Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 长江三角洲[cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu])
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
(idiom) (of literature or music) concise yet deeply evocative; inviting repeated savoring
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
to have three meals a day
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
three generations under one roof
to order again and again (idiom)
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江泽民[jiāng zé mín] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII
1.The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction2.all the possible schemes and stratagems
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[dé], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
1.in two minds about sth (idiom)2.half-hearted3.shilly-shallying
think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
1.lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)2.fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation3.in dire straits
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[sōng huā jiāng], Ussuri 乌苏里江[wū sū lǐ jiāng]
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
1.three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend2.the earliest system of Chinese historiography
1.triple jump (athletics)2.hop, skip and jump
1.three-dimensional space2.3D
1.three principles and five virtues (idiom)2.the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 义, propriety 礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
1.hurriedly2.just a few steps away
1.lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes2.to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
old friends and relatives