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三個字
Mandarin: san1 ge4 zi4
Simplified: 三个字
three characters or words | fifteen minutes
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三個月
trimester, three months
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三個骨
Mandarin: san1 ge4 gu3
Simplified: 三个骨
three quarters | forty-five minutes (slang)
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三倍
Mandarin: san1 bei4
triple
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三倍體
Mandarin: san1 bei4 ti3
[bio.] triploid
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三催四請
Mandarin: san1 cui1 si4 qing3
to try to persuade sb. to visit again and again
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三元牌
Mandarin: san1 yuan2 pai2
(mahjong) dragon tiles
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三元里
Mandarin: san1 yuan2 li3
Sanyuanli-A place in Guangzhou, China
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三元里站
Mandarin: san1 yuan2 li3 zhan4
Sanyuanli Station-A place in Guangzhou, China
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三光政策
Mandarin: san1 guang1 zheng4 ce4
the "Three Alls Policy" (kill all, loot all, burn all)
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三兜
Mandarin: san1 dou1
thirty bucks | dollars [colloquial]
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三兩丁
Cantonese
describes a small population of people
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三兩丁人
Cantonese
describes a small population of people
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三兩下手勢
Mandarin: san1 liang3 xia4 shou3 shi4
Simplified: 三两下手势
three or two gestures, which means task done quickly or in no time
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三八
Mandarin: san1 ba1
[1] spoken expression for the word "bitch" (characters from March 8th being Women's Independence Day); [2] a township district located in 台山 (Taishan), 廣東
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三八婦女節
Mandarin: San1 Ba1 Fu4 nv3 jie2
Simplified: 三八妇女节
March 8 International Women's Day
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三八小姐
Mandarin: san1 ba1 xiao3 jie3
a feminist who is hostile towards men (lit., "Miss Bitch")
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三八節
Mandarin: san1 ba1 jie2
Women's Day
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三八線
Mandarin: san1 ba1 xian4
38th Parallel (division line between N and S Korea)
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三六
Mandarin: san1 liu4
dog (slang)
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三六香肉
Mandarin: san1 liu4 xiang1 rou4
three six savory meat, which refers to dog meat
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三刀
flag fish
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三分
Mandarin: san1 fen1
trisection
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三分之一
Mandarin: san1 fen1 zhi1 yi1
one third
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三分之一強
more than a third
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三分之二
Mandarin: san1 fen1 zhi1 er4
two-thirds
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三分律
Mandarin: san1 fen1 lv4
[math.] law of trichotomy
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三分顏色上大紅
Mandarin: san1 fen1 yan2 se5 shang4 da4 gong1
Simplified: 三分颜色上大红
it is used to describe a person who boasts, thinks he | she is superior after getting a small praise from others
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三利
"Sam Lee", used in business names to indicate prosperity however in the US in the case of Chinese laundries it has often been mistakenly thought by Americans to have been the name of the owner of the establishment such that he would be incorrectly referred to as a "Mr. Lee"
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三劃
Mandarin: san1 hua4
Simplified: 三画
three strokes (in a Chinese character) [written and colloquial]; a police sergeant [colloquial]
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