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六
liù
1
six
2
6
两 | 兩
liǎng
1
two
2
both
3
some
4
a few
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tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)
位
wèi
1
position
2
location
3
place
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seat
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classifier for people (honorific)
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classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
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(physics) potential
火
huǒ
1
fire
2
urgent
3
ammunition
4
fiery or flaming
5
internal heat (Chinese medicine)
6
hot (popular)
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classifier for military units (old)
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Kangxi radical 86
派
pài
1
clique
2
school
3
group
4
faction
5
to dispatch
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to send
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to assign
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to appoint
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pi (Greek letter Ππ)
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the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926
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(loanword) pie
丙
bǐng
1
variant:
十天干 Shí Tiān Gān
2
third in order
3
letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
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ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
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propyl
丑
chǒu
1
clown
2
2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
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ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
管子
Guǎn zǐ
1
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period
2
Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
阿提拉
Ā tí lā
1
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
费尔马 | 費爾馬
Fèi ěr mǎ
1
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
博格
Bó gé
1
Borg (name)
2
Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star
张国荣 | 張國榮
Zhāng Guó róng
1
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
陶潜 | 陶潛
Táo Qián
1
Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明|陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
鸿门宴 | 鴻門宴
Hóng mén Yàn
1
Feast at Hongmen
2
(fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
3
refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]
复古 | 復古
fù gǔ
1
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
2
to turn back the clock
3
neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
4
retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
赫鲁晓夫 | 赫魯曉夫
Hè lǔ xiǎo fu
1
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
荷莉·贝瑞 | 荷莉·貝瑞
Hé lì · Bèi ruì
1
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
利马窦 | 利馬竇
Lì Mǎ dòu
1
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
2
erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦
后晋 | 後晉
Hòu Jìn
1
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
伯恩斯
Bó ēn sī
1
Burns (name)
2
Nicholas Burns (1956-), US diplomat, Under-secretary at US State Department from 2005
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