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second adjective—第二 adj (almost always used) 次 adj Examples:evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua—Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group—Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)—traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone—the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)—thirty second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015—reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402 (mysterious disappearance is ongoing conspiracy theory)—Baron George Stanton, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793—person (first person, second person etc in grammar)—"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus—poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line—seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute lose—Herz (Hz) or cycles per second, unit of frequency—know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information—the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)—reticulum (second stomach of ruminants, with honeycomb pattern)—Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans—twenty second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065—second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)—first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)—Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator—used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima— |