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二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
再 zài again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary
第二次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
秒钟 miǎo zhōng (time) second
其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second
次之 cì zhī second (in a competition) / occupying second place
征调 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
亚 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
二级 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B
一瞬间 yī shùn jiān split second
下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year
再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
二月 Er4 yuè February / second month (of the lunar year)
刹那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye
二哥 èr gē second brother
亚军 yà jūn second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up
复试 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
第二代 dì èr dài second generation
人称 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
第二轮 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election)
乙方 yǐ fāng second party (law) / see also 甲方[jia3 fang1]
仅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to... / (in second place) preceded only by...
霎时 shà shí in a split second
第二位 dì èr wèi second place
少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank)
配角 pèi jué supporting role (in play, film etc) / minor role / to play a secondary role (in business etc) / to play second fiddle
壮族 Zhuàng zú Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover
似曾相识 sì céng xiāng shí déjà / vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
八路军 Bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
转念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
二度 èr dù second degree
李世民 Lǐ Shì mín Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
二分 èr fēn second part / the equinox
第二季度 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year)
孟子 Mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
二等 èr děng second class / second-rate
义无反顾 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
兼营 jiān yíng a second job / supplementary way of making a living
扬长而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
成性 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature
数一数二 shǔ yī shǔ èr reckoned to be first or second best (idiom) / one of the very best / to list one by one
首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding
太宗 Tài zōng posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
二房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine
第二职业 dì èr zhí yè second job
汉书 Hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
霎时间 shà shí jiān in a split second
歇后语 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
顺治 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
春联 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
次子 cì zǐ second son
再版 zài bǎn second edition / reprint
榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
卢沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
耐看 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look
李四 Lǐ Sì Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
宋美龄 Sòng Měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife
二轮 èr lún second round (of a match or election)
仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer
从 zòng second cousin
曹丕 Cáo Pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 / from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
甘拜下风 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
争分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
罗城 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall
见缝插针 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch
次于 cì yú second after / second only to
建文 Jiàn Wén Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
副司令 fù sī lìng second in command
阳平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
秒针 miǎo zhēn second hand (of a clock)
二副 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate
仲秋 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar
平声 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
张自忠 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts
二胎 èr tāi second pregnancy
七七事变 Qī Qī Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
建文帝 Jiàn wén dì reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
附议 fù yì to second a motion
次女 cì nu:3 second daughter
出埃及记 Chū āi jí jì Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
反顾 fǎn gù to glance back / fig. to regret / to have second thoughts about sth
芦沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
萧乾 Xiāo Qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
杨开慧 Yáng Kāi huì Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
曼德勒 Màn dé lè Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma)
再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor
顺治帝 Shùn zhì dì Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
弥月 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
曼苏尔 Màn sū ěr Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
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