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Definitions
- 1. hundred
- 2. numerous
- 3. all kinds of
Example Sentences
1 shown百 人吃 百 味。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 百
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
to be tempered into a steel
news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
percentage
thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
encyclopedia
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to win every fight
refers to 百花運動|百花运动[bǎi huā yùn dòng] with its slogan 百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣
universal
to shoot with great precision (idiom)
Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments)
lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
encyclopedic dictionary
more than a hundred
common people
hectopascal (hPa), unit of atmospheric pressure
No flower can bloom for a hundred days.
passion fruit
Cabernet (grape type)
percentage by volume
busy schedule
general merchandise
all creatures
to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
brimming with confidence (idiom)
Nipah virus
see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuāng bǎi fāng zhēn]
faultless
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
Baidu Knows, online Q & A forum, zhidao.baidu.com
Budweiser beer
skylark
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
Gabriel (name)
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
to fawn upon sb in every possible way
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom)
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
all kinds of grass
BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company
of no consequence (idiom)
only the official is allowed to light the fire
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[liú yǔ xī]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
(bird species of China) white-winged lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
one's vigor thoroughly restored
Centaurium pulchellum var. altaicum
(bird species of China) Australasian bush lark (Mirafra javanica)
having no advantage whatsoever
every illness
a hundred times
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])
worth hearing a hundred times
(botany) zinnia
all rivers run into the sea
bazaar
a hundred percent
many things waiting to be done (idiom)
Baise prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Baidu online encyclopedia
Yum! Brands, Inc., American fast food corporation operating Pizza Hut, KFC etc.
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[sūn zhū]
(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
civil and military officials
encyclopedia
common people
Brigham Young
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
to go to pot (idiom)
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
hundred mark system
percent
Diet Pepsi
many things waiting to be done (idiom)
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
a project of vital and lasting importance
omasum
all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
Bose or Baise prefecture-level city in Guangxi
to have many advantages and no disadvantages
to emerge victorious in every battle
Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
see 把總|把总[bǎ zǒng]
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
see 百折不撓|百折不挠[bǎi zhé bù náo]
megahertz (physics, electronics)
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits
knowledgeable person
many schools of thought
Subway (fast food restaurant)
million
virtual currency created by Baidu
see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]
one in a hundred
(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
several hundred
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
baccarat (loanword)
Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC)
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
all things
a centipede dies but never falls down
equivalent megatonnage (EMT)
all kinds of fruits
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.
All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
(bird species of China) Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
Brigham Young University
to exhaust every means to achieve sth (idiom)
all things tend in one direction (idiom)
rivers
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom)
all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes
shutter
tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)
one hundred percent
hundred years
in hundred and one ways
Liliaceae
hundred-eyed monster
millionaire
Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted
to have accomplished nothing (idiom)
Uncyclopedia (satirical website parodying Wikipedia)
only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
Cadbury (name)
centipede
percentile (statistics)
one hundred percent
a hundred or more
percent
department store
percentage point
paraquat
hundreds
a good reputation to last a hundred generations
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng]
Bermuda Triangle
myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful
high-grade well-tempered steel
see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)
a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
bored to death (idiom)
department store
lily
guaranteed to cure all diseases
all
heavily damaged
Garden of Many Flowers (name)
common people
no danger of anything going wrong
treasure chest
very serious
100-meter dash
(bird species of China) horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Best Buy (retailer)
Broadway (New York City)
(bird species of China) crested lark (Galerida cristata)
idiot
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
ordinary people
percent sign % (punct.)
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
everything
(following a noun) full of ...
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
a hundred or so
KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008
once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved
lily
about a hundred
Baise prefecture-level city in Guangxi
to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom)
in different poses and with different expressions
micropedia
megaton
to have many advantages and no disadvantages
all walks of life (idiom)
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
centenarian
Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999
lark
sea lily
to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
Budweiser (beer)
percentage
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
potluck meal
(bird species of China) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
Yuriko, Japanese female given name
parfait (loanword)
department store
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
to prey on the people
Bermuda
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
whooping cough
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
passion fruit
to cut a long story short
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom)
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
(bird species of China) black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
Baise prefecture in Guangxi
(bird species of China) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
totally submissive (idiom)
percentage
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
centipede
the hundreds place (or column) in the decimal system
several million
the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
centipede
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom)
trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide
(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
entertaining
hundreds of
pleated skirt
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
Pepsi
all the grains
docile and obedient
artichoke