抚远三角洲 撫遠三角洲 fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōu 1. Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk2. same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子岛[hēi xiā zi dǎo]
every medicine has its side effect
东方三博士 東方三博士 dōng fāng sān bó shì 1. the Magi2. the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
桃园三结义 桃園三結義 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 刘备[liú bèi], Zhang Fei 张飞[zhāng fēi] and Guan Yu 关羽[guān yǔ] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì]
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
等边三角形 等邊三角形 děng biān sān jiǎo xíng equilateral triangle
着三不着两 著三不著兩 zháo sān bù zháo liǎng 1. scatter-brained2. thoughtless
陆海空三军 陸海空三軍 lù hǎi kōng sān jūn army, navy, and air force
黄石公三略 黃石公三略 huáng shí gōng sān lüè "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
黄脚三趾鹑 黃腳三趾鶉 huáng jiǎo sān zhǐ chún (bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
三件套式西装 三件套式西裝 sān jiàn tào shì xī zhuāng three-piece suit
三千大千世界 sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè cosmos (Buddhism)
三折肱为良医 三折肱為良醫 sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī 1. (lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom)2. (fig.) experience is a good teacher
三自爱国教会 三自愛國教會 sān zì ài guó jiào huì Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
不等边三角形 不等邊三角形 bù děng biān sān jiǎo xíng scalene triangle
不规则三角形 不規則三角形 bù guī zé sān jiǎo xíng scalene triangle (math.)
偏三轮摩托车 偏三輪摩托車 piān sān lún mó tuō chē motorbike with sidecar
Pascal's Triangle (math.)
湄公河三角洲 méi gōng hé sān jiǎo zhōu Mekong River Delta
长三角经济区 長三角經濟區 cháng sān jiǎo jīng jì qū Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
21三体综合症 21三體綜合症 21 sān tǐ zōng hé zhèng trisomy; Down's syndrome
一哭二闹三上吊 一哭二鬧三上吊 yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào 1. (lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)2. (fig.) to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē 1. lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)2. fig. everybody's business is nobody's business3. (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三个女人一个墟 三個女人一個墟 sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū three women makes a crowd
三个女人一台戏 三個女人一臺戲 sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三江生态旅游区 三江生態旅遊區 sān jiāng shēng tài lǚ yóu qū Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川县[wèn chuān xiàn], northwest Sichuan
五讲四美三热爱 五講四美三熱愛 wǔ jiǎng sì měi sān rè ài the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
管他三七二十一 guǎn tā sān qī èr shí yī 1. who cares2. no matter what3. regardless of the consequences
话到嘴边留三分 話到嘴邊留三分 huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
货比三家不吃亏 貨比三家不吃虧 huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
金背三趾啄木鸟 金背三趾啄木鳥 jīn bèi sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
三人行，必有我师 三人行，必有我師 sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī 1. lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)2. you have sth to learn from everyone
三大纪律八项注意 三大紀律八項注意 sān dà jì lǜ bā xiàng zhù yì the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
二氯异三聚氰酸钠 二氯異三聚氰酸鈉 èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà sodium dichloroisocyanurate
腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸 xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suān adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
长江三角洲经济区 長江三角洲經濟區 cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu jīng jì qū Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
一日不见，如隔三秋 一日不見，如隔三秋 yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
三人行，则必有我师 三人行，則必有我師 sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
三十六计，走为上策 三十六計，走為上策 sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè 1. of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)2. the best thing to do is leave
三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ 1. three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)2. spare the rod, spoil the child
三天打鱼，两天晒网 三天打魚，兩天曬網 sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng 1. lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)2. fig. not to persevere in doing sth3. to do sth by fits and starts
不孝有三，无后为大 不孝有三，無後為大 bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ])
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò zhū gě liàng 1. lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom2. wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè zhū gě liàng 1. lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom2. wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三十年河东，三十年河西 三十年河東，三十年河西 sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī 1. the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)2. change is the only constant