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四拍四
[1] 4/4 time in music [2] (slang) to thrust out one's chest, as 4/4 time is used for "marching" music
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四捨五入
rounding (off)
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四散
Mandarin: si4 san4
scatter in all directions
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四新
Mandarin: si4 xin1
the four "news" (new ideas, culture, customs, and habits)
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四方
Mandarin: si4 fang1
square
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四方八面
Mandarin: si4 fang1 ba1 mian4
from all around, from all sides, from everywhere
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四方形
Mandarin: si4 fang1 xing2
square (shape)
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四方木
Mandarin: si4 fang1 mu4
a slacker; those who doesn't know how to adapt to changing circumstances and are set in their ways (literally: a squared wood); describes someone who is very passive
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四方竹
Mandarin: si4 fang1 zhu2
a kind of bamboo
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四方緙
Mandarin: si4 fang1 ke4
Simplified: 四方缂
four-sided frame, square
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四方辮頂
Mandarin: si4 fang1 bian4 ding3
Simplified: 四方辫顶
refers to a man who offers all his money to court a lady, but does not get any favor in return
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四方𡃈
Mandarin: Si4 fang1 ke4
four-sided frame, square
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四日
Mandarin: si4 ri4
four days; forth [date]
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四旬齋
Mandarin: si4 xun2 zhai1
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
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四星級
Mandarin: si4 xing1 ji2
Simplified: 四星级
Four-stars
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四暗刻
Mandarin: si4 an4 ke4
Four concealed triplets
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四書
Mandarin: si4 shu1
the four Books (The Great Learning 大學 [note the tone change 大6學62], The Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, The Analects of Confucius 論語, and Menicus 孟子)
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四書五經
Mandarin: Si4 shu1 Wu3 jing1
Simplified: 四书五经
the Four books and Five classics
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四會
Mandarin: si4 hui4
Sihui (city in Guangdong)
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四月
Mandarin: si4 yue4
[1] April; [2] Fourth month of the Lunar Calendar
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四月十七號
Mandarin: Si4 yue4 shi2 qi1 hao4
Simplified: 四月十七号
April 17th
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四條
Mandarin: Si4 Tiao2
Simplified: 四条
four (amount); four poker cards of the same number but different suits
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四條
Cantonese
four of a kind (poker)
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四槓子
Mandarin: si4 gang4 zi5
(mahjong) an alternate name for four kong/quadruplet hand (the 子 may be left out) | cf. 十八羅漢, 槓槓和
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四次方根
Mandarin: si4 ci4 fang1 gen1
[math.] fourth root
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四正
Mandarin: si4 zheng4
tidy or neat (normally to describe a house that is neat or a person's hand-writing that is neat); upright and proper
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四氟化鈾
Mandarin: si4 fu2 hua4 you2
uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
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四氫大麻酚
Mandarin: si4 qing1 da4 ma2 fen1
tetrahydrocannabinal (THC) - principle ingredient in marijuana
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四氯乙烯
Mandarin: si4 lv4 yi3 xi1
tetrachloroethylene, tetrachloroethene
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四海
Mandarin: si4 hai5
four seas
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