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三七開
sān qī kāi
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ratio seventy to thirty;
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
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三七开定论
sān qī kāi dìng lùn
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thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
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三七開定論
sān qī kāi dìng lùn
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thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
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三三两两
sān sān liǎng liǎng
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in twos and threes
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三三兩兩
sān sān liǎng liǎng
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in twos and threes
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三下五除二
sān xià wǔ chú èr
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three, set five remove two (abacus rule);
efficiently;
quickly and easily
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三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
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quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
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三下兩下
sān xià liǎng xià
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quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
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三不
sān bù
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the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)
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三不五时
sān bù wǔ shí
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(Tw) from time to time;
frequently
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三不五時
sān bù wǔ shí
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(Tw) from time to time;
frequently
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三不沾
sān bù zhān
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air ball (basketball)
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三不知
sān bù zhī
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to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end;
to know nothing at all
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三中全会
sān zhōng quán huì
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third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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三中全會
sān zhōng quán huì
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third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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三九天
sān jiǔ tiān
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the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
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三井
sān jǐng
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Mitsui (Japanese company)
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三亞
sān yà
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Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
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三亚市
sān yà shì
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Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
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三亞市
sān yà shì
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Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
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三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
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three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
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三人行
sān rén xíng
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(slang) threesome
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三人行，则必有我师
sān rén xíng ， zé bì yǒu wǒ shī
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If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
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三人行，則必有我師
sān rén xíng ， zé bì yǒu wǒ shī
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If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
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三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng ， bì yǒu wǒ shī
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lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius);
you have sth to learn from everyone
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