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·A (calendar) date; days of (someone's) life; day; date

·A (criminal) charge; accusation

·A (diplomatic or other) mission

·A (financial, etc.) loss; to lose

·A (judicial) trial (in a courtroom)

·A (married) couple; husband and wife

·A (protest) demonstration

·A bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan

·A barbarian

·A basket carried on the back

·A basket or hod used for earth; manure etc

·A beauty

·A beauty

·A bed; a store

·A bit bigger

·A bit; a little

·A bit; a little

·A bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered

·A boat; vessel; ship

·A bolt (of cloth)

·A book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica

·A book on the art of war

·A book; a register; account-book

·A bow (weapon)

·A bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard

·A braid or queue; to plait

·A Buddhist

·A building used as a factory; factory (building)

·A built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet

·A bunch; tie together

·A bunch; tie together; bundle

·A cadre (ie, manager, staff, officer, etc.)

·A centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard

·To a certain extent

·A certain number|amount of

·A certain person

·A Chinese foot (M); a ruler

·A class; a company; companion

·A club (weapon)

·A common occurrence

·A company; a class; a generation; (a surname)

·A concrete plan; a definite plan

·A country's surface area; extent of a country

·A courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used

·A crow; black

·A crowd

·A cry of alarm; querulous

·A debit card

·A decade of a century (eg, the Sixties); age; era; period

·A defect; a flaw

·A Democratic party member

·A depression; cavity; hollow

·A depression; indentation; concave; hollow

·A district; county

·A division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model

·A double-edged fine-toothed comb

·A double-edged sword

·A Dream of Red Mansions

·A drop; to drip

·A drum-shaped rattle (used by pedlars or as a toy); rattle-drum

·A fast; studio

·A faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing·A fence

·A few years; several years

·A few; how many

·A field of 20 or 30 mu

·A file (tool for shaping metal); to file

·A finger-guessing game; mora

·A flood; infinity

·A foundation (ie, an organization)

·A friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital; wardmate<

·A front (ie, militant group)

·A funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

·A general

·A general or admiral

·A general term for local operas in Shangxi; Henan ; Hebei; Shandong; etc; the

·A grain; a granule

·A grand reputation; renowned; famous

·A grave

·A grave

·A great calligraphy master

·A groom

·A group

·A gun salute (eg, 21-gun salute); salvo

·A gun; a pistol

·A hammer

·(lend) a helping hand

·A herb; banana

·A hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; get rid of

·A hole in an implement; utensil; etc; ; for something to be inserted into; ey

·A horizontal inscribed board

·A host

·A household; door; family

·A huge sum (of money); large amount

·A hundred

·A hundred million; calculate

·A hundred or so

·A hundred per cent; to the letter; out-and-out

·A hundred percent; out and out; absolutely

·A hundred years; a century; lifetime

·A hundredfold; a hundred times

·A jetty; port; a city; quai

·A jewel or gem; a treasure; precious

·A judge; judge; to judge

·A kick; foot; role

·A kind of food popular among believers in Islam

·A kind of plant used as a medicinal herb in ancient times

·A kind of traditional Chinese shadowboxing (tai chi chuan)

·A kind of traditional Chinese sword-play

·A knot of hair on top of head

·A lance with two points

·A lance; standing alone

·A land swarming with disaster victims

·A legendary beauty who flew to the moon; the lady in the moon

·A legendary wolf; distressed; wretched

·A letter (ie, sent in the mail)

·(for) a lifetime

·A literary work; a book

·A little bit

·A little bit; a little while

·A long talk

·A low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment; revet

·A lucky guy; a person who always gets good breaks

·A major event; (do something) in a big way

·A man; a male; male (person)

·A man; a male; men

·A marshal (in the armed forces)

·A matter of no great urgency

·A measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; floor; story (of a building);

·A measure word; pound (unit of measurement); scale; weigh

·A member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name

·A military region; a geographical area of command

·A modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)

