Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
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same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
completely
see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[]
the ten commandments (religion)
(saying) (usu. of a woman) to have no need to do household chores (washing clothes etc) / to lead a pampered life
more than ten / a dozen or more
decawatt
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
decagon
ten commandments
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
decimal / calculations to base 10
decimal system
decimal system
decimal
decagon
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
ten items / decathlon (athletics)
decathlon
(idiom) (of news etc) to spread like wildfire / to be disseminated far and wide
brute force overcomes clever tactics
see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[]
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / (fig.) once bitten, twice shy
ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
the seventies / the 1970s
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[]
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
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