Chinese Notes

三 sān

sān number three
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'sān' num 1; Guoyu '三' n 1; NCCED '三' 1; Unihan '三')
sān ordinal third
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '三' adj 1; NCCED '三' 2)
sān number more than two
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the construction 三 X 四 Y (ABC 'sān' num 2; Guoyu '三' adj 2; NCCED '三' 2)
sān adjective very few
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '三' 3)
sān adverb repeatedly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '三' adv)
sān proper noun San
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '三' n 2)

Contained in

公司三明治 club sandwich
三元醇 propyl alcohol
不管三七二十一 regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
直角三角形 a right angled triangle
二氯异三聚氰酸钠(二氯異三聚氰酸鈉) sodium dichloroisocyanurate
第三级产业(第三級產業) tertiary industry; tertiary sector; service sector
三体问题(三體問題) three-body problem (mechanics)
三十年河东，三十年河西(三十年河東，三十年河西) the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West; change is the only constant
一而再，再而三(一而再，再而三) again and again ; again and again
三陪小姐 female escort; bar girl
是药三分毒(是藥三分毒) every medicine has its side effect
三句话不离本行(三句話不離本行) to talk shop all the time
第三纪(第三紀) Tertiary period
莱齐耶三世(萊齊耶三世) Letsie III of Lesotho
三角形 a triangle
三天 three devas ; three days
三马同槽(三馬同槽) three horses at the same trough; conspirators under the same roof
三五 several; three or five
三权分立(三權分立) separation of powers
三九天 the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice
货比三家(貨比三家) to comparison shop ; comparison shopping
三倍 triple
话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
思想三律 three classical laws of thought
三下五除二 three, set five remove two (abacus rule); efficiently; quickly and easily
捱三顶五(捱三頂五) many people crowding close together
三街六市 street market

Also contained in

三公经费、长三角、建三江、百慕大三角、长江三角洲经济区、三论、三经、三时业、三通力、三纲、三摩钵底、第三禅、小三、三摩呾吒国、初果三结、三劫阿僧企耶、灭三毒、三斋月、三摩提、三定、三修、三公、第三帝国、三贤

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第三律曆下曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 351
卷九十六　志第四十五上: 食貨四 Volume 96 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 289
卷二百〇六志第一百五十九藝文五 Volume 206 Treatises 159: Arts and Literature 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 256
卷二百〇七志第一百六十藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 255
卷四十一志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 250
卷四十志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 243
《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 236
卷五十九　　　　志第四十九　　藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 232
卷三十九志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 223
卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 219

Collocations

三章 (三章) 三章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 129
三年 (三年) 刺不能三年也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 25
三曰 (三曰) 三曰比 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
三岁 (三歲) 三歲食貧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 7
三千 (三千) 騋牝三千 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧定之方中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Ding Zhi Fang Zhong — count: 7
三日 (三日) 越三日庚戌 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 6
三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
三后 (三後) 三后在天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 4
三苗 (三苗) 竄三苗于三危 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
车三 (車三) 其車三千 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 3