第二
second; number two; next; secondary
第二世界
Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
第二个人
the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party
第二季度
second quarter (of financial year)
第二性
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
第二春
(lit.) second spring; (fig.) falling in love for the second time; a new lease of life; rebirth
第二次
the second time; second; number two
第二次汉字简化方案
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986); abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
第二声
second tone in Mandarin; rising tone
第二轮
second round (of match, or election)
上海第二医科大学
Shanghai Second Medical University
北京第二外国语学院
Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
崛地而起
lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
席地而坐
to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)
席地而睡
to sleep on the ground (idiom)
置之死地而后生
place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's 'The Art of War' 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; fig. to find a way out of an impasse