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釥

Unicode 5.2

Character 釥

Pinyin QIAO3 On SHOU Kun YOIKANE YOI MIMEYOI SURUDOI KOMAKA KAMAKA

Cangjie Input Code CF

鈥

Unicode 5.2

Character 鈥 Definition holmium

Pinyin HUO3 HUO2 Jyutping fo2 On KA

Simplified U+94AC

Cangjie Input Code CF

ＣＦ

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Word ＣＦ

Reading シーエフ

Translation eng commercial film ; CF

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Reading シーエフ

Translation eng cf

七七

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Traditional 七七 Simplified 七七

Pinyin qi1 qi1

English seven sevens ( equals 49 ) ; cf Buddhist services for the auspicious reincarnation of the departed

三顧茅廬

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Traditional 三顧茅廬 Simplified 三顾茅庐

Pinyin san1 gu4 mao2 lu2

English lit . three humble visits to a thatched cottage ; cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義 | 三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備 | 刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 | 诸葛亮 ( the Hidden Dragon 臥龍 | 卧龙 ) to his cause by visiting him three times

五瘟神

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Traditional 五瘟神 Simplified 五瘟神

Pinyin wu3 wen1 shen2

English five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence ; cf four horsemen of the apocalypse

人頭蛇身

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Traditional 人頭蛇身 Simplified 人头蛇身

Pinyin ren2 tou2 she2 shen1

English human head , snake's body ; cf Nüwa 女娲氏 and Fuxi 伏羲氏 in some versions of mythology

佳人才子

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Traditional 佳人才子 Simplified 佳人才子

Pinyin jia1 ren2 cai2 zi3

English beautiful lady , gifted scholar ( idiom ); pair of ideal lovers ; cf With his brains and her looks ...

另見

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Traditional 另見 Simplified 另见

Pinyin ling4 jian4

English cf ; see also

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針

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Traditional 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 Simplified 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

Pinyin zhi3 yao4 gong1 fu5 shen1 , tie3 chu3 mo2 cheng2 zhen1

English If you work at it hard enough , you can grind an iron bar into a needle . ; cf idiom 磨杵成針 | 磨杵成针 , to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle ( idiom ); fig . to persevere in a difficult task ; to study diligently

名不正言不順

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Traditional 名不正言不順 Simplified 名不正言不顺

Pinyin ming2 bu5 zheng4 yan2 bu5 shun4

English unjustified and undeserving of such description ; identity or status is unverified , or inconsistent in detail ; unworthy of the title ( or name ), or reputation ; no valid reason as justification ; words without weight ; cf 名正言順 | 名正言顺

吳市吹簫

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Traditional 吳市吹簫 Simplified 吴市吹箫

Pinyin Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1

English to beg while playing the xiao 箫 ( mouth organ ) ; cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥 , destitute refugee from Chu 楚 , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC , then became a powerful politician

吹簫乞食

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Traditional 吹簫乞食 Simplified 吹箫乞食

Pinyin chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2

English to beg while playing the xiao 箫 ( mouth organ ) ; cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥 , destitute refugee from Chu 楚 , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC , then became a powerful politician

周瑜打黃蓋

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Traditional 周瑜打黃蓋 Simplified 周瑜打黄盖

Pinyin Zhou1 Yu2 da3 Huang2 Gai4

English fig . with the connivance of both sides ; fig . by mutual consent ; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰 | 赤壁之战 [ Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4 ]

失道寡助

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Traditional 失道寡助 Simplified 失道寡助

Pinyin shi1 dao4 gua3 zhu4

English an unjust cause find little support ( idiom , from Mencius ) ; cf 得道多助 , a just cause attracts much support

寧靜致遠

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Traditional 寧靜致遠 Simplified 宁静致远

Pinyin ning2 jing4 zhi4 yuan3

English tranquility yields transcendence ( idiom ); quiet life of profound study ; cf Still waters run deep .

