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the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海

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五口通商

wǔ kǒu tōng shāng

the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星

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五星

wǔ xīng

the foremost person of his age

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当世之冠

dāng shì zhī guān

the foremost person of his age

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当世冠

dāng shì guān

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

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前者

qián zhě

the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

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四则运算

sì zé yùn suàn

the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66)

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四清

sì qīng

the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party

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四清运动

sì qīng yùn dòng

the four corners (of a rectangle)

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四角

sì jiǎo

the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu

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四大石窟

sì dà shí kū

the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder

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四大发明

sì dà fā míng

the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]

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初唐四杰

chū táng sì jié

the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra)

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四大天王

sì dà tiān wáng

the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]

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四大美女

sì dà měi nǚ

the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]

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苦集灭道

kǔ jí miè dào

the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)

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四旧

sì jiù