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八八六 八八六 [ba1 ba1 liu4] /Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)/ 6725 1
板板六十四 板板六十四 [ban3 ban3 liu4 shi2 si4] /unaccommodating/rigid/ 7099 1
本篤十六世 本笃十六世 [[Ben3du3 Shi2liu4shi4]] /Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013/ 383 2
曹不興 曹不兴 [Cao2 Bu4 xing1] /Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家/ 2887 1
[[di4]] /(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth")/(literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed/(old) residence of a high official/(literary) but; however/(literary) only; just/ 825 2
第六感 第六感 [di4 liu4 gan3] /sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)/ 6478 1
第六感覺 第六感觉 [di4 liu4 gan3 jue2] /sixth sense/intuition/ 5497 1
斗六 斗六 [Dou3 liu4] /Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan/ 6036 1
斗六市 斗六市 [Dou3 liu4 shi4] /Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan/ 6036 1
阿堵 阿堵 [e1 du3] /(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this/(abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money/ 2548 1
浮生六記 浮生六记 [Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4] /Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808/ 2460 1
顧愷之 顾恺之 [Gu4 Kai3 zhi1] /Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家/ 2887 1
過關斬將 过关斩将 [guo4 guan1 zhan3 jiang4] /to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4])/ 1227 1
過五關斬六將 过五关斩六将 [guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4] /lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)/fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)/ 4662 1
會意 会意 [hui4 yi4] /combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compound/to comprehend without being told explicitly/to cotton on/knowing (smile, glance etc)/ 1819 1
會意字 会意字 [hui4 yi4 zi4] /combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compound/ 1819 1
霍丘 霍丘 [Huo4 qiu1] /variant of 霍邱[Huo4 qiu1]/Huoqiu county in Lu'an 六安[Lu4 an1], Anhui/Huoqiu (place in Anhui)/ 6274 1
霍邱縣 霍邱县 [[Huo4qiu1 Xian4]] /Huoqiu, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 365 2
霍山縣 霍山县 [[Huo4shan1 Xian4]] /Huoshan, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 365 2
假借 假借 [jia3 jie4] /to make use of/to use sth as pretext/under false pretenses/under the guise of/masquerading as/lenient/tolerant/loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan/ 4388 1
假借字 假借字 [jia3 jie4 zi4] /loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan/ 6934 1
姜子牙 姜子牙 [Jiang1 Zi3 ya2] /Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]/ 2764 1
今古文 今古文 [jin1 gu3 wen2] /Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]/ 3371 1
金安區 金安区 [[Jin1an1 Qu1]] /Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 935 2
金寨縣 金寨县 [[Jin1zhai4 Xian4]] /Jinzhai, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 365 2
九聲六調 九声六调 [jiu3 sheng1 liu4 diao4] /nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)/ 6974 1
[jue2] /to bid farewell/tricks of the trade/pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)/ 2542 1
軍情六處 军情六处 [Jun1 qing2 Liu4 chu4] /MI6 (British military intelligence agency)/ 3463 1
康廣仁 康广仁 [Kang1 Guang3 ren2] /Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/ 6534 1
禮拜六 礼拜六 [[Li3bai4liu4]] /Saturday/ 900 2
林旭 林旭 [Lin2 Xu4] /Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/ 4695 1
菱形六面體 菱形六面体 [[ling2xing2 liu4mian4ti3]] /(math.) rhombohedron/ 872 2
劉光第 刘光第 [Liu2 Guang1 di4] /Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/ 4695 1
[liu4] /six/6/ 7099 1
六邊形 六边形 [liu4 bian1 xing2] /hexagon/ 7031 1
六朝 六朝 [Liu4 Chao2] /Six Dynasties (220-589)/ 2887 1
六朝時代 六朝时代 [Liu4 Chao2 Shi2 dai4] /the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang/ 2887 1
六朝四大家 六朝四大家 [Liu4 Chao2 Si4 Da4 jia1] /Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]/ 2887 1
六陳 六陈 [liu4 chen2] /food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)/ 4302 1
六畜 六畜 [liu4 chu4] /six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog/ 3803 1
六二五戰爭 六二五战争 [Liu4 Er4 wu3 Zhan4 zheng1] /the Korean War (started June 25 1950)/ 4515 1
六二五事變 六二五事变 [[Liu4 Er4wu3 Shi4bian4]] /Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)/ 712 2
六方 六方 [liu4 fang1] /hexagonal/ 6888 1
六方最密堆積 六方最密堆积 [liu4 fang1 zui4 mi4 dui1 ji1] /hexagonal close-packed (HCP) (math.)/ 2404 1
六分儀 六分仪 [liu4 fen1 yi2] /sextant/ 4680 1