左傾機會主義

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Traditional 左傾機會主義 Simplified 左倾机会主义

Pinyin zuo3 qing1 ji1 hui4 zhu3 yi4

English leftist opportunism ( blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927 ) ; left adventurism ; cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議 | 遵义会议 [ Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4 ]

庚子

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Traditional 庚子 Simplified 庚子

Pinyin geng1 zi3

English thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle , e.g. 1960 or 2020 ; cf 庚子國變 | 庚子国变 , the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion

患難之交纔是真正的朋友

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Traditional 患難之交纔是真正的朋友 Simplified 患难之交才是真正的朋友

Pinyin huan4 nan4 zhi1 jiao1 cai2 shi4 zhen1 zheng4 de5 peng2 you5

English a friend in need is a friend indeed ( English proverb ) ; cf idiom 患難之交 | 患难之交 , a friend in need

戊戌

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Traditional 戊戌 Simplified 戊戌

Pinyin wu4 xu1

English thirty fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle , e.g. 1958 or 2018 ; cf 戊戌政變 | 戊戌政变 , failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898

才子佳人

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Traditional 才子佳人 Simplified 才子佳人

Pinyin cai2 zi3 jia1 ren2

English gifted scholar , beautiful lady ( idiom ); pair of ideal lovers ; cf With his brains and her looks ...

救星

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Traditional 救星 Simplified 救星

Pinyin jiu4 xing1

English lit . saving star ( cf star of Bethlehem in biblical nativity story ) ; fig . savior ( individual or organization ) ; liberator ; emancipator ; knight in shining armor ; cf Mao Zedong in north Shaanxi folk song The East is red 東方紅 | 东方红

整風

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Traditional 整風 Simplified 整风

Pinyin zheng3 feng1

English Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles , Maoist slogan ; cf Rectification campaign 整風運動 | 整风运动 , army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957

整風運動

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Traditional 整風運動 Simplified 整风运动

Pinyin zheng3 feng1 yun4 dong4

English Rectification campaign ; political purge ; cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan , and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges

晨昏定省

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Traditional 晨昏定省 Simplified 晨昏定省

Pinyin chen2 hun1 ding4 xing3

English morning and evening visits to parents ; cf 昏定晨省 | 昏定晨省 [ hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3 ]

曾經滄海

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Traditional 曾經滄海 Simplified 曾经沧海

Pinyin ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3

English lit . once experienced the vast ocean ( idiom ); fig . widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life ; cf to have known the world

杯酒釋兵權

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Traditional 杯酒釋兵權 Simplified 杯酒释兵权

Pinyin bei1 jiu3 shi4 bing1 quan2

English to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups ; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces

枕塊

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Traditional 枕塊 Simplified 枕块

Pinyin zhen3 kuai4

English pillow of clay ( used by filial son during Confucian mourning period ) ; cf bed of straw and pillow of clay 寢苫枕塊 | 寝苫枕块 [ qin3 shan1 zhen3 kuai4 ]

每一個人都有美中不足的地方

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Traditional 每一個人都有美中不足的地方 Simplified 每一个人都有美中不足的地方

Pinyin mei3 yi1 ge4 ren2 dou1 you3 mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2 de5 di4 fang5

English However excellent , everyone has his defects . ; There is always a fly in the ointment . ; cf idiom 美中不足 [ mei3zhong1bu4zu2 ], everything is fine except for one small defect

江湖

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Traditional 江湖 Simplified 江湖

Pinyin Jiang1 hu2

English rivers and lakes ; around the whole country ; cf 两江 and 两湖 , Jiangnan , Jiangxi , Hubei , Hunan provinces in Qing times ; vagrant ; itinerant ( esp . entertainer , swindler , quack doctor etc )

王八

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Traditional 王八 Simplified 王八

Pinyin wang2 ba1

English tortoise ; cuckold ; ( insult with the flavor of bastard , son of a bitch ) ; cf 王八蛋

