16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[dí jìn wǒ tuì dí zhù wǒ rǎo dí pí wǒ dǎ dí tuì wǒ zhuī] when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
1. wicked beyond redemption (idiom)2. heinous
1. the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements2. (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
1. Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)2. House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 张艺谋[zhāng yì móu])
1. last day of the lunar year2. Chinese New Year's Eve
the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing)
1. about a hundred2. a hundred or so
1. lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything2. a word to the wise
1. all walks of life (idiom)2. every trade
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
1. light-years (apart)2. a million miles (apart)3. (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
1. lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)2. fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
七十七国集团 七十七國集團 qī shí qī guó jí tuán Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
1. (lit.) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)2. (fig.) the pot calls the kettle black
行百里者半九十 xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí 1. lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)2. fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets3. a task is not done until it's done
variant of 一曝十寒[yī pù shí hán]
1. same as 天干2. the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
1. decimal2. calculations to base 10
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
1. 12-yard (sports)2. penalty kick
1. Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)2. also written 五胡十六国
the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[xīn], 壬[rén], 癸[guǐ] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
1. lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them2. fig. (of goods) 100% genuine
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经[yì jīng]
the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
the twelve signs of the zodiac
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)