六分儀座 六分仪座 [Liu4 fen1 yi2 zuo4] /Sextans (constellation)/ 4680 1
六分之一 六分之一 [liu4 fen1 zhi1 yi1] /one sixth/ 6733 1
六氟化硫 六氟化硫 [liu4 fu2 hua4 liu2] /sulfur hexafluoride/ 6068 1
六氟化鈾 六氟化铀 [liu4 fu2 hua4 you2] /uranium hexafluoride (UF6)/ 7099 1
六宮 六宫 [liu4 gong1] /empress and imperial concubines or their residence/ 2014 1
六公主 六公主 [[Liu4 gong1zhu3]] /nickname for CCTV-6 (China Movie Channel)/ 156 2
六合 六合 [liu4 he2] /the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)/the whole country/the universe/everything under the sun/ 6557 1
六合八法 六合八法 [liu4 he2 ba1 fa3] /Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art/ 6895 1
六合彩 六合彩 [liu4 he2 cai3] /Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)/ 7031 1
六環路 六环路 [liu4 huan2 lu4] /Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008/ 6798 1
六級士官 六级士官 [liu4 ji2 shi4 guan1] /sergeant major/ 6121 1
六家 六家 [liu4 jia1] /Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])/ 5568 1
六甲 六甲 [Liu4 jia3] /(place name)/ 1694 1
六價 六价 [liu4 jia4] /hexavalent/ 3651 1
六角 六角 [liu4 jiao3] /hexagon/ 6511 1
六角括號 六角括号 [liu4 jiao3 kuo4 hao4] /tortoise shell brackets 〔〕/ 3013 1
六角螺帽 六角螺帽 [liu4 jiao3 luo2 mao4] /hexagonal nut/ 6511 1
六角形 六角形 [liu4 jiao3 xing2] /hexagon/ 7015 1
六經 六经 [Liu4 jing1] /Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]/ 4878 1
六庫 六库 [Liu4 ku4] /Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in Yunnan/ 5894 1
六塊腹肌 六块腹肌 [liu4 kuai4 fu4 ji1] /six-pack (abs)/ 6144 1
六面體 六面体 [liu4 mian4 ti3] /hexahedron/ 1915 1
六盤山 六盘山 [Liu4 pan2 Shan1] /Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China/ 5514 1
六親 六亲 [liu4 qin1] /six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3]/one's kin/ 6361 1
六親不認 六亲不认 [liu4 qin1 bu4 ren4] /not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives/ 5617 1
六親無靠 六亲无靠 [liu4 qin1 wu2 kao4] /orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on/left to one's own devices/ 6331 1
六日戰爭 六日战争 [Liu4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] /the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors/ 4892 1
六扇門 六扇门 [liu4 shan4 men2] /seat of the government/yamen/(in wuxia stories) special police force/ 3874 1
六神 六神 [liu4 shen2] /the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])/ 4051 1
六神無主 六神无主 [liu4 shen2 wu2 zhu3] /out of one's wits (idiom)/distracted/stunned/ 4051 1
六十 六十 [liu4 shi2] /sixty/60/ 7099 1
六十年代 六十年代 [liu4 shi2 nian2 dai4] /the sixties/the 1960s/ 6307 1
六十四位元 六十四位元 [liu4 shi2 si4 wei4 yuan2] /64-bit (computing)/ 6263 1
六書 六书 [liu4 shu1] /Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)/ 5786 1
六四 六四 [Liu4 Si4] /refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989/ 4943 1
六四事件 六四事件 [Liu4 Si4 Shi4 jian4] /Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989/ 4943 1
六碳糖 六碳糖 [liu4 tan4 tang2] /hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2]/ 6536 1
六韜 六韬 [Liu4 tao1] /“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]/ 2764 1
六韜三略 六韬三略 [Liu4 tao1 San1 lüe4] /"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lu:e4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]/ 2764 1
六邪 六邪 [liu4 xie2] /(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]/ 4967 1
六一兒童節 六一儿童节 [Liu4 Yi1 Er2 tong2 jie2] /Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14/ 4892 1
六藝 六艺 [Liu4 Yi4] /the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])/another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]/ 4882 1
六淫 六淫 [liu4 yin2] /(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]/ 4967 1
六月 六月 [Liu4 yue4] /June/sixth month (of the lunar year)/ 5119 1
六字真言 六字真言 [liu4 zi4 zhen1 yan2] /the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)/ 4596 1
六方會談 六方会谈 [[Liu4fang1 Hui4tan2]] /Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia/ 383 2
六腑 六腑 [[liu4fu3]] /(TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2guang1]/ 903 2
六角星 六角星 [[liu4jiao3xing1]] /six-pointed star; hexagram/ 674 2
六芒星 六芒星 [[liu4mang2xing1]] /six-pointed star; hexagram/ 674 2
六盤水 六盘水 [[Liu4pan2shui3]] /see 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4]/ 679 2
六盤水市 六盘水市 [[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4]] /Liupanshui, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4zhou1 Sheng3]/ 679 2
六十四卦 六十四卦 [[liu4shi2si4 gua4]] /the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4jing1]/ 99 2
六旬 六旬 [[liu4xun2]] /60 years; one's sixties/60 days/ 57 2
