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三角学
sān jiǎo xué
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trigonometry
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三角法
sān jiǎo fǎ
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trigonometry (math.)
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三角铁
sān jiǎo tiě
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triangle (musical instrument);
angle iron
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三鹿
sān lù
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Sanlu (brand)
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入木三分
rù mù sān fēn
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written in a forceful hand;
penetrating;
profound
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其三
qí sān
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thirdly;
the third
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长三
cháng sān
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(old) high-class prostitute
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三七
sān qī
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pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
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三亚
sān yà
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Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
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三伏天
sān fú tiān
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three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)
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三国演义
sān guó yǎn yì
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature;
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備|刘备, 蜀漢|蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
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三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
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lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day;
frequently
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三昧
sān mèi
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Samadhi (Buddhist term)
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三条
sān tiáo
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three of a kind (poker)
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三民主义
sān mín zhǔ yì
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Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
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三棱镜
sān léng jìng
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(triangular) prism
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三级跳
sān jí tiào
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triple jump (athletics);
hop, skip and jump
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三藏
sān zàng
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Tripitaka (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645;
same as 玄奘
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三角函数
sān jiǎo hán shù
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trigonometric function
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三通
sān tōng
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T-joint;
T-piece;
T-pipe;
three links
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三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú
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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
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不管三七二十一
bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī
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regardless of the consequences;
recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
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十三点
shí sān diǎn
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half-witted;
nitwit
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大江健三郎
dà jiāng jiàn sān láng
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Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate
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木卫三
mù wèi sān
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Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
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