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Listen- four
- 1. the four directions (i.e. northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest)
- 2. the four limbs
- 3. four-dimensional
- 1. falling tone (the third of the four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation)
- 2. falling tone (the fourth of the four tones in modern standard Chinese pronunciation)
- 1. rising tone (the second of the four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation)
- 2. falling-rising tone (the third of the four tones in modern standard Chinese pronunciation)
- 正方形
- [zhènɡfānɡxínɡ]
- A quadrilateral whose four lines are of the same length and four angles are all right angles. It is a special rectangle. square
- 定场诗
- [dìngchǎngshī]
- 1. A part of the performing process in traditional operas; poetry read by a role when making one's first appearance to introduce the plot. It's usually a poem of four lines, each of which consists of seven words.
- 2. A part of the performing process in some traditional operas; poetry read before the formal performance of a long opera to arouse the audience's interest. It's usually a poem of four or eight lines each of which consists of seven words.
- 二十八宿
- [èrshíbāxiù]
- In ancient times astronomers divided the sky near the ecliptic and the equator into 28 regions, each of which was called one Xiu (constellation). These were evenly put into four groups subject to different four directions with seven constellations for each group. The seven constellations in the east are called Canglong (gray dragon), those in the north are named Xuanwu (dark tortoise), the west Baihu (white tiger), and the south Zhuque (red bird).
- Four bibliographic categories; four traditional divisions of a Chinese library (i.e. Classics, history, philosophy, and belles-letters); as they were stored in different warehouses, they are also known as 四库.
- 四六体
- [sìliùtǐ]
- Four-six style; a style of pianti or parallel prose, characterized by a preponderance of pairs of four-and-six-character sentences; see "骈体" .
- 上四方固
- [shàng sì fāng gù]
- modified four quarters holding; upper four
- 子
- [zǐ]
- 1. son; child
- 2. person
- 3. ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man
- 4. philosophical works—one of the four traditional divisions of a Chinese library
- 5. seed
- 6. egg
- 7. sth. small and hard
- 8. copper coin; copper
- 9. viscount
- 10. used for something long and thin
- 11. you
- 12. young; tender; small
- 13. the first of the twelve Earthly Branches (地支)
- the four seasons
- 1. be unrestrained
- 2. an elaborate form of "four", used in writing cheques etc to prevent mistakes and forgery
- 1. a team of four horses
- 2. horse
- 1. the cross board at the rear of an ancient carriage
- 2. carriage
- 3. the last of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of four stars in Corvus)
- 4. sorrowful; distressed
- 直辖市
- [zhíxiáshì]
- An administrative division of China which is directly under the administration of the Central Government and has jurisdiction over the city and various counties and districts around. There are four municipalities in China now, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing.
- 骖(驂)
- [cān]
- An archaic term to describe the horses yoked on either side of the shaft in the case, that was common, of three- or four-horse drawings.
- 簠
- [fǔ]
- An archaic term for a rectangular vessel used for holding grains. It has four short legs and two ears and that is used in a ritual ceremony or a feast.
- 蜱
- [pí]
- A kind of arthropod which is oval in shape, seven millimeters to one centimeter in length, brown in colour, and sucks blood with four pairs of feet. It can transmit diseases, or causes harm to plants. It's also called "壁虱."
- 腧(俞)
- [shù]
- 1. An acupuncture point.
- 2. An acupuncture point on people's backs or the five acupuncture points on the four limbs.
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