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Examples:lit. three ignorant cobblers add up a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom—three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52—the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story—Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949—in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang—the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)—Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes—Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals—Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC—idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections)—three nine day periods after the winter solstice—animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due perceived abuse of power—three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)—three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact—Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established—Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history—three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect—triple foci, the three visceral cavities (TCM)—three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day—Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII—(in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force—Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents—forming groups of three or squads of five (idiom); people stand around in small clumps—ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs—the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha)—Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges—Three character classic, a 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters—Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine—(old) three generations (father, self and sons)—lit. retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength—Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter—circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius—Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works—lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation—classifier for enumerated events e.g. once, twice, three times—lit. like a three-meter high monk , you can't rub his head [idiom.]— |