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㑳
zhòu
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(old) beautiful; clever
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一更
yīgēng
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first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
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一言堂
yīyántáng
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- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
- having things decided by the will of a single individual
- autocratic rule
- (contrasted with 群言堂 qúnyántáng)
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三元
sānyuán
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(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元 jièyuán, metropolitan 會元 huìyuán and palace 狀元 zhuàngyuán
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三族
sānzú
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- (old) three generations (father, self and sons)
- three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
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三更
sāngēng
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- third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
- midnight
- also pr. sānjīn
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上峰
shàngfēng
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- peak
- summit
- (old) higher authorities
- superiors
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上疏
shàngshū
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(of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
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上相
shàngxiàng
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- photogenic
- (old) high official
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上頭
shàngtóu
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- (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention
- (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
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