双 two / double / pair / both / even (number) 倍 (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply 双 重 shuāng chóng double 双 倍 shuāng bèi twofold / double 加 倍 jiā bèi to double / to redouble 双 人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem 复 式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) 倍 增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication 翻 番 fān fān to double / to increase by a certain number of times 二 重 èr chóng double / repeated twice 对 半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double 兼 double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time 增 加 两 倍 zēng jiā liǎng bèi to double 跑 步 to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double 两 倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount 双 层 shuāng céng double tier / double decker 替 身 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else 天 书 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch 几 倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 七 夕 Qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 / are allowed their annual meeting 胡 言 乱 语 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom) / crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch 双 星 shuāng xīng double star 连 击 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 重 阳 Chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month 双 眼 皮 shuāng yǎn pí double eyelid 兼 程 jiān chéng to travel at double speed / to make all haste 双 人 床 shuāng rén chuáng double bed 双 人 房 shuāng rén fáng double room 提 琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 重 阳 节 Chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month 双 喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 / (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 双 拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 中 空 玻 璃 zhōng kōng bō li double glazing 双 人 间 shuāng rén jiān double room (hotel) 双 簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) 俏 皮 话 qiào pi huà witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre 七 夕 节 Qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 双 键 shuāng jiàn double bond (chemistry) 双 关 语 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning 双 簧 管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 明 日 黄 花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter 两 面 三 刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing 重 九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 破 折 号 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── / (punct., double the length of the western dash) 二 重 性 èr chóng xìng dualism / two sided / double nature 龙 门 刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine 低 音 提 琴 dī yīn tí qín double bass / contrabass 复 视 fù shì double vision / diplopia 双 十 节 Shuāng shí jié Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day 掬 to hold in one's hands / classifier for a double handful / Taiwan pr. [ju2] 空 城 计 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff 笑 不 可 仰 xiào bù kě yǎng to double up with laughter (idiom) 赔 了 夫 人 又 折 兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 天 狼 星 Tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 重 影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision 双 周 期 性 shuāng zhōu qī xìng (math.) double periodicity 囍 double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 双 重 标 准 shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn double standard 丁 宠 家 庭 dīng chǒng jiā tíng double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[ding1 ke4]) 九 九 重 阳 Jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month 九 月 九 日 忆 山 东 兄 弟 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维) 二 重 下 标 èr chóng xià biāo double subscript / doubly indexed 二 重 根 èr chóng gēn a double root of an equation 低 音 大 提 琴 dī yīn dà tí qín double bass / contrabass 单 链 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA 夹 袄 jiá ǎo lined jacket / double layered jacket / CL:件[jian4] 封 闭 性 开 局 Fēng bì xìng Kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 对 幺 duì yāo pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one 复 听 fù tīng double hearing / diplacusis 炼 丹 八 卦 炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 重 瓣 chóng bàn double petal / double valve 重 眼 皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 重 眼 皮 儿 chóng yǎn pí r double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 开 除 党 籍 ， 行 政 开 除 kāi chú dǎng jí , xíng zhèng kāi chú double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption) / abbr. to 雙開|双开 双 人 包 夹 shuāng rén bāo jiā double team (sports) 双 后 前 兵 开 局 shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 双 套 shuāng tào double set / diploid 双 层 玻 璃 shuāng céng bō li double glazing 双 摆 shuāng bǎi double pendulum (math.) 双 曲 拱 桥 shuāng qū gǒng qiáo double arched bridge 双 独 shuāng dú double and single / allowed dispensation to have second child 双 误 shuāng wù double fault (in tennis) 双 链 shuāng liàn double stranded 靴 掖 子 xuē yē zi double layer of padding in a boot 驮 筐 tuó kuāng pannier / double basket slung across pack animal 驮 篓 tuó lǒu pannier / double basket slung across pack animal 大 床 房 dà chuáng fáng hotel room with one double (or queen or king) bed 双 重 犯 罪 double criminality 双 重 间 谍 double agent 双 重 底 线 double bottom line 双 重 计 算 double counting 双 重 征 税 协 定 Double Taxation Agreement 双 盲 法 shuāng máng fǎ double blind method 二 联 疗 法 èr lián liáo fǎ dual-agent therapy / dual-agent combination / double combination / bitherapy 双 重 红 利 double dividend 若 干 双 重 国 籍 情 形 下 兵 役 义 务 问 题 议 定 书 Protocol relating to Military Obligations in Certain Cases of Double Nationality 双 缩 减 shuāng suō jiǎn double deflation 双 重 缩 减 double deflation 双 作 shuāng zuò double cropping 区 别 对 待 double standard
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