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 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
 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
 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
 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)
 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary
 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
 miǎo zhōng (time) second
 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second
 cì zhī second (in a competition) / occupying second place
 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B
 yī shùn jiān split second
 xià bàn nián second half of the year
 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
 Er4 yuè February / second month (of the lunar year)
 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye
 èr gē second brother
 yà jūn second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up
 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
 dì èr dài second generation
 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election)
 yǐ fāng second party (law) / see also 甲方[jia3 fang1]
 jǐn cì yú second only to... / (in second place) preceded only by...
 shà shí in a split second
 dì èr wèi second place
 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank)
 pèi jué supporting role (in play, film etc) / minor role / to play a secondary role (in business etc) / to play second fiddle
 Zhuàng zú Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover
 sì céng xiāng shí déjà / vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
 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)
 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
 èr dù second degree
 Lǐ Shì mín Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
 èr fēn second part / the equinox
 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year)
 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
 èr děng second class / second-rate
 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
 jiān yíng a second job / supplementary way of making a living
 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature
 shǔ yī shǔ èr reckoned to be first or second best (idiom) / one of the very best / to list one by one
 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding
 Tài zōng posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine
 dì èr zhí yè second job
 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
 shà shí jiān in a split second
 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)
 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
 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)
 cì zǐ second son
 zài bǎn second edition / reprint
 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
 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
 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]
 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look
 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
 Sòng Měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife
 èr lún second round (of a match or election)
 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer
 zòng second cousin
 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
 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count
 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall
 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
 cì yú second after / second only to
 Jiàn Wén Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
 fù sī lìng second in command
 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
 miǎo zhēn second hand (of a clock)
 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate
 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar
 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts
 èr tāi second pregnancy
 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]
 Jiàn wén dì reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
 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
 fù yì to second a motion
 cì nu:3 second daughter
 Chū āi jí jì Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
 fǎn gù to glance back / fig. to regret / to have second thoughts about sth
 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]
 Xiāo Qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
 Yáng Kāi huì Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
 Màn dé lè Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma)
 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor
 Shùn zhì dì Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662
 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
 Màn sū ěr Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
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