| 终战日 | [zhōng zhàn rì, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ ㄖˋ, 终战日 / 終戰日] armistice day; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 八·一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ˇ, 八·一五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 八一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ˇ, 八一五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 郢书燕说 | [Yǐng shū Yān shuō, ˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ, 郢书燕说 / 郢書燕說] words distorted in reading (成语 saw); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢|郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects" |
| 羯鼓催花 | [jié gǔ cuī huā, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚ, 羯鼓催花] drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom |
| 空城计 | [kōng chéng jì, ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ, 空城计 / 空城計] empty city strategy (成语 saw), cf Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 playing the guqin 古琴 zither over the open gate to his empty fort, fooling Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿 into suspecting an ambush; a bold front hides a weak defense; double bluff |
| 第五个现代化 | [dì wǔ gè xiàn dài huà, ㄉㄧˋ ˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 第五个现代化 / 第五個現代化] fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 鄧小平|邓小平, 四個現代化|四个现代化 |
| 五四 | [wǔ sì, ˇ ㄙˋ, 五四] fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 解放日 | [jiě fàng rì, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄖˋ, 解放日] Liberation Day; cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea |
| 运筹帷幄 | [yùn chóu wéi wò, ㄩㄣˋ ㄔㄡˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄛˋ, 运筹帷幄] lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (成语 saw); fig. planning strategies; cf Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in his tent trusts his general a thousand miles away to make better decisions |
| 人去楼空 | [rén qù lóu kōng, ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄌㄡˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, 人去楼空 / 人去樓空] people are gone, the tower is empty; cf Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼, Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme the past will never return; nostalgia for old friends |
| 周期系 | [zhōu qī xì, ㄓㄡ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧˋ, 周期系 / 週期系] periodic system; cf periodic table of the elements 元素週期表|元素周期表 |
| 貉 | [háo, ㄏㄠˊ, 貉] raccoon dog; cf 貉子 |
| 说曹操曹操就到 | [shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào, ㄕㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ, 说曹操曹操就到 / 說曹操曹操就到] speak of the devil; cf Cao Cao 曹操 (155-220), king of Cao Wei 曹魏 and main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 |
| 五瘟神 | [wǔ wēn shén, ˇ ㄨㄣ ㄕㄣˊ, 五瘟神] five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; cf four horsemen of the apocalypse |
| 王八 | [wáng bā, ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ, 王八] tortoise; cuckold; (insult with the flavor of bastard, son of a bitch); cf 王八蛋 |
| 精诚所至 | [jīng chéng suǒ zhì, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓˋ, 精诚所至 / 精誠所至] with a will, you can achieve anything (成语 saw); cf 精誠所至,金