Text matches for “八”

Babaoshan, a hill in Shijingshan District, Beijing, site of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery 八寶山革命公墓|八宝山革命公墓[Bā bǎo shān Gé mìng Gōng mù]

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Bā Dà Yuán lǎo]

Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Bā kuò Jiē]

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Líng bā Xiàn zhāng], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Bā xiān]

Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年

the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of China 八大菜系[bā dà cài xì])

Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhū Bā jiè] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)

the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tiān lóng Bā Bù]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Lǐ Bó yuán] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Lǐ Bǎo jiā] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Bā guó Lián jūn]

Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Táng Sòng bā dà jiā]

Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Bā xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine

the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn]

Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家

Waldersee (name) / Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Bā guó Lián jūn]

Su Xun (1009-1066), Song essayist, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[Sān Sū] and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Táng Sòng bā dà jiā]

Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Sū Dōng pō], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[Sān Sū] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Táng Sòng Bā Dà jiā]

Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[Sān Sū] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Táng Sòng bā dà jiā]

Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhū Bā jiè] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)

Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经[Huáng dì Bā shí yī Nàn jīng]

eight

softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel

to talk rubbish

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng] / gossip / gossipy

(idiom) chaotic / in disorder / muddled

eighteen / 18

International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nǚ jié], 8th March / foolish / stupid

eighty / 80

ugly person

(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)

(idiom) all directions / all around

octave

most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority

one eighth

an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills)

most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority

not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee

everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy

serious / earnest / real / true