六月份 六月份 [[liu4yue4fen4]] /June/ 184 2
六枝 六枝 [[Liu4zhi1]] /see 六枝特區|六枝特区[Liu4zhi1 Te4qu1]/ 124 2
六枝特區 六枝特区 [[Liu4zhi1 Te4qu1]] /Liuzhi Special District, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4], Guizhou/ 124 2
[[lu4]] /used in place names/ 420 2
陸探微 陆探微 [Lu4 Tan4 wei1] /Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家/ 2887 1
六安 六安 [[Lu4an1]] /see 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4]/ 682 2
六安市 六安市 [[Lu4an1 Shi4]] /Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1hui1 Sheng3]/ 701 2
六合 六合 [[Lu4he2]] /see 六合區|六合区[Lu4he2 Qu1]/ 310 2
六合區 六合区 [[Lu4he2 Qu1]] /Luhe, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu/ 310 2
馬六甲 马六甲 [Ma3 liu4 jia3] /Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra/ 5784 1
馬六甲海峽 马六甲海峡 [Ma3 liu4 jia3 Hai3 xia2] /Strait of Malacca/ 2671 1
滿剌加 满剌加 [Man3 la4 jia1] /Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca/see also 馬六甲|马六甲[Ma3 liu4 jia3]/ 6087 1
沒六兒 没六儿 [mei2 liu4 r5] /variant of 沒溜兒|没溜儿[mei2 liu4 r5]/ 5102 1
民國 民国 [Min2 guo2] /Republic of China (1912-1949)/used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)/ 3247 1
穆罕默德六世 穆罕默德六世 [[Mu4han3mo4de2 Liu4shi4]] /King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–)/ 383 2
內六角扳手 内六角扳手 [nei4 liu4 jiao3 ban1 shou3] /Allen key/hex key/ 4122 1
內六角圓柱頭螺釘 内六角圆柱头螺钉 [nei4 liu4 jiao3 yuan2 zhu4 tou2 luo2 ding1] /hexagon socket head cap screw/ 3659 1
帕斯卡六邊形 帕斯卡六边形 [pa4 si1 ka3 liu4 bian1 xing2] /Pascal's hexagon/ 7015 1
盤州市 盘州市 [[Pan2zhou1 Shi4]] /Panzhou, a county-level city in Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4], Guizhou/ 343 2
平行六面體 平行六面体 [ping2 xing2 liu4 mian4 ti3] /(math.) parallelepiped/ 1915 1
七情六欲 七情六欲 [[qi1qing2-liu4yu4]] /(idiom) various emotions and desires/ 612 2
人五人六 人五人六 [[ren2wu3-ren2liu4]] /(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior/ 768 2
三百六十行 三百六十行 [san1 bai3 liu4 shi2 hang2] /all walks of life (idiom)/every trade/ 4716 1
三茶六飯 三茶六饭 [san1 cha2 liu4 fan4] /lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes/to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)/ 6102 1
三姑六婆 三姑六婆 [san1 gu1 liu4 po2] /women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)/ 6294 1
三親六故 三亲六故 [san1 qin1 liu4 gu4] /old friends and relatives/ 6029 1
三十六計 三十六计 [san1 shi2 liu4 ji4] /The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction/all the possible schemes and stratagems/ 6172 1
三十六計,走為上策 三十六计,走为上策 [san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4] /of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)/the best thing to do is leave/ 1673 1
三十六計,走為上計 三十六计,走为上计 [san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4] /see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]/ 3715 1
三十六字母 三十六字母 [san1 shi2 liu4 zi4 mu3] /thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory/ 6375 1
三頭六臂 三头六臂 [[san1tou2-liu4bi4]] /(lit.) (having) three heads and six arms (idiom)/(fig.) superhuman abilities; exceptional capability/ 48 2
山本頭 山本头 [Shan1 ben3 tou2] /(Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]/ 2381 1
山本五十六 山本五十六 [Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4] /YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral/ 6676 1
身懷六甲 身怀六甲 [shen1 huai2 liu4 jia3] /to be pregnant (idiom)/ 6022 1
沈復 沈复 [Shen3 Fu4] /Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4]/ 2460 1
十六 十六 [shi2 liu4] /sixteen/16/ 7099 1
十六國 十六国 [Shi2 liu4 guo2] /Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)/also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国/ 4482 1
十六國春秋 十六国春秋 [Shi2 liu4 guo2 Chun1 qiu1] /history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls/ 6889 1
十六進制 十六进制 [shi2 liu4 jin4 zhi4] /hexadecimal/ 7031 1
十六烷值 十六烷值 [shi2 liu4 wan2 zhi2] /cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)/ 6928 1
十六位元 十六位元 [shi2 liu4 wei4 yuan2] /16-bit (computing)/ 6263 1
十六字訣 十六字诀 [shi2 liu4 zi4 jue2] /16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退,敵駐我擾,敵疲我打,敵退我追|敌进我退,敌驻我扰,敌疲我打,敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue/ 2542 1
舒城縣 舒城县 [[Shu1cheng2 Xian4]] /Shucheng, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 365 2
水城區 水城区 [[Shui3cheng2 Qu1]] /Shuicheng, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4], Guizhou/ 343 2
太公兵法 太公兵法 [Tai4 gong1 Bing1 fa3] /alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China/ 2125 1
