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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

常规武器cháng guī wǔ qì

conventional weapon

常规赛cháng guī sài

(sports) regular season

常言说得好cháng yán shuō de hǎo

as the saying goes / as they say...

常设cháng shè

(of an organization etc) standing or permanent

常轨cháng guǐ

normal practice

常道cháng dào

normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence

常量cháng liàng

a constant (physics, math.)

常青cháng qīng

evergreen

常项cháng xiàng

constant term (in a mathematical expression)

一反常态yī fǎn cháng tài

complete change from the normal state (idiom) / quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character

一反往常yī fǎn wǎng cháng

contrary to what usually happens

一如往常yī rú wǎng cháng

as usual

三纲五常sān gāng wǔ cháng

three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)

不主故常bù zhǔ gù cháng

not to stick to the old conventions

不平常bù píng cháng

remarkable / remarkably / unusual

不正常bù zhèng cháng

abnormal

中常zhōng cháng

ordinary / average / medium / mid-range / moderate

五常wǔ cháng

the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[rén], justice 義|义[yì], propriety 禮|礼[lǐ], wisdom 智[zhì] and honor 信[xìn] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wǔ lún], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wǔ xíng], the five elements

介电常数jiè diàn cháng shù

dielectric constant

伦常lún cháng

proper human relationships

兵家常事bīng jiā cháng shì

commonplace in military operations (idiom)

出没无常chū mò wú cháng

to appear and disappear unpredictably

十常侍shí cháng shì

Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption

千里马常有,而伯乐不常有qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó lè bù cháng yǒu

(lit.) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / (fig.) many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it

喜怒无常xǐ nù wú cháng

temperamental / moody

太常tài cháng

minister of ceremonies in imperial China

定常态dìng cháng tài

constant state / fixed state

家常豆腐jiā cháng dòu fu

home-style tofu

平常心píng cháng xīn

levelheadedness / calmness / equanimity

平常日píng cháng rì

weekday

平平常常píng píng cháng cháng

nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous

心律失常xīn lǜ shī cháng

arrhythmia

恒常héng cháng

constant / constantly

恢复常态huī fù cháng tài

to return to normal

惯常guàn cháng

usual / customary

戏剧化人格违常xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng

histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

扯家常chě jiā cháng

to engage in small talk / to chit chat

拉家常lā jiā cháng

to talk or chat about ordinary daily life

日常工作rì cháng gōng zuò

routine

正常化zhèng cháng huà

normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)

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