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- Bexngbiør samchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beng'biør safm'chiefn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- The mother of Mencius changed her abode three times, in order to get a better environment for her son's education.
- 孟母三遷
- Bøo su pud jip sampøftien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo su pud jip safm'pør'tien [[...]][i#] [p.]
- I need to see you, I have a favor to ask of you. (Lit. - Don't enter the emperor's office unless you have official business.)
- 無事不登三寶殿
- zenghoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'hoaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
- essential and ornamental, the cream or choicest parts of literature, the essence, the flower of scholarship, chivalry
- 精華
- cvigiin/cviguun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii'giin [[...]][i#] [p.]
- money
- 錢
- zøx samhiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx safm'hiexn; zøx/zøex safm'hiexn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- celebrate Taoist rites of thanksgiving in order to obtain good fortune or avert calamity (A larger version is called "cho-chio".)
- 做三獻(普渡)
- hoan samsoaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoan safm'soaq [[...]][i#] [p.]
- come under the baleful influence of the three malicious demons
- 犯三煞
- hunlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'lip [[...]][i#] [p.]
- branch establishment, set up independently
- 分立
- Iok'han Id, Ji, Safm sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iog'han Id, Ji, Safm sw [[...]][i#] [p.]
- The First, Second and Third Epistles of John (Protestant)
- 約翰一 二 三書
- id bun safm putty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id bun safm pud'ty [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Supposing you ask him, he knows neither the beginning, the middle, nor the end of the matter
- 一問三不知
- Jiogbong Id, ji, Safm Sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiok'bong Id, ji, Safm Sw [[...]][i#] [p.]
- The First, Second and Third Epistles of John (Catholic)
- 若望一 二 三書
- lenghuun samsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'huun safm'sw [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three qualities of the rational soul, faculties of the soul
- 靈魂三司
- put'haux iwsafm, bu'hiø uitai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'haux iuo'safm, buu'hiø uii'tai [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Having no male heir is the gravest of three cardinal offenses against filial piety.
- 不孝有三,無後為大。
- Safm jiin heeng, pid iuo gvor sw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm jiin heeng, pid iuo gvor sw. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- If three of us are walking together, at least one of the other two is good enough to be my teacher.
- 三人同行,必有我師。
- samkaekofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kaix'kofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- gods of heaven, earth and water
- 三界公
- samkaux kiwliuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kaux kiuo'liuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Lit. the three religions (Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism) and the nine schools (Confucianist, Taoist, Astrologist, Legalist, Nominalist, Mohist, Diplomatist, Miscellanist and Agriculturist) — people of all walks of life
- 三教九流
- samkiokkiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kiog'kiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three bows of modern ceremony
- 三鞠躬
- samkoaan hunlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'koaan hwn'lip [[...]][i#] [p.]
- separation of the legislative, executive and judicial functions of a government
- 三權分立
- Samkokcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'kog'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]
- History of the Three Kingdoms
- 三國誌
- samgvor sengkuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'gvor seeng'kuun [[...]][i#] [p.]
- in groups of three or five
- 三五成群
- samputkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pud'koarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- referring to a lazy man who does not look after his own and his family's clothing, food and housing
- 三不管
- samputty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pud'ty [[...]][i#] [p.]
- know neither the beginning, the middle nor the end of a matter, complete ignorance (sometimes pretended)
- 三不知
- samsafm gvofgvor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'safm gvor'gvor [[...]][i#] [p.]
- small groups of people scattered here and there
- 三三五五
- samsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three kinds of (animal) offerings
- 三牲
- samsip jii lip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sip jii lip [[...]][i#] [p.]
- thirty years of age, when a man should stand on his own two feet
- 三十而立
- samtiaau goanlør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tiaau goaan'lør [[...]][i#] [p.]
- high statesman of three reigns
- 三朝元老
- samtøf (tø'hog, tøsiu, tøzuo) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tøf (tøf'hog, tøf'siu, tøf'zuo) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three abundances (abundance of blessings, abundance of longevity, abundance of male offspring) which the people of old considered as the ingredients of happy life
- 三多(多福,多壽,多子)
- sam'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three measurements of a woman, the vital statistics
- 三圍
- safm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm; (safm'ar) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Japan cedar, various species of fir and pine, conifers
- 杉
- Sambiin-zwgi (Binzok-zwgi, Binkoaan-zwgi, Binsefng-zwgi) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'biin'zuo'gi (Biin'zok zuo'gi, Biin'koaan zuo'gi, Biin'sefng zuo'gi); Safm'biin-zuo'gi (Biin'zok-zuo'gi, Biin'koaan-zuo'gi, Biin'sefng-zuo'gi) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Three Principles of the People (nationalism, democracy, livelihood), by Dr Sun yet-sen, founding father (國父) of the Republic of China
- 三民主義(民族主義,民權主義,民生主義)
- samzhelo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'zhef'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]
- junction of three roads
- 三岔路
- samchitgvor kiafmzof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'chid'gvor kiarm'zof [[...]][i#] [p.]
- 37.5% rental reduction policy: the first step taken in Taiwan's land reform program, under which the ceiling of farm rental was fixed 37.5% of the yield
- 三七五減租
- samcioong suoteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'cioong sux'teg [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three subserviences and four virtues of women — in ancient China a woman was required to obey her father before marriage, her husband during married life and her sons in widowhood. The four virtues are fidelity, physical charm, propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework.
- 三從四德
- samhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'huun [[...]][i#] [p.]
- three souls of man: one ascends to heaven, one goes to earth, one stays with the corpse
- 三魂
- senglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'lea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- meat offerings, offerings of flesh to the dead or the gods
- 牲禮
- soaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soaq [[...]][i#] [p.]
- fierce god, malignant, deity
- 煞
- theapi samsiax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex'pi safm'siax [[...]][i#] [p.]
- literally to retreat ninety "li" — to retreat as far as possible in the face of a strong adversary or contestant
- 退避三舍
- tiausafm boxsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw'safm bo'sux [[...]][i#] [p.]
- to swindle by a clever trick, inconsistent, whimsical, freakish (Lit. three in the morning and four in the evening — This expression refers to the story of a man who promised his monkeys three chestnuts in the morning and four in the evening. They objected, so he offered three in the evening and four in the morning, to which they agreed.)
- 朝三暮四