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the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)

social

名存实亡

míng cún shí wáng

social
intermediate
neutral

the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門|天安门[Tian1 an1 men2])

communication

国徽

guó huī

social
beginner
neutral

the next one

communication

下一个

xià yí gè

social
intermediate
neutral

the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided

communication

九野

jiǔ yě

social
beginner
neutral

the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]

communication

九流

jiǔ liú

social
beginner
neutral

the nine springs

communication

九泉

jiǔ quán

social
beginner
neutral

the nine top officials (in imperial China)

communication

九卿

jiǔ qīng

social
beginner
neutral

the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty

communication

九鼎

jiǔ dǐng

social
beginner
neutral

the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)

communication

塞翁失马安知非福

sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

social
advanced
neutral

the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)

communication

塞翁失马焉知非福

sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

social
advanced
neutral

the one and only way

communication

不二法门

bú èr fǎ mén

social
intermediate
neutral

the one-child policy

communication

一胎制

yì tāi zhì

social
intermediate
neutral

the only son of a family

social

单子

dān zi

social
beginner
neutral

the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3]

social

孙文

sūn wén

social
beginner
neutral

the other person

social

对方

duì fāng

social
beginner
neutral

the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down

communication

零数

líng shù

social
beginner
neutral

the people one depends upon for one's livelihood

communication

衣食父母

yī shí fù mǔ

social
intermediate
neutral

the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)

communication

五常

wǔ cháng

social
beginner
neutral

the person one loves the most

communication

心头肉

xīn tóu ròu

social
intermediate
neutral

the person who shares one's bed

communication

枕边人

zhěn biān rén

social
intermediate
neutral

the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC

communication

非利士人

fēi lì shì rén

social
intermediate
neutral

the power of sb or sth evil

communication

魔掌

mó zhǎng

social
beginner
neutral

the present age

social

当世

dāng shì

social
beginner
neutral

the present age

social

当代

dāng dài

social
beginner
neutral

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