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ÈrshísìXiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

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        dìèr, second/number two/next/secondary
        èr, two/2/(Beijing dialect) stupid
        èrshí, twenty/20
        shíèr, twelve/12
        Zhōuèr, [週二], Tuesday
        dúyīwúèr, [獨一無二], unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled/nothing compares with it
        lǎoèr, second-eldest child in a family/(euphemism) penis
        Xīngqīèr, Tuesday
        èrjí, [二級], grade 2/second class/category B
        Èrzhàn, [二戰], World War II
        yīqīngèrchǔ, to be very clear about sth (idiom)
        èryǎnghuàtàn, carbon dioxide CÓ
        èrshǒu, indirectly acquired/second-hand (information, equipment etc)/assistant
        Èryuè, February/second month (of the lunar year)
        yīgānèrjìng, [一乾二淨], thoroughly (idiom)/completely/one and all/very clean
        èrděng, second class/second-rate
        èrliú, second-rate/second-tier
        
        yīèr, one or two/a few
        èrzhě, both/both of them/neither
        
        
        Shíèryuè, December/twelfth month (of the lunar year)
        
        èrchóngchàng, duet
        èrshǒuhuò, [二手貨], second-hand goods/used goods
        
        
        
        
        
        èrshǒuchē, [二手車], second-hand car
        èrbǎiwǔ, idiot/stupid person/a dope
        
        
        
        jiēèrliánsān, [接二連三], one after another (idiom)/in quick succession
        èrbǎshǒu, deputy leader/the second-in-command
        
        
        
        shǔyīshǔèr, [數一數二], reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)/one of the very best/to list one by ...
        
        èrjìnzhì, [二進制], binary system (math.)
        
        
        
        lüèzhīyīèr, slight knowledge of sth/to know very little about a subject/a smattering
        Lǐbàièr, [禮拜二], Tuesday
        
        
        
        qíèr, secondly/the other (usu. of two)/the second
        
        èryuán, duality/dual/bipolar/binary
        
        
        
        èrhuàbùshuō, [二話不說], not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection/without demur
        shíèrfēn, exceedingly/hundred percent/everything and more
        
        
        
        
        èryuèfèn, February
        èrshíyīdiǎn, [二十一點], blackjack (card game)
        èrchóngzòu, duet (in music)
        
        
        
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        sānqīèrshíyī, three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)/the facts of the matter/the actual situation
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Èrláng, see 二郎神[Èr láng shén]
        
        shíèrzhǐcháng, [十二指腸], duodenum
        
        
        
        èrliúzi, loafer/idler/bum
        
退线         tuìjūèrxiàn, [退居二線], to withdraw to the second line of duty/to resign from a leading post (and assume...
        ÈrcìDàzhàn, [二次大戰], World War Two
        
        èrlángtuǐ, one leg over the other (legs crossed)
        
        
        èrjìngōng, [二進宮], name of a famous opera/(slang) to go to jail for a second offense
        yīqióngèrbái, [一窮二白], impoverished/backward both economically and culturally
        èrfēn, second part/the equinox
        
        
        
        
        èrjiānbàn, mitral valve (physiology)
        shuōyībùèr, [說一不二], to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
        
        èryǎnghuàguī, silicon dioxide (SiÓ)
        èryǎnghuàliú, sulfur dioxide SÓ
        èrfáng, second branch of an extended family/concubine
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrbā, 16/sixteen
        
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        chūèr, 2nd year in junior middle school/2nd day of a lunar month/2nd day of lunar New Y...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shíèryuèfèn, December
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrxīn, disloyalty/half-heartedness/duplicity
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrfēnzhīyī, one half
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrjíguǎn, [二極管], diode/vacuum tube
        
        
        
        
        
        èrlǎo, mother and father/parents
        
        
        
        
        
        
        MùwèiÈr, [木衛二], Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
        
        
        dīngèrxī, butadiene CH6/biethylene
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrbǎdāo, inexpert/a botcher
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrhuàméishuō, [二話沒說], see 二話不說|二话不说[èr huà bù shuō]
        èrlái, [二來], secondly, ...
        
