Dictionary - results for 四

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
四	四	sì	- four - 4
五四	五四	wǔsì	- 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
六四	六四	LiùSì	- refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
再四	再四	zàisì	- repeatedly - over and over again
十四	十四	shísì	- fourteen - 14
四下	四下	sìxià	- everywhere
四化	四化	sìhuà	- abbr. for 四個現代化\|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
四十	四十	sìshí	- forty - 40
四周	四周	sìzhōu	- all around
四国	四國	Sìguó	- Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
四围	四圍	sìwéi	- all around - on all sides - encircled
四境	四境	sìjìng	- all the borders
四大	四大	sìdà	- 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)
四季	四季	sìjì	- four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
四害	四害	sìhài	- "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]
四射	四射	sìshè	- to radiate all around
四川	四川	Sìchuān	- Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
四平	四平	Sìpíng	- Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
四库	四庫	sìkù	- the four book depositories, namely: classics 經\|经, history 史, philosophy 子, belle-lettres 集
四强	四強	sìqiáng	- semifinals
四德	四德	sìdé	- 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, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
四散	四散	sìsàn	- to disperse - to scatter in all directions
四方	四方	sìfāng	- four-way - four-sided - in all directions - everywhere
四旁	四旁	sìpáng	- nearby regions
四时	四時	sìshí	- the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
四更	四更	sìgēng	- fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
四书	四書	Sìshū	- 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
四会	四會	Sìhuì	- Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶\|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
四月	四月	Sìyuè	- April - fourth month (of the lunar year)
四次	四次	sìcì	- fourth - four times - quartic
四民	四民	sìmín	- "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
四清	四清	Sìqīng	- the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) - abbr. for 四清運動\|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]
四湖	四湖	Sìhú	- Si or Ssuhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣\|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
四溅	四濺	sìjiàn	- (foam flying) in all directions
四级	四級	sìjí	- grade 4 - fourth class - category D
四维	四維	sìwéi	- 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
四声	四聲	sìshēng	- the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics, namely: level or even tone 平聲\|平声, third tone 上聲\|上声, fourth tone 去聲\|去声, entering tone 入聲\|入声 - the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, namely: First or high level tone 陰平聲\|阴平声, Second or rising tone 陽平聲\|阳平声, Third or low-falling-raising tone 上聲\|上声, Fourth or falling tone 去聲\|去声
四肢	四肢	sìzhī	- the four limbs of the body
四胡	四胡	sìhú	- sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
四旧	四舊	sìjiù	- the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
四处	四處	sìchù	- all over the place - everywhere and all directions
四角	四角	sìjiǎo	- the four corners (of a rectangle) - the eaves that the four corners of a building
四诊	四診	sìzhěn	- (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)
四谛	四諦	sìdì	- the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅\|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
四象	四象	sìxiàng	- 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]
四起	四起	sìqǐ	- to spring up everywhere - from all around
四近	四近	sìjìn	- nearby
四边	四邊	sìbiān	- four sides
四郊	四郊	sìjiāo	- suburb - outskirts (of town)
四邻	四鄰	sìlín	- one's nearest neighbors
四灵	四靈	sìlíng	- four divinities - four divine emperors - four mythical creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix 鳳\|凤[feng4], turtle 龜\|龟[gui1], dragon 龍\|龙[long2], Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] - also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
四面	四面	sìmiàn	- all sides
四顾	四顧	sìgù	- to look around
四体	四體	sìtǐ	- one's four limbs - two arms and two legs
大四	大四	dàsì	- fourth-year university student
李四	李四	LǐSì	- 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
核四	核四	Hésì	- Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan - also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
周四	週四	Zhōusì	- Thursday
四一二	四一二	sìyīèr	- 12th April - refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
四下里	四下裡	sìxiàli	- all around
四人帮	四人幫	sìrénbāng	- Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
