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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 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)

Sample Sentences

是啊，还记得小学那会儿每周五下午都放假，不过我们黑板报小组都会趁着这个下午出黑板报，现在闭上眼睛还能感觉到周五下午明媚舒适的阳光和大家的笑脸呢。

shì a ，hái jìde xiǎoxué nà huìr měizhōuwǔ xiàwǔ dōu fàngjià ，bùguò wǒmen hēibǎnbào xiǎozǔ dōuhuì chèn zhe zhè ge xiàwǔ chū hēibǎnbào ，xiànzài bì shàng yǎnjing hái néng gǎnjué dào zhōuwǔ xiàwǔ míngmèi shūshì de yángguāng hé dàjiā de xiàoliǎn ne 。

Yeah, I still remember that when I was in elementary school we would get off school every Friday afternoon, however, the group responsible for the blackboard news would always make the most of this time to release their blackboard news. Even now, closing my eyes I can feel the bright cosy sunshine of those Friday afternoons and everyone's smiling faces.

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我周五下午的记忆可都停留在家教老师家了。四五个小孩围在一起痛苦地写作业，数学是我的噩梦，我妈非让我去补习。

wǒ zhōuwǔ xiàwǔ de jìyì kě dōu tíngliú zài jiājiào lǎoshī jiā le 。sì wǔ gè xiǎohái wéi zàiyīqǐ tòngkǔ de xiě zuòyè ，shùxué shì wǒ de èmèng ，wǒ mā fēi ràng wǒ qù bǔxí 。

My memories of Friday afternoons are of being stuck at my tutor's house. Four or five children gathered round in a circle doing their homework. Mathematics was a nightmare for me, so my mum insisted on sending me to cram school.

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周五股市速报：美升日跌两样情

zhōuwǔ gǔshì sùbào ：měi shēng rì diē liǎngyàng qíng

Friday stock news bulletin: The US up while Japan is down

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我们在周一至周五都要开会。

wǒmen zài zhōuyī zhì zhōuwǔ dōu yào kāihuì 。

We have meetings every Monday to Friday.

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我这里还有一张日常工作列表，上面列出了我周一到周五的工作日程。你可以参考这个来安排你之后的工作。

wǒ zhèlǐ háiyǒu yī zhāng rìcháng gōngzuò lièbiǎo ，shàngmian lièchū le wǒ zhōuyī dào zhōuwǔ de gōngzuò rìchéng 。nǐ kěyǐ cānkǎo zhège lái ānpái nǐ zhīhòu de gōngzuò 。

I have a list of the routine duties here. It lists my work schedule for Monday to Friday. You can refer to this to arrange your future work.

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周五下班了，我们去K歌吧。

zhōuwǔ xiàbān le ，wǒmen qù K gē ba 。

When work is over on Friday, let's go to karaoke!

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天啊，这是什么鬼天气？周一16度，周二19度，周三25度，周四7度，周五就直接降到零度了。还让不让人活啊！

tiān a ，zhè shì shénme guǐ tiānqì ？zhōuyī shíliù dù ，zhōuèr shíjiǔ dù ，zhōusān èrshíwǔ dù ，zhōusì qī dù ，zhōuwǔ jiù zhíjiē jiàng dào língdù le 。hái ràng bùràng rén huó a ！

My God, what kind of awful weather is this? It was 16 degrees on Monday, 19 on Tuesday, 25 on Wednesday, 7 on Thursday, and then dropped straight down to zero on Friday. How can we live like this?

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