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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
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
二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
征调 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc)
亚 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
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)
仅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ...
霎时 shà shí in a split second
二代 èr dài second generation
第二位 dì èr wèi second place
少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank)
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
千兆 qiān zhào giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second / 1000Base-T
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
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 (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) 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 the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
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
宋庆龄 Sòng Qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
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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