How to say [X] in Chinese
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the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
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名存实亡
míng cún shí wáng
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])
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国徽
guó huī
the next one
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下一个
xià yí gè
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided
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九野
jiǔ yě
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]
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九流
jiǔ liú
the nine springs
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九泉
jiǔ quán
the nine top officials (in imperial China)
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九卿
jiǔ qīng
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
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九鼎
jiǔ dǐng
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
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塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
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塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
the one and only way
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不二法门
bú èr fǎ mén
the one-child policy
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一胎制
yì tāi zhì
the only son of a family
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单子
dān zi
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]
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孙文
sūn wén
the other person
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对方
duì fāng
the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down
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零数
líng shù
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood
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衣食父母
yī shí fù mǔ
the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
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五常
wǔ cháng
the person one loves the most
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心头肉
xīn tóu ròu
the person who shares one's bed
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枕边人
zhěn biān rén
the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
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非利士人
fēi lì shì rén
the power of sb or sth evil
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魔掌
mó zhǎng
the present age
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当世
dāng shì
the present age
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当代
dāng dài
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