1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
1 to order again and again (idiom)
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
1 over and over again (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
1 all walks of life (idiom)
2 every trade
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
3 a being of formidable powers
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
1 with complex feelings (idiom)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
1 pitch-dark (idiom)
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
1 out of one's wits (idiom)
2 distracted
3 stunned
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives