suì shu
age (number of years old)
shū shu
father's younger brother
uncle
Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5]
CL:個|个[ge4]
wěi shù
remainder (after rounding a number)
decimal part (of number after the decimal point)
mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.)
small change
balance (of an account)
Sān guó yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Lúo Guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
wéi shù
(math.) dimension
dimensionality
guài shū shu
queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
zǐ wēi dòu shù
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
Wèi shū
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls
wěi shū
forged book
book of dubious authenticity
misattributed book
Apocrypha
Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Duì
”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang”, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Lǐ Jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī Shū]
Sān guó Yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
zǐ wēi dǒu shù
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
dù shu
number of degrees
reading (on a meter)
strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
shòu shu
predestined length of life
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
(former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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