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初三
chū sān
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third year in junior middle school
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朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
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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
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三教九流
sān jiào jiǔ liú
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the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists);
fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
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低三下四
dī sān xià sì
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servile
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十三日
shí sān rì
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thirteenth day of a month
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一波三折
yī bō sān zhé
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calligraphic flourish with many twists;
fig. many twists and turns
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三明
sān míng
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Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian
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三洋
sān yáng
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Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
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三菱
sān líng
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Mitsubishi
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三叶虫
sān yè chóng
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trilobite
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新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
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(of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
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隔三差五
gé sān chà wǔ
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every few days (idiom)
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三五
sān wǔ
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several;
three or five
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三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
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in groups of three or four (idiom)
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三段论
sān duàn lùn
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syllogism (deduction in logic)
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三连胜
sān lián shèng
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hat-trick (sports)
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张三李四
zhāng sān lǐ sì
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Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom);
Tom, Dick and Harry
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三不管
sān bù guǎn
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of undetermined status;
unregulated
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三原
sān yuán
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Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
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三合一
sān hé yī
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three in one;
triple
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三国
sān guó
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Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history;
several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
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三弦
sān xián
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sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
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三文治
sān wén zhì
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sandwich (loanword)
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三班倒
sān bān dǎo
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three-shift system (work rostering)
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三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
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over and over again (idiom)
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