MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

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六	liù	six / 6
会意	huì yì	combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc)
横七竖八	héng qī shù bā	in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)
造字	zào zì	to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六书
五脏六腑	wǔ zàng liù fǔ	five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
陆	liù	six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
三头六臂	sān tóu liù bì	lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers
六合	liù hé	the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
六神	liù shén	the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心, lungs 肺, liver 肝, kidneys 肾, spleen 脾 and gall bladder 胆)
六亲	liù qīn	six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin
过五关斩六将	guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng	lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
六朝	Liù Cháo	Six Dynasties (220-589)
六艺	Liù Yì	the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 礼 (礼仪), music 乐 (音乐), archery 射 (射箭), charioteering 御 (驾车), calligraphy or literacy 书 (识字), mathematics or reckoning 数 (计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六经
形声	xíng shēng	ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
六畜	liù chù	six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
吆五喝六	yāo wǔ hè liù	lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
假借	jiǎ jiè	to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
六合彩	liù hé cǎi	Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
象形	xiàng xíng	pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
四分五裂	sì fēn wǔ liè	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