig. to give way in the face of superior strength / a strategic withdrawal syn
三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... syn
大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
三两 三兩 sān liǎng two or three
四十三 sì shí sān 43 / forty three
鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì 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 syn
三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún in groups of three or four (idiom) syn
三合一 sān hé yī three in one / triple syn
李四 lǐ sì Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
立体图 立體圖 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram
三年 sān nián three years
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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