四 sì

four

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DEFINITIONS

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四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
四川省 sì chuān shěng Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3], capital Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
四平 sì píng Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
四脚蛇 sì jiǎo shé lizard; common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
四面体 sì miàn tǐ tetrahedron
放之四海而皆准 fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable; a panacea; applicable anywhere (idiom)
木卫四 mù wèi sì Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
一部二十四史，不知从何说起 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ ， bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
一部二十四史，不知從何說起 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ ， bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
七政四余 qī zhèng sì yú seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
七政四餘 qī zhèng sì yú seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
三催四请 sān cuī sì qǐng to coax and plead
三催四請 sān cuī sì qǐng to coax and plead
三从四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
三朋四友 sān péng sì yǒu friends; cronies
不规则四边形 bù guī zé sì biān xíng irregular quadrilateral; trapezium
不規則四邊形 bù guī zé sì biān xíng irregular quadrilateral; trapezium
丟三落四 diū sān là sì forgetful; empty-headed
干煸四季豆 gān biān sì jì dòu fried beans, Sichuan style
乾煸四季豆 gān biān sì jì dòu fried beans, Sichuan style
二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story
二十四孝 èr shí sì xiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
二十四节气 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
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