四元数	四元數	sìyuánshù	- quaternion (math)
四分卫	四分衛	sìfēnwèi	- quarterback (QB) (American football)
四合院	四合院	sìhéyuàn	- courtyard house (type of Chinese residence)
四国犬	四國犬	sìguóquǎn	- Shikoku (dog)
四子王	四子王	Sìzǐwáng	- Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布\|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
四季豆	四季豆	sìjìdòu	- green bean - French bean - runner bean
四小龙	四小龍	SìXiǎolóng	- Four Asian Tigers - East Asian Tigers - Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
四川省	四川省	SìchuānShěng	- Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3], capital Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
四平市	四平市	Sìpíngshì	- Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
四方区	四方區	Sìfāngqū	- Sifang district of Qingdao city 青島市\|青岛市, Shandong
四方步	四方步	sìfāngbù	- a slow march
四方脸	四方臉	sìfāngliǎn	- square-jawed face
四方台	四方臺	Sìfāngtái	- Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山\|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
四日市	四日市	Sìrìshì	- Yokaichi City in Mi'e prefecture 三重縣\|三重县[San1 chong2 xian4], Japan
四旬节	四旬節	sìxúnjié	- First Sunday of Lent
四旬斋	四旬齋	sìxúnzhāi	- Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
四会市	四會市	Sìhuìshì	- Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶\|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
四月份	四月份	sìyuèfèn	- April
四湖乡	四湖鄉	Sìhúxiāng	- Si or Ssuhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣\|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
四物汤	四物湯	sìwùtāng	- four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
四环素	四環素	sìhuánsù	- tetracycline
四碳糖	四碳糖	sìtàntáng	- tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
四圣谛	四聖諦	sìshèngdì	- 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]
四脚蛇	四腳蛇	sìjiǎoshé	- lizard - common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
四叶草	四葉草	sìyècǎo	- four-leaf clover
四角形	四角形	sìjiǎoxíng	- square - quadrilateral
四角裤	四角褲	sìjiǎokù	- boxer shorts
四边形	四邊形	sìbiānxíng	- quadrilateral
四部曲	四部曲	sìbùqǔ	- tetralogy
四重奏	四重奏	sìchóngzòu	- quartet (musical ensemble)
四面体	四面體	sìmiàntǐ	- tetrahedron
四头肌	四頭肌	sìtóujī	- quadriceps muscle group - thigh muscles
四驱车	四驅車	sìqūchē	- four-by-four (vehicle) - 4x4
宋四家	宋四家	Sòngsìjiā	- 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]
廿四史	廿四史	niànsìshǐ	- twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) - same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
新四军	新四軍	Xīnsìjūn	- New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
星期四	星期四	Xīngqīsì	- Thursday
李四光	李四光	LǐSìguāng	- Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
汉四郡	漢四郡	Hànsìjùn	- four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
破四旧	破四舊	pòsìjiù	- Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
礼拜四	禮拜四	Lǐbàisì	- Thursday
第四季	第四季	dìsìjì	- fourth quarter
第四纪	第四紀	dìsìjì	- fourth period - quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
第四声	第四聲	dìsìshēng	- fourth tone in Mandarin - falling tone
第四台	第四臺	dìsìtái	- fourth channel - (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
一年四季	一年四季	yīniánsìjì	- all year round
七政四余	七政四餘	qīzhèngsìyú	- seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and fengshui)
三催四请	三催四請	sāncuīsìqǐng	- to coax and plead
三从四德	三從四德	sāncóngsìdé	- Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
三朋四友	三朋四友	sānpéngsìyǒu	- friends - cronies
不三不四	不三不四	bùsānbùsì	- dubious - shady - neither one thing nor the other - neither fish nor fowl - nondescript
丢三落四	丟三落四	diūsānlàsì	- forgetful - empty-headed
二十四史	二十四史	ÈrshísìShǐ	- 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
二十四孝	二十四孝	ÈrshísìXiào	- the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
五四运动	五四運動	WǔsìYùndòng	- May Fourth Movement - Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
五湖四海	五湖四海	wǔhúsìhǎi	- all over the world - everywhere under the sun
低三下四	低三下四	dīsānxiàsì	- servile
传三过四	傳三過四	chuánsānguòsì	- to spread rumors - to gossip
传播四方	傳播四方	chuánbōsìfāng	- to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
六十四卦	六十四卦	liùshísìguà	- the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經\|易经
六十四万	六十四萬	liùshísìwàn	- 640,000
六四事件	六四事件	LiùSìShìjiàn	- Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989
再三再四	再三再四	zàisānzàisì	- repeatedly - over and over again
勾三搭四	勾三搭四	gōusāndāsì	- to make hanky-panky - to seduce women
十四行诗	十四行詩	shísìhángshī	- sonnet
危机四伏	危機四伏	wēijīsìfú	- danger lurks on every side (idiom)