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        diànxiǎoèr, (old) (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter/attendant
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrchóngxìng, dualism/two sided/double nature
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        èrhuà, [二話], objection/differing opinion
        
        
        èrfángdōng, [二房東], sublandlord/tenant who sublets
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        èrfù, second officer (of ship)/second mate
        
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        èrlèngzi, stupid person/dolt/rash (slang)
        
        
        
        
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        èrwéi, [二維], two-dimensional
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīláièrqù, [一來二去], gradually/little by little/in the course of time
        èrxiàngshì, [二項式], two items/binomial (math.)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        èrrénzhuàn, [二人轉], genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
宿         Xīnxiùèr, Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座[Tiān xiē zuò]
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sìyīèr, 12th April/refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the commu...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        èrguōtóu, [二鍋頭], erguotou (sorghum liquor)
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        shí, ten/10
        shífēn, very/completely/utterly/extremely/absolutely/hundred percent/to divide into ten ...
        èrshí, twenty/20
        shíèr, twelve/12
        sānshí, thirty/30
        shízú, ample/complete/hundred percent/a pure shade (of some color)
        shízìjià, cross/crucifix/yoke one has to endure
        wǔshí, fifty
        shíwǔ, fifteen/15
        shíwàn, [十萬], hundred thousand
        sìshí, forty/40
        shíjǐ, [十幾], more than ten/a dozen or more
        
        
        
        shízì, cross road/cross-shaped/crucifix/the character ten
        shíbā, eighteen/18
        shíliù, sixteen/16
        shísì, fourteen/14
        
        shíyī, eleven/11
        liùshí, sixty/60
        shíqī, seventeen/17
        shísān, thirteen/13
        Shíyuè, October/tenth month (of the lunar year)
        shízìlùkǒu, crossroads/intersection
        
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        bāshí, eighty/80
        Shíyīyuè, November/eleventh month (of the lunar year)
        
        qīshí, seventy/70
        
        
        shízìjūn, [十字軍], crusaders/army of crusaders/the Crusades
        
        shíjiǔ, nineteen/19
        
        
        
        
        Shíèryuè, December/twelfth month (of the lunar year)
        
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        jiǔshí, ninety
        
        
        
        
        shíquánshíměi, complete and beautiful/to be perfect (idiom)
        
        
        
        shífēnzhīyī, one tenth
        
        
        shíwànhuǒjí, [十萬火急], most urgent/posthaste/express
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        héshí, to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
        shíyǒubājiǔ, most likely/mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)/vast majority
        
        shísìhángshī, [十四行詩], sonnet
        
        
        
        
        Hóngshízì, [紅十字], Red Cross
        
        yīwǔyīshí, lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full deta...
        
        
        
        
        
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        shíèrfēn, exceedingly/hundred percent/everything and more
        
        
        shízhībājiǔ, most likely/mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)/vast majority
        shínájiǔwěn, [十拿九穩], to be a cinch/in the bag/(of a person) confident of success
        
        
        
        èrshíyīdiǎn, [二十一點], blackjack (card game)
        
        
        
        
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        shíyuèfèn, October
        sānqīèrshíyī, three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)/the facts of the matter/the actual situation
        
        bājiǔbùlíshí, [八九不離十], pretty close/very near/about right
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        shíèrzhǐcháng, [十二指腸], duodenum
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        shíjìnzhì, [十進制], decimal
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shísānrì, thirteenth day of a month
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qīlǎobāshí, in one's seventies (age)/very old (of people)
        shíèryuèfèn, December
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        wǔguāngshísè, bright and multicolored/of rich variety/(fig.) dazzling/glitzy
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yīmùshíháng, ten lines at a glance (idiom)/to read very rapidly
        
        
        
        bǎishí, a hundred or so
        
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        bùguǎnsānqīèrshíyī, regardless of the consequences/recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic for...
        
