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Trad. 四庫
- the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集
- four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends
- the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
- Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
Trad. 四時
- the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
Trad. 四書
- Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
- "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
- the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66)
- abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]
- Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
- (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place
- (of grease etc) dripping everywhere
- flowing all over the place
Trad. 四濺
- (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions
- to splatter everywhere
Trad. 四瀆
- (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3])
- (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9
Trad. 四維
- the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor
- see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]
- the four directions
- the four limbs (Chinese medicine)
- four-dimensional
Trad. 四聲
- the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
- the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
- sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
- the four corners (of a rectangle)
- the eaves that the four corners of a building
- fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Trad. 四診
- (TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation)
Trad. 四諦
- the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
- four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
Trad. 四靈
- four divinities
- four divine emperors
- four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
- also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
- Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
- abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
- the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
- "the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
- see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4]
- Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4] (abbr. to 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3])
- Siping, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
Trad. 四旬齋
- Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
Trad. 四會市
- Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong
Trad. 第四紀
- fourth period
- quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
Trad. 四湖鄉
- Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 四物湯
- four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
Trad. 四聖諦
- the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
- see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
- Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
Trad. 破四舊
- Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
- four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]
Trad. 新四軍
- New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
- twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
- same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 12th April
- refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
- common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse
- an odd mixture of disparate elements
- hodgepodge
- farrago
Trad. 四人幫
- Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
Trad. 漢四郡
- four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
Trad. 四分曆
- "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty
- courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
- Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 四小龍
- Four Asian Tigers
- East Asian Tigers
- Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
Trad. 四川林鴞
- (bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
Trad. 四川柳鶯
- (bird species of China) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
Trad. 三從四德
- Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
Trad. 四川雉鶉
- (bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
Trad. 四平八穩
- everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
Trad. 四庫全書
- Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
Trad. 四捨五入
- (math.) to round up or down
- to round off
Trad. 說三道四
- to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)
- to criticize
- gossip
Trad. 四方臺區
- Sifangtai, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
- to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
Trad. 第四堵牆
- the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
- (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
Trad. 第四面牆
- the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
- lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- indecisive
- to blow hot and cold
Trad. 狂三詐四
- to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
- lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched
Trad. 四海昇平
- (idiom) the whole world is at peace
Trad. 四海為家
- to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
- to feel at home anywhere
- to roam about unconstrained
- to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
Trad. 四海飄零
- drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
Trad. 四清運動
- the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
Trad. 揚名四海
- known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
Trad. 四目相對
- (of two people) to look into each other's eyes
Trad. 四目相視
- see 四目相對|四目相对[si4 mu4 xiang1 dui4]
Trad. 四目相覷
- see 四目相對|四目相对[si4 mu4 xiang1 dui4]
Trad. 四眼田雞
- four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
- the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
- fig. a long and complicated story
Trad. 巴三覽四
- to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
Trad. 七政四餘
- seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
Trad. 四聲杜鵑
- (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Trad. 四腳朝天
- four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
Trad. 四號電池
- AAA battery (Tw)
- PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2]
Trad. 五四運動
- May Fourth Movement
- Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Trad. 四角號碼
- four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
Trad. 四輪定位
- wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
Trad. 四通八達
- roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
Trad. 名揚四海
- to become known far and wide (idiom)
- famous
- lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
- fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
Trad. 危機四伏
- danger lurks on every side (idiom)
- the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
Trad. 調三窩四
- to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
Trad. 宋四大書
- Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
Trad. 初唐四傑
- the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]
- the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
Trad. 烽煙四起
- lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
- the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
- condescending
- supercilious
Trad. 連三併四
- one after the other
- in succession (idiom)