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four numeral—四 num (almost always used)四个 numExamples:war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters—lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war—twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)—tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms—the eaves that the four corners of a building—Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four—the “Four Clean-ups” Movement (1963-66), a nationwide movement clean things up in the fields of politics, economy, organization and ideology (historical)—tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment)—four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD—four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine—Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands—the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century—the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war—Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea—Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)—four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk—"Legal Quotient (LQ)", standard reflecting a lawyer's legal ability based on the four tenets of legal knowledge, situational assessment, conduct and righteousness—modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations—modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations—Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea—modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations—ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)—never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite—mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters)—Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four—sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture—Lintun commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea—Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)—the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); change sth. that is already settled upon—regard the four corners of the world all as home [idiom.]— |