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100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
派克 Pài Pike or Peck (name) / Parker Pen Company
ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
zhuó to peck
啄食 zhuó shí (of a bird) to peck at food
tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
juàn a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)
zhòu beak of bird / peck at
qiān (of a bird) to peck / (fig.) to ridicule (sb)
五斗米道 dǒu Dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master
为五斗米折腰 wèi dǒu zhé yāo (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
班辈 bān bèi seniority in the family / pecking order
班辈儿 bān bèir seniority in the family / pecking order
艾条雀啄灸 ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ "sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM)


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