譚嗣同 谭嗣同 [Tan2 Si4 tong2] /Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/ 6705 1
韜略 韬略 [tao1 lüe4] /military strategy/military tactics/originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]/ 4686 1
土衛六 土卫六 [Tu3 wei4 Liu4] /Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI/ 3136 1
[wei4] /position/location/place/seat/classifier for people (honorific)/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)/(physics) potential/ 3155 1
問名 问名 [wen4 ming2] /to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride/one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family/ 4503 1
五胡 五胡 [Wu3 hu2] /Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]/ 4482 1
五胡十六國 五胡十六国 [Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2] /Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)/ 4482 1
武經七書 武经七书 [Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] /Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5], "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4] and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4]/ 4682 1
五顏六色 五颜六色 [wu3 yan2 liu4 se4] /multicolored/every color under the sun/ 1383 1
五臟六腑 五脏六腑 [wu3 zang4 liu4 fu3] /five viscera and six bowels (TCM)/ 4996 1
戊戌六君子 戊戌六君子 [Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi3] /the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]/ 4694 1
象形 象形 [xiang4 xing2] /pictogram/one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters/Chinese character derived from a picture/sometimes called hieroglyph/ 6934 1
象形字 象形字 [xiang4 xing2 zi4] /pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character derived from a picture/sometimes called hieroglyph/ 6934 1
星期六 星期六 [[Xing1qi1liu4]] /Saturday/ 363 2
形聲 形声 [xing2 sheng1] /ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character/ 5786 1
[[xun2]] /(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4xun2])/(bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4xun2] "sixty years old")/ 161 2
眼觀六路耳聽八方 眼观六路耳听八方 [yan3 guan1 liu4 lu4 er3 ting1 ba1 fang1] /lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions/to be observant and alert (idiom)/ 6062 1
楊銳 杨锐 [Yang2 Rui4] /Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News/ 4695 1
楊深秀 杨深秀 [Yang2 Shen1 xiu4] /Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/ 4695 1
吆五喝六 吆五喝六 [yao1 wu3 he4 liu4] /lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling/ 6990 1
葉集區 叶集区 [[Ye4ji2 Qu1]] /Yeji, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 935 2
一推六二五 一推六二五 [[yi1 tui1 liu4er4wu3]] /1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)/(fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck/ 715 2
一退六二五 一退六二五 [[yi1 tui4 liu4er4wu3]] /see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4er4wu3]/ 715 2
裕安區 裕安区 [[Yu4an1 Qu1]] /Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4an1 Shi4], Anhui/ 935 2
造字 造字 [zao4 zi4] /to create Chinese characters/cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]/ 6308 1
張三,李四,王五,趙六 张三,李四,王五,赵六 [Zhang1 San1 , Li3 Si4 , Wang2 Wu3 , Zhao4 Liu4] /(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry/ 974 1
張僧繇 张僧繇 [Zhang1 Seng1 you2] /Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家/ 2887 1
正六邊形 正六边形 [zheng4 liu4 bian1 xing2] /regular hexagon/ 7015 1
指事 指事 [zhi3 shi4] /ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down/also known as self-explanatory character/ 6934 1
指事字 指事字 [zhi3 shi4 zi4] /ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down/also known as self-explanatory character/ 6934 1
鐘山區 钟山区 [[Zhong1shan1 Qu1]] /Zhongshan, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4pan2shui3 Shi4], Guizhou/ 356 2
週六 周六 [[Zhou1liu4]] /Saturday/ 363 2
轉注 转注 [zhuan3 zhu4] /transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character with meanings influenced by other words/sometimes called mutually explanatory character/ 5780 1
轉注字 转注字 [zhuan3 zhu4 zi4] /transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character with meanings influenced by other words/sometimes called mutually explanatory character/ 5780 1
走為上 走为上 [zou3 wei2 shang4] /see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]/ 1673 1
走為上計 走为上计 [zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4] /see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]/ 6169 1

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