甲午

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Traditional 甲午 Simplified 甲午

Pinyin jia3 wu3

English thirty first year A7 of the 60 year cycle , e.g. 1954 or 2014 ; cf 甲午戰爭 | 甲午战争 , the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95

神探

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Traditional 神探 Simplified 神探

Pinyin shen2 tan4

English master sleuth ; lit . miraculous detective ; cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯 | 福尔摩斯 [ Fu2 er3 mo2 si1 ] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑 | 狄仁杰 [ Di2 Ren2 jie2 ]

箜

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Traditional 箜 Simplified 箜

Pinyin kong1

English ancient harp ; cf 箜篌 , Chinese harp

紙上談兵

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Traditional 紙上談兵 Simplified 纸上谈兵

Pinyin zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1

English lit . military tactics on paper ( idiom ); fig . theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice ; armchair strategist ; idle theorizing ; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括 | 赵括 leading an army of 400 , 000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰 | 长平之战 in 260 BC

終戰

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Traditional 終戰 Simplified 终战

Pinyin zhong1 zhan4

English end of war ; armistice ; cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945

終戰日

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Traditional 終戰日 Simplified 终战日

Pinyin zhong1 zhan4 ri4

English armistice day ; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945

續絃

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Traditional 續絃 Simplified 续弦

Pinyin xu4 xian2

English to remarry ( of a widow ) ; a second wife ; cf qin and se 琴瑟 , two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony

羅掘

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Traditional 羅掘 Simplified 罗掘

Pinyin luo2 jue2

English to scrape around for money ; hard pressed for cash ; cf 羅雀掘鼠 | 罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats ( idiom )

船到橋頭自然直

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Traditional 船到橋頭自然直 Simplified 船到桥头自然直

Pinyin chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2

English When the boat gets to the pier-head , it will go straight with the current ( 俗话 common saying ). fig . Everything will be all right . ; cf couplet 車到山前必有路 , 船到橋頭自然直 | 车到山前必有路 , 船到桥头自然直

芝宇

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Traditional 芝宇 Simplified 芝宇

Pinyin zhi1 yu3

English your appearance ( honorific ) ; cf 紫芝眉宇

花朝月夕

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Traditional 花朝月夕 Simplified 花朝月夕

Pinyin hua1 zhao1 yue4 xi1

English a beautiful day ; cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August

解放日

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Traditional 解放日 Simplified 解放日

Pinyin jie3 fang4 ri4

English Liberation Day ; cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945 , celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea

說曹操曹操就到

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Traditional 說曹操曹操就到 Simplified 说曹操曹操就到

Pinyin shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4

English speak of the devil ; cf Cao Cao 曹操 ( 155-220 ), king of Cao Wei 曹魏 and main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義 | 三国演义

貉

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Traditional 貉 Simplified 貉

Pinyin hao2

English raccoon dog ; cf 貉子

辛丑

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Traditional 辛丑 Simplified 辛丑

Pinyin xin1 chou3

English thirty eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle , e.g. 1961 or 2021 ; cf 辛丑條約 | 辛丑条约 , Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising

辛亥

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Traditional 辛亥 Simplified 辛亥

Pinyin xin1 hai4

English forty eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle , e.g. 1971 or 2031 ; cf 辛亥革命 , Xinhai revolution of 1911

运筹帷幄

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Traditional 运筹帷幄 Simplified 运筹帷幄

Pinyin yun4 chou2 wei2 wo4

English lit . to devise battle plan in a tent ( idiom ); fig . planning strategies ; cf Liu Bang 劉邦 | 刘邦 in his tent trusts his general a thousand miles away to make better decisions

週期系

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Traditional 週期系 Simplified 周期系

Pinyin zhou1 qi1 xi4

English periodic system ; cf periodic table of the elements 元素週期表 | 元素周期表

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