four

HSK 1 #226

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行詩 shí sì háng shī sonnet
危機伏 wēi jī sì fú danger lurks on every side (idiom)
乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
名揚海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom); famous
唐初大家 táng chū sì dà jiā Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang; refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]
一二事变 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
一二事變 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
一二反革命政变 sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
一二反革命政變 sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
一二惨案 sì yī èr cǎn àn the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
一二慘案 sì yī èr cǎn àn the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
下里 sì xià li all around
下裡 sì xià li all around
世同堂 sì shì tóng táng Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]; four generations under one roof (idiom)
乙基铅中毒 sì yǐ jī qiān zhōng dú tetraethyl lead poisoning
乙基鉛中毒 sì yǐ jī qiān zhōng dú tetraethyl lead poisoning
人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
个全面 sì ge quán miàn Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
個全面 sì ge quán miàn Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
个现代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to 四化
個現代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to 四化
元数 sì yuán shù quaternion (math.)
元數 sì yuán shù quaternion (math.)
兩撥千斤 sì liǎng bō qiān jīn lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort