Pinyin Dictionary results for "er shi"

二世
the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
二十
twenty; 20
儿时
childhood
而是
rather
耳屎
earwax; cerumen
21三体综合症
trisomy; Down's syndrome
二十一世纪
21st century
二十一条
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
二十一点
blackjack (card game)
二十世纪
20th century
二十五史
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
二十八宿
the twenty-eight constellations
二十六岁
26 years old
二十四史
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story
二十四孝
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
二十四节气
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
二十多
over 20
二十年目睹之怪现状
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]
二十面体
icosahedron
一是一,二是二
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom); fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut; unequivocal
一部二十四史,不知从何说起
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
三七二十一
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
不管三七二十一
regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
十二时辰
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
四一二事变
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政变|反革命政變 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
威尔士语
Welsh (language)
布尔什维克
Bolshevik
新南威尔士州
New South Wales (Australian state)
第二世界
Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
管他三七二十一
who cares; no matter what; regardless of the consequences
茄二十八星瓢虫
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
贝尔实验室
Bell Labs
额菲尔士峰
Mt Everest (transliteration), Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰[Zhu1 mu4 lang3 ma3 Feng1]; Nepalese: Sagarmatha
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