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七
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Definitions
- 1. seven
- 2. 7
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 七
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires
seven emotional states
(astronomy) Big Dipper
in disorder
at sixes and sevens
Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi
heptathlon
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
seven colors; a variety of colors
heptagon
guqin or seven-stringed zither
(slang) pimp
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
seventy
after all
ratio seventy to thirty
Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[bā ěr kā shí hú]
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
leptospirosis
the seventies; the 1970s
the 7th day after a person's death
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
heptatonic scale
an assortment
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
Seven Samurai (movie)
misshapen
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
medium well (of steak)
bits and pieces
AAA battery (PRC)
seventeen
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
July
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
one seventh
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
see 七嘴八舌[qī zuǐ bā shé]
Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan
Epinephelus septemfasciatus
seventh (musical cord)
completely mixed up
Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
in one's seventies (age)
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[qí], 楚[chǔ], 燕[yān], 韓|韩[hán], 趙|赵[zhào], 魏[wèi] and 秦[qín]
Pleiades M45
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[yí hé yuán], Beijing
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
distant relatives
Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
everything in disorder (idiom)
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
confused
seven floor pagoda
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
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[kàng rì zhàn zhēng]
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz \Six Secret Strategic Teachings\ 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], \Methods of Sima\ 司馬法|司马法[sī mǎ fǎ], \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ], \Wuzi\ 吳子|吴子[wú zǐ], \Wei Liaozi\ 尉繚子|尉缭子[wèi liáo zi], \Three Strategies of Huang Shigong\ 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[huáng shí gōng sān 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[táng tài zōng lǐ wèi gōng wèn duì]
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
who cares
pseudo-ginseng
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
tones of the musical scale
seven layer architecture (OSI)
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
seven-year itch
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
assembled at random
septuagenarian
heptagon
twisting and turning
(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign
Chiku township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
July
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
see 七台河市[qī tái hé shì]
Qitaihe, prefecture-level city, Heilongjiang province
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
almost
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines
7 Up (soft drink)
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
Rigel (star)
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[dà fāng], 小方[xiǎo fāng], 緩方|缓方[huǎn fāng], 急方[jí fāng], 奇方[jī fāng], 偶方[ǒu fāng] and 重方[chóng fāng] or 複方|复方[fù fāng]
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
regardless of the consequences
see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]