四 - Chinese Character Definition and Usage

HSK	1
FREQUENCY	226th character
RADICAL	⼞ (31.2)
STROKES	5
INDEX #	262

四體 sì tǐ

one's four limbs; two arms and two legs

四体不勤，五谷不分 sì tǐ bù qín ， wǔ gǔ bù fēn

never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

四體不勤，五穀不分 sì tǐ bù qín ， wǔ gǔ bù fēn

never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

大四 dà sì

fourth-year university student

奔四 bēn sì

to be pushing 40

宋四大书 sòng sì dà shū

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

宋四大書 sòng sì dà shū

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

宋四家 sòng sì jiā

four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]

封四 fēng sì

back cover

巴三览四 bā sān lǎn sì

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

巴三覽四 bā sān lǎn sì

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

平行四边形 píng xíng sì biān xíng

parallelogram

平行四邊形 píng xíng sì biān xíng

parallelogram

廿四史 niàn sì shǐ

twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]