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1 li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

2 neighborhood

3 ancient administrative unit of 25 families

4 (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels

1 ten

2 10

1 ten

2 10

1 letter

2 symbol

3 character

4 word

5 classifier: 個 Gè

6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

1 two

2 both

3 some

4 a few

5 tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

1 to divide

2 to separate

3 to distribute

4 to allocate

5 to distinguish (good and bad)

6 part or subdivision

7 fraction

8 one tenth (of certain units)

9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm

10 minute (unit of time)

11 minute (angular measurement unit)

12 a point (in sports or games)

13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

1 quilt

2 by

3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)

4 (literary) to cover

5 to meet with

6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])

1 100 million

1 Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

1 hair

2 feather

3 down

4 wool

5 mildew

6 mold

7 coarse or semifinished

8 young

9 raw

10 careless

11 unthinking

12 nervous

13 scared

14 (of currency) to devalue or depreciate

15 classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

1 clown

2 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox

3 ancient Chinese compass point: 30°

1 to read

2 to study (a subject)

3 to attend (a school)

4 to read aloud

5 to miss (sb)

6 idea

7 remembrance

8 twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

1 Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sūn Wǔ] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū]

1 a string of 100 cash (arch.)

2 to lament

3 to condole with

4 variant: 吊 Diào

1 the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yáng Xióng] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

1 paper money

2 a bill (e.g. 100 yuan)

3 classifier: 張 Zhāng

4 classifier: 紮 Zā

1 Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God

1 Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician

1 potassium sorbate, É02 (a food preservative)

1 Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