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一五一十

yī wǔ yī shí

1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

一传十，十传百 | 一傳十，十傳百

yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳 | 一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩

yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

一暴十寒

yī pù shí hán

1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
2. 2 sporadic effort
3. 3 short attention span

一曝十寒

yī pù shí hán

1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
2. 2 sporadic effort
3. 3 lack of sticking power
4. 4 short attention span

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩

yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

一目十行

yī mù shí háng

1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
2. 2 to read very rapidly

一部二十四史，不知从何说起 | 一部二十四史，不知從何���起

yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

1. 1 It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

一部二十四史，不知从何说起 | 一部二十四史，不知從何說起

yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

1. 1 It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

七十

qī shí

1. 1 seventy
2. 2 70

七十七国集团 | 七十七國集團

Qī shí qī Guó Jí tuán

1. 1 Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964

七十年代

qī shí nián dài

1. 1 the seventies
2. 2 the 1970s

七老八十

qī lǎo bā shí

1. 1 in one's seventies (age)
2. 2 very old (of people)

三七二十一

sān qī èr shí yī

1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
2. 2 the facts of the matter
3. 3 the actual situation

三十

sān shí

1. 1 thirty
2. 2 30

三十二位元

sān shí èr wèi yuán

1. 1 32-bit (computing)

三十二相

sān shí èr xiàng

1. 1 the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha

三十八度线 | 三十八度線

sān shí bā dù xiàn

1. 1 38th parallel
2. 2 dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea

三十六字母

sān shí liù zì mǔ

1. 1 thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory

三十六计 | 三十六計

sān shí liù jì

1. 1 The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
2. 2 all the possible schemes and stratagems