·A modal particle indicating (thats all, only, nothing much)

·(just) a moment ago

·(surname); a moment; little while

·A monument; an upright stone tablet; stele

·A mournful song; dirge; elegy

·A nap; a sleep

·A nation's power

·A news service (eg, Xinhua)

·A noble steed; untamed

·A notice or anouncement; a list of names; public roll of successful examinees

·A notice to reassure the public; advance notice (of an agenda

·A nuclear power (country)

·A partner; companion or associate; to accompany; comrade

·A pass or defile; narrow; confined; in distress

·A patient and his family

·A peg; low post

·A Pekinese; a pug

·A period in time or history; period; time (interval); phase

·A period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of s

·A person of short stature; a short person

·A person who is always falling ill; chronic invalid

·A person's handwriting; hand

·A pick

·A picture printed from an engraved or etched plate; print

·A picul (133.33 lbs.); burden; a load; responsibility

·A pile; a mass; heap; stack

·A place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot

·A place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect

·A plain

·A plaintive whine; wail

·A plane; to plane; level or make smooth

·A plant in bloom; thick

·A platoon; line up

·A pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute

·A popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-9

·A possible period of want or need

·A post; a job

·A post; a position

·A pouch; bag; sack; pocket

·A power (ie, a dominant country)

·A power; a right

·A powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC);

·A present in writing; bequeath

·A prisoner; a convict

·A problem as old as the world itself

·A project of vital and lasting importance

·A public park

·A public square (eg, Tiananmen Square)

·A raft made of bamboo or wood; to fell trees; to hew

·A rake

·A rake; harrow

·A rattle stick used in folk dancing; rattle stick dance

·A record of events inscribed on a tablet

·A register; a block of printing; an edition; version; page

·A Republican party member

·A required course

·A routine meeting of a squad; team or class

·A row; profession; professional

·A rubbing from a stone inscription

·A rush; scirpus cyperinus

·A saw; to saw

·A scholar; an intellectual

·A section; cut off (a length)

·A sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possiblility<

·A short note; a slip of paper

·A short person; dwarf

·A short time later

·A sign in the trigram; obey

·A sign in trigram

·A simple meal; potluck

·A sleeveless garment

·A slice; piece; flake; flate; thin; slice

·A slight blemish

·A slip of a pen

·A slope; hillside

·A small drum for marking time

·A small hill; (a surname)

·A small part; a small section

·A small private business (used in mainland China only)

·A social club

·A specialized hospital

·(give) a speech or lecture

·A speech; to speak; to talk; to address

·A sports competition

·A stable

·A stand for food at sacrifice

·A state; country or nation

·A step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process

·A stick; club or cudgel; smart; capable; strong

·A stone probe; acupuncture

·A stranger

·A sudden; violent flood; flash flood

·A system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash

·A tablet; a board with an inscription; a sign hung above a door

·A tally; counter; ticket; plan; devise; manage

·A teacher in charge of a class

·A terrific job

·A thousand things remain to be done; mumerous tasks remain to be undertaken·A throwing weapon; dart

·A tiger-cat; stripes; streaks; veins

·A time; a trip

·A time; everywhere; turn; all over; one time

·A time; incident; meet by chance; turn

·A time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)

·(a measure word for matters or actions) a time; to circle; to go back; to tur

·A tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

·A total; a sum

·A unit

·A unit of length; inch; thumb

·(of mist, snow, floodwater, etc) a vast expanse of whiteness

·A veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric

·A view of somebody's back; a figure viewed from behind

·A virtue

·A vote; ballot

·(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant

·A wardrobe; case; cabinet

·A way out (of a difficult situation, etc)

·A weight; number; yard; pile; stack

·A well-informed source; a person with inside information

·A while

·A whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip

·A whistle; sentry

·A world of ice and snow

·A wound; cut; injury; trauma

·A wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing

·A year and a half

·A year-end dinner for employees

·(surname); a youth

·(year) A.D.; Christian era

·A; an


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