        
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        dìsānshí, thirtieth
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        shíliùjìnzhì, [十六進制], hexadecimal
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        shísāndiǎn, [十三點], half-witted/nitwit
        
        
        
        
        shíyīyuèfèn, November
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        sì, four/4
        
        sìchù, [四處], all over the place/everywhere and all directions
        sìzhōu, all around
        Zhōusì, [週四], Thursday
        Xīngqīsì, Thursday
        
        
        sìshí, forty/40
        sìfēnzhīyī, one-quarter
        shísì, fourteen/14
        Sìyuè, April/fourth month (of the lunar year)
        sìzhī, the four limbs of the body
        
        
        sìjì, four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
        
        
        shuōsāndàosì, [說三道四], to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)/to criticize/gossip
        
        
        
        sìqǐ, to spring up everywhere/from all around
        sìfāng, four-way/four-sided/in all directions/everywhere
        
        
        sìmiànbāfāng, in all directions/all around/far and near
        
        
        sìmiàn, all sides
        
        tiāosānjiǎnsì, [挑三揀四], to be picky/to be choosy
        wēijīsìfú, [危機四伏], danger lurks on every side (idiom)
        sìchóngzòu, quartet (musical ensemble)
        sìsàn, to disperse/to scatter in all directions
        Lǐbàisì, [禮拜四], Thursday
        
        
        shísìhángshī, [十四行詩], sonnet
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sìxià, everywhere
        
        
        
        Sìchuān, Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sìyuèfèn, April
        bùsānbùsì, dubious/shady/neither one thing nor the other/neither fish nor fowl/nondescript
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        sìdà, the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)/the four freedoms: sp...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yīniánsìjì, all year round
        
        sìhuánsù, [四環素], tetracycline
        
        sìrénbāng, [四人幫], Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王...
        LiùSì, refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
        
        
        
        
        
        sìliǎngbōqiānjīn, [四兩撥千斤], lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)/fig. to achieve much with l...
        
        zhāosānmùsì, lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth tha...
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        sìlín, [四鄰], one's nearest neighbors
        dīsānxiàsì, servile
        
        
        
        
        
        sìjìdòu, green bean/French bean/runner bean
        sìmiànChǔgē, lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)/fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated...
        
        
        
        
        sìshí, [四時], the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
        sìjí, [四級], grade 4/fourth class/category D
        
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        jiātúsìbì, lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)/fig. very poor/wretched
        sìshēng, [四聲], the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing...
        ZhāngsānLǐsì, [張三李四], Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom)/Tom, Dick and Harry
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sìbiānxíng, [四邊形], quadrilateral
        sìpíngbāwěn, [四平八穩], everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
        
        
        
        
        
        sìtōngbādá, [四通八達], roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        LǐSì, Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhāng ...
        
        wǔhúsìhǎi, all parts of the country
        
        
        
        sìfāngbù, a slow march
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        MùwèiSì, [木衛四], Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
        
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        sìhéyuàn, courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
        
        
        
        
        
        fàngzhīsìhǎiérjiēzhǔn, [放之四海而皆準], appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable/a panacea,...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        sìmiàntǐ, [四面體], tetrahedron
        
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        míngyángsìhǎi, [名揚四海], to become known far and wide (idiom)/famous
        
        
        
        
        sìjiǎoshé, [四腳蛇], lizard/common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xī yì]
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Sìpíng, Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
        
        
        
        
        
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        xiào, filial piety or obedience/mourning apparel
        xiàoshùn, [孝順], filial/dutiful/devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)/to show filial pi...
        
        xiàozǐ, filial son
        xiàojìng, to show filial respect/to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)/to suppor...
        
        bùxiào, unfilial
        
        dàixiào, to wear mourning garb/to be in mourning
        
        shǒuxiào, to observe mourning for one's parents
        
        
        
        
        xiàoxīn, filial piety (a Confucian obligation)/respect and obedience to one's parents
        
        xiàodao, filial piety (Confucian virtue)/to be a good son or daughter
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jìnxiào, [盡孝], to do one's filial duty

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