名扬四海	名揚四海	míngyángsìhǎi	- to become known far and wide (idiom) - famous
四世同堂	四世同堂	SìShìTóngtáng	- Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]
四世同堂	四世同堂	sìshìtóngtáng	- four generations under one roof (idiom)
四个全面	四個全面	SìgeQuánmiàn	- Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2005)
四分之一	四分之一	sìfēnzhīyī	- one-quarter
四分五裂	四分五裂	sìfēnwǔliè	- all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) - complete lack of unity - to disintegrate - falling apart - to be at sixes and sevens
四分音符	四分音符	sìfēnyīnfú	- crotchet (music)
四壁萧然	四壁蕭然	sìbìxiāorán	- four bare walls
四大名著	四大名著	sìdàmíngzhù	- the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢\|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義\|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳\|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記\|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
四大天王	四大天王	sìdàtiānwáng	- the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) - the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
四大发明	四大發明	sìdàfāmíng	- the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
四大皆空	四大皆空	sìdàjiēkōng	- lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) - this world is an illusion
四大盆地	四大盆地	sìdàpéndì	- four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地\|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地\|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
四大石窟	四大石窟	sìdàshíkū	- Four great caves, namely: Longmen grottoes 龍門石窟\|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang caves 雲岡石窟\|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji caves 麥積山石窟\|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 shan1 shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu
四大美女	四大美女	sìdàměinǚ	- Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬\|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環\|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
四大须生	四大鬚生	sìdàxūshēng	- Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良\|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英\|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森\|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯\|奚啸伯
四子王旗	四子王旗	Sìzǐwángqí	- Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布\|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
四季如春	四季如春	sìjìrúchūn	- four seasons like spring - favorable climate throughout the year
四季豆腐	四季豆腐	sìjìdòufu	- four seasons beancurd
四川大学	四川大學	SìchuānDàxué	- Sichuan University
四川日报	四川日報	SìchuānRìbào	- Sichuan Daily
四川林鸮	四川林鴞	Sìchuānlínxiāo	- (Chinese bird species) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
四川柳莺	四川柳鶯	Sìchuānliǔyīng	- (Chinese bird species) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
四川盆地	四川盆地	Sìchuānpéndì	- Sichuan basin
四川雉鹑	四川雉鶉	Sìchuānzhìchún	- (Chinese bird species) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
四平八稳	四平八穩	sìpíngbāwěn	- everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四平地区	四平地區	Sìpíngdìqū	- former Siping prefecture, Jilin
四库全书	四庫全書	SìkùQuánshū	- Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
四舍五入	四捨五入	sìshěwǔrù	- to round up to the nearest integer - to discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)
四散奔逃	四散奔逃	sìsānbēntáo	- to scatter in all directions
四方台区	四方臺區	Sìfāngtáiqū	- Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山\|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
四日市市	四日市市	Sìrìshìshì	- Yokkaichi, Mie prefecture 三重縣\|三重县[San1 chong2 xian4], Japan
四氟化硅	四氟化硅	sìfúhuàguī	- silicon tetrafluoride SiF4
四氟化铀	四氟化鈾	sìfúhuàyóu	- uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
四氯乙烯	四氯乙烯	sìlǜyǐxī	- tetrachloroethylene
四氯化碳	四氯化碳	sìlǜhuàtàn	- carbon tatrachloride
四海升平	四海升平	sìhǎishēngpíng	- lit. all four oceans are peaceful - worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家	四海為家	sìhǎiwéijiā	- 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
四海皆准	四海皆准	sìhǎijiēzhǔn	- appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable - a panacea
四海飘零	四海飄零	sìhǎipiāolíng	- drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
四清运动	四清運動	SìqīngYùndòng	- the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
四眼田鸡	四眼田雞	sìyǎntiánjī	- four-eyes
四级士官	四級士官	sìjíshìguān	- sergeant first class
四维时空	四維時空	sìwéishíkōng	- four dimensional space-time (in relativity)
四维空间	四維空間	sìwéikōngjiān	- four dimensional space (math.)
四声杜鹃	四聲杜鵑	sìshēngdùjuān	- (Chinese bird species) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
四脚朝天	四腳朝天	sìjiǎocháotiān	- four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
四号电池	四號電池	sìhàodiànchí	- AAA battery (Tw) - PRC equivalent: 七號電池\|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2]
四角柱体	四角柱體	sìjiǎozhùtǐ	- cuboid - rectangular prism (math.)
四角号码	四角號碼	sìjiǎohàomǎ	- four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
四轮马车	四輪馬車	sìlúnmǎchē	- chariot
四轮驱动	四輪驅動	sìlúnqūdòng	- four-wheel drive
四通八达	四通八達	sìtōngbādá	- roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
四邻八舍	四鄰八捨	sìlínbāshè	- the whole neighborhood
四门轿车	四門轎車	sìménjiàochē	- sedan (motor car)
四面八方	四面八方	sìmiànbāfāng	- in all directions - all around - far and near
四面楚歌	四面楚歌	sìmiànChǔgē	- lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) - fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
宋四大书	宋四大書	Sòngsìdàshū	- 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
家徒四壁	家徒四壁	jiātúsìbì	- lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) - fig. very poor - wretched
巴三览四	巴三覽四	bāsānlǎnsì	- to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
张三李四	張三李四	ZhāngsānLǐsì	- Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat - Tom, Dick and Harry
志在四方	志在四方	zhìzàisìfāng	- to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
挑三拣四	挑三揀四	tiāosānjiǎnsì	- to be picky - to be choosy
挑三窝四	挑三窩四	tiǎosānwōsì	- to sow discord everywhere
推三阻四	推三阻四	tuīsānzǔsì	- to use all sorts of excuses
扬名四海	揚名四海	yángmíngsìhǎi	- known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
文房四宝	文房四寶	wénfángsìbǎo	- Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆\|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙\|纸[zhi3] and 硯\|砚[yan4] - the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
朝三暮四	朝三暮四	zhāosānmùsì	- 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
横三竖四	橫三豎四	héngsānshùsì	- in disorder - in a tremendous mess
活力四射	活力四射	huólìsìshè	- dynamic - enthusiastic - energetic
烽火四起	烽火四起	fēnghuǒsìqǐ	- the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟四起	烽煙四起	fēngyānsìqǐ	- lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
狂三诈四	狂三詐四	kuángsānzhàsì	- to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
狼烟四起	狼煙四起	lángyānsìqǐ	- fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
目空四海	目空四海	mùkōngsìhǎi	- the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant - condescending - supercilious
第四季度	第四季度	dìsìjìdù	- fourth quarter (of financial year)
股四头肌	股四頭肌	gǔsìtóujī	- quadriceps muscle group - thigh muscles
街坊四邻	街坊四鄰	jiēfangsìlín	- neighbors - the whole neighborhood
说三道四	說三道四	shuōsāndàosì	- to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) - to criticize - gossip
调三窝四	調三窩四	tiáosānwōsì	- to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
轩辕十四	軒轅十四	Xuānyuánshísì	- Regulus (constellation)
连三并四	連三併四	liánsānbìngsì	- one after the other - in succession (idiom)
金砖四国	金磚四國	JīnzhuānSìGuó	- Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
颠三倒四	顛三倒四	diānsāndǎosì	- confused - disorderly - incoherent
飞沫四溅	飛沫四濺	fēimòsìjiàn	- to spray in all directions
魅力四射	魅力四射	mèilìsìshè	- glamorous - charming - seductive
干煸四季豆	乾煸四季豆	gānbiānsìjìdòu	- fried beans, Sichuan style
二十四节气	二十四節氣	èrshísìjiéqi	- the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
元曲四大家	元曲四大家	Yuánqǔsìdàjiā	- Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿\|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖\|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠\|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸\|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
六十四位元	六十四位元	liùshísìwèiyuán	- 64-bit (computing)
六朝四大家	六朝四大家	liùcháosìdàjiā	- Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興\|曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之\|顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微\|陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇\|张僧繇
合四乙尺工	合四乙尺工	hésìyǐchǐgōng	- names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
唐初四大家	唐初四大家	TángchūSìDàjiā	- Four Great Poets of early Tang - refers to Yu Shi'nan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 陽歐詢\|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 楮遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]
四一二事变	四一二事變	sìyīèrshìbiàn	- the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists - called 反革命政变\|反革命政變 or 慘案\|惨案 in PRC literature
四一二惨案	四一二慘案	sìyīèrcǎnàn	- the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 - the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
四个现代化	四個現代化	sìgexiàndàihuà	- Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology - abbr. to 四化
四十二章经	四十二章經	sìshíèrzhāngjīng	- The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha)
四川大地震	四川大地震	SìchuānDàdìzhèn	- Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
四川山鹧鸪	四川山鷓鴣	Sìchuānshānzhègū	- (Chinese bird species) Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
四川旋木雀	四川旋木雀	Sìchuānxuánmùquè	- (Chinese bird species) Sichuan treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)
四氢大麻酚	四氫大麻酚	sìqīngdàmáfēn	- Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC
平行四边形	平行四邊形	píngxíngsìbiānxíng	- parallelogram
披头四乐团	披頭四樂團	PītóusìYuètuán	- the Beatles
板板六十四	板板六十四	bǎnbǎnliùshísì	- unaccommodating - rigid
核四级共振	核四級共振	hésìjígòngzhèn	- nuclear quadrupole resonance (physics)
聚四氟乙烯	聚四氟乙烯	jùsìfúyǐxī	- polytetrafluoroethylene
杂剧四大家	雜劇四大家	zájùsìdàjiā	- Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿\|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖\|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠\|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸\|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
不规则四边形	不規則四邊形	bùguīzésìbiānxíng	- irregular quadrilateral - trapezium
五四爱国运动	五四愛國運動	wǔsìàiguóyùndòng	- May Fourth Movement - Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
北宋四大部书	北宋四大部書	BěiSòngsìdàbùshū	- 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
四乙基铅中毒	四乙基鉛中毒	sìyǐjīqiānzhōngdú	- tetraethyl lead poisoning
四大佛教名山	四大佛教名山	SìdàFójiàoMíngshān	- Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山\|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山\|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang
四项基本原则	四項基本原則	SìxiàngJīběnYuánzé	- the Four Cardinal Principles by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平\|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, proletariat's dictatorship, CPC's leadership, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
江南四大才子	江南四大才子	Jiāngnánsìdàcáizǐ	- Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明\|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿\|徐祯卿
四川外国语大学	四川外國語大學	SìchuānWàiguóyǔDàxué	- Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
四海之内皆兄弟	四海之內皆兄弟	sìhǎizhīnèijiēxiōngdì	- all men are brothers
放之四海而皆准	放之四海而皆准	fàngzhīsìhǎiérjiēzhǔn	- appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable - a panacea
放之四海而皆准	放之四海而皆準	fàngzhīsìhǎiérjiēzhǔn	- applicable anywhere (idiom)
四一二反革命政变	四一二反革命政變	sìyīèrfǎngémìngzhèngbiàn	- counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
头脑简单四肢发达	頭腦簡單四肢發達	tóunǎojiǎndānsìzhīfādá	- all brawn no brains
四体不勤，五谷不分	四體不勤，五穀不分	sìtǐbùqín,wǔgǔbùfēn	- never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
烽烟四起，战火纷飞	烽煙四起，戰火紛飛	fēngyānsìqǐ,zhànhuǒfēnfēi	- lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
眼观四处，耳听八方	眼觀四處，耳聽八方	yǎnguānsìchù,ěrtīngbāfāng	- see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方\|眼观四面，耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1]
眼观四面，耳听八方	眼觀四面，耳聽八方	yǎnguānsìmiàn,ěrtīngbāfāng	- lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) - fig. to be observant and alert
张三，李四，王五，赵六	張三，李四，王五，趙六	Zhāngsān,Lǐsì,Wángwǔ,Zhàoliù	- four proverbial names - Tom, Dick and Harry
一部二十四史，不知从何说起	一部二十四史，不知從何說起	yībùèrshísìshǐ,bùzhīcónghéshuōqǐ	- It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.