turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
Headword or pronunciation忘八旦
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turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
Headword or pronunciation忘八蛋
(idiom) of great talent
Headword or pronunciation才高八斗
to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
Headword or pronunciation批八字
to play mahjong
Headword or pronunciation摸八圈
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Headword or pronunciation林八哥
(bird species of China) rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
Headword or pronunciation栗头八色鸫
in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation横七竖八
earnest / authentic
Headword or pronunciation正儿八板
very serious / solemn
Headword or pronunciation正经八百
the eight methods of bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
Headword or pronunciation正骨八法
bastard / son of a bitch
Headword or pronunciation王八蛋
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
Headword or pronunciation生辰八字
(bird species of China) collared myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)
Headword or pronunciation白领八哥
about a hundred / a hundred or so
Headword or pronunciation百儿八十
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation眼观六路耳听八方
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
Headword or pronunciation眼观四面，耳听八方
(bird species of China) western hooded pitta (Pitta sordida)
Headword or pronunciation绿胸八色鸫
to talk nonsense
Headword or pronunciation胡扯八溜
(idiom) to talk random nonsense / to say whatever comes into one's head
Headword or pronunciation胡诌八扯
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
Headword or pronunciation腊八节
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
Headword or pronunciation腊八粥
28-spotted ladybird / hadda beetle / Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
Headword or pronunciation茄二十八星瓢虫
ten thousand or almost ten thousand
Headword or pronunciation万儿八千
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
Headword or pronunciation蓝八色鸫
(bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
Headword or pronunciation蓝枕八色鸫
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Headword or pronunciation蓝翅八色鸟
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
Headword or pronunciation蓝背八色鸫
after all
Headword or pronunciation说七说八
(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)
Headword or pronunciation金冠树八哥
(bird species of China) eared pitta (Hydrornis phayrei)
Headword or pronunciation双辫八色鸫
an octave higher (music)
Headword or pronunciation高八度
drab, stereotypical Communist Party writing style
Headword or pronunciation党八股
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
Headword or pronunciation八月
January 28 Incident (1932), military conflict between China and Japan in Shanghai
Headword or pronunciation一二八事变
term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[]
Headword or pronunciation七爷八爷
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
Headword or pronunciation三八大盖
International Women's Day (March 8)
Headword or pronunciation三八节
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
Headword or pronunciation三大纪律八项注意
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
Headword or pronunciation九一八事变
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