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六 | liù | six / 6 |
996 | jiǔ jiǔ liù | 9am–9pm, six days a week (work schedule) |
七上八下 | qī shàng bā xià | at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess |
形声 | xíng shēng | ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character |
三十六计 | sān shí liù jì | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems |
象形字 | xiàng xíng zì | pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph |
康广仁 | Kāng Guǎng rén | Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 |
六角星 | liù jiǎo xīng | six-pointed star; hexagram |
横七竖八 | héng qī shù bā | in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom) |
五脏六腑 | wǔ zàng liù fǔ | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) |
六字真言 | liù zì zhēn yán | the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum) |
侍郎 | shì láng | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) |
会意 | huì yì | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) |
三十六计,走为上策 | sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè | of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave |
六合 | liù hé | the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun |
六神 | liù shén | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3]) |
眼观六路耳听八方 | yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng | lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom) |
四分五裂 | sì fēn wǔ liè | (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens |
六畜 | liù chù | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog |
六方会谈 | Liù fāng Huì tán | Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia |
会意字 | huì yì zì | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound |
六朝四大家 | Liù Cháo Sì Dà jiā | Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2] |
反正一样 | fǎn zhèng yī yàng | whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long |
假借 | jiǎ jiè | to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan |
六书 | liù shū | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) |