(bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
(bird species of China) three-toed parrotbill (Paradoxornis paradoxus)
(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
1. female escort2. bar girl
1. troika2. (fig.) three driving forces; three-person leadership structure
Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal
(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature
1. to spread rumors2. to gossip
Triangulum Australe (constellation)
when the circumference is three, the diameter is (approximately) one
augmented triad (musical chord)
major and minor third (musical interval)
to sow discord everywhere
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[chūn qiū], including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊传[gōng yáng zhuàn], Mr Guliang's annals 谷梁传[gǔ liáng zhuàn] and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左传[zuǒ zhuàn]
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
(bird species of China) barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
(zoology) nictitating membrane
triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
(math.) to extract a cube root
1. a piece of land of 1.3 mu 亩[mǔ]2. (fig.) one's turf
三七开定论 三七開定論 sān qī kāi dìng lùn thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
三分钟热度 三分鐘熱度 sān fēn zhōng rè dù 1. brief period of enthusiasm2. flash in the pan
三北防护林 三北防護林 sān běi fáng hù lín Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
1. 38th parallel2. dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
三对三斗牛 三對三鬥牛 sān duì sān dòu niú three-on-three basketball game
三尖杉酯碱 三尖杉酯鹼 sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn harringtonine (chemistry)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
三胚层动物 三胚層動物 sān pēi céng dòng wù triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)
三角测量法 三角測量法 sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎ triangulation (surveying)
三趾啄木鸟 三趾啄木鳥 sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[yuán méi], Jiang Shiquan 蒋士铨[jiǎng shì quán] and Zhao Yi 赵翼[zhào yì]
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
唐诗三百首 唐詩三百首 táng shī sān bǎi shǒu Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孙诛[sūn zhū]
1. thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan2. also written 梅里雪山[méi lǐ xuě shān]
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
小三劝退师 小三勸退師 xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee