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Trad. 頭七
- the 7th day after a person's death
- the first 7-day period after a person's death
- double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
- girls' festival
- Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
- the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
- seven emotional states
- seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1]
- seven relations
- (Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[da4 fang1], 小方[xiao3 fang1], 緩方|缓方[huan3 fang1], 急方[ji2 fang1], 奇方[ji1 fang1], 偶方[ou3 fang1] and 重方[chong2 fang1] or 複方|复方[fu4 fang1]
- the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
Trad. 七竅
- the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
- Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
- seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires
- contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
Trad. 二七區
- Erqi, a district of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 參宿七
- Rigel (star)
- lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
Trad. 七堵區
- Qidu, a district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan
Trad. 七夕節
- Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
- girls' festival
- Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting
Trad. 七星區
- Qixing, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
- Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2]
Trad. 七美鄉
- Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
- orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
- "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
Trad. 七鰓鰻
- lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
Trad. 三七開
- ratio seventy to thirty
- thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
Trad. 武經七書
- Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5], "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4] and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4]
Trad. 七七事變
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
- almost
- nearing completion
- bits and piece
- of all kinds
- at sixes and sevens
- perturbed state of mind
- in a mess
- lively discussion with everybody talking at once
Trad. 七國集團
- G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
Trad. 五七幹校
- May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
Trad. 七彎八拐
- (idiom) twisting and turning
- (idiom) tricky and complicated
Trad. 七手八腳
- (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
- fig. greatly reduced
- substantially scaled back
Trad. 七拼八湊
- assembled at random
- a motley collection
Trad. 五勞七傷
- (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
Trad. 七政四餘
- seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
Trad. 七星瓢蟲
- seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
Trad. 七星關區
- Qixingguan, a district of Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
Trad. 七灣八拐
- variant of 七彎八拐|七弯八拐[qi1 wan1 ba1 guai3]
Trad. 七爺八爺
- term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]
Trad. 七竅生煙
- lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
- fig. to seethe with anger
- in one's seventies (age)
- very old (of people)
Trad. 七臺河市
- Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
Trad. 戰國七雄
- Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2], 趙|赵[Zhao4], 魏[Wei4] and 秦[Qin2]
Trad. 七號電池
- AAA battery (Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池|四号电池[si4 hao4 dian4 chi2])
Trad. 七言律詩
- verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1 lu : 4])
Trad. 七里河區
- Qilihe, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Trad. 亂七八糟
- (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
Trad. 五癆七傷
- variant of 五勞七傷|五劳七伤[wu3 lao2 qi1 shang1]
Trad. 橫七豎八
- in disorder
- at sixes and sevens (idiom)
Trad. 烏七八糟
- everything in disorder (idiom)
- in a hideous mess
- obscene
- dirty
- filthy
Trad. 雜七雜八
- an assortment
- a bit of everything
- lots of different (skills)
- three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
Trad. 十七孔橋
- Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
Trad. 七帶石斑魚
- Epinephelus septemfasciatus
- three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
- the facts of the matter
- the actual situation
Trad. 三七開定論
- thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
Trad. 工業七國集團
- G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
Trad. 七十七國集團
- Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
- distant relatives
Trad. 五七幹部學校
- May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
Trad. 長坂坡七進七出
- famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies
Trad. 七大工業國集團
- G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
- who cares
- no matter what
- regardless of the consequences
- regardless of the consequences
- recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
Trad. 黃花崗七十二烈士
- the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
Trad. 救人一命勝造七級浮屠
- saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)