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三世 sān shì the Third (of numbered kings)
台湾海峡飞弹危机 tái wān hǎi xiá fēi dàn wēi jī Third
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
其三 qí sān thirdly / the third
三度 sān dù third (musical interval)
第三正规化 dì sān zhèng guī huà third
三音 sān yīn third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi)
三音度 sān yīn dù third (musical interval)
第三 dì sān third / number three
三月 Sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year)
三级 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C
第三次 dì sān cì third / third time
中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month
第三方 dì sān fāng third party
初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school
三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group)
灯泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4]
三级片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
第三代 dì sān dài third generation
永乐 Yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
上旬 shàng xún first third of a month
第三季度 dì sān jì dù third quarter (of financial year)
下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
三中全会 Sān Zhōng Quán huì third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
第三位 dì sān wèi third place
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
季军 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist
海地 Hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World
电灯泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest
三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2]
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
第三人称 dì sān rén chēng third person (grammar)
后汉书 Hòu Hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
王五 Wáng Wǔ Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 / Tom, Dick and Harry
罗兹 Luó zī Łódź, third largest city of Poland
元史 Yuán shǐ History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
贺子珍 Hè Zǐ zhēn He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
上声 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin
鹬蚌相争 yù bàng xiāng zhēng lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
张三李四 Zhāng sān Lǐ sì Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom) / Tom, Dick and Harry
外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)
角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / that (preceding a noun)
金正恩 Jīn Zhèng ēn Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl
巴黎公社 Bā lí Gōng shè Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic
假途灭虢 jiǎ tú miè Guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom) / fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
民生主义 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
伯仲叔季 bó zhòng shū jì eldest / second / third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers
利未记 Lì wèi jì Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
押沙龙 Yā shā lóng Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
约翰三书 Yuē hàn sān shū Third epistle of St John
第三纪 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
三人口气 sān rén kǒu qì third person (grammar)
三阿姨 sān ā yí auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
下弦 xià xián third quarter or waning moon
下弦月 xià xián yuè third quarter or waning moon
丙等 bǐng děng third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
乾陵 Qián líng Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 / in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 / and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
亚撒 Yà sā Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism)
仄声 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
保呈 bǎo chéng document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)
共产国际 Gòng chǎn Guó jì Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International 第三國際|第三国际[Di4 san1 Guo2 ji4]
唐高宗 Táng Gāo zōng Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治[Li3 Zhi4] (628-683), reigned 649-683
喜蛋 xǐ dàn red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
大三度 dà sān dù major third (musical interval)
大小三度 dà xiǎo sān dù major and minor third (musical interval)
孔丛子 Kǒng cóng zǐ the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wang2 Su4]
季春 jì chūn final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)
小三度 xiǎo sān dù minor third (musical interval)
小潮 xiǎo cháo neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)
挤到 jǐ dào to squeeze (an opponent into third place)
明成祖 Míng Chéng zǔ Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
末伏 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
朱棣 Zhū Dì Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
李治 Lǐ Zhì Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], (628-683), reigned 649-683
汤饼筵 tāng bǐng yán dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)
眉心轮 méi xīn lún ājñā / or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead / also written 眉間輪|眉间轮[mei2 jian1 lun2]
眉间轮 méi jiān lún ājñā / or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
第三级 dì sān jí third level
第三声 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
约翰参书 Yuē hàn cān shū Third epistle of St John / also written 約翰三書|约翰三书
赤口日 chì kǒu rì third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
足利·义满  ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1368-1394
阮崇武 Ruǎn Chóng wǔ Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan
降结肠 jiàng jié cháng descending colon (anatomy) / third section of large intestine
颔联 hàn lián third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet
足利义满 zú lì yì mǎn ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shogun, reigned 1368-1394
第三帝国 Dì sān Dì guó Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
第三世界科学院 dì sān shì jiè kē xué yuàn Third World Academy of Sciences
叁级水道测量  third order hydrographic survey / order 3 survey
第叁世界经济和社会研究中心  Centre of Economic and Social Studies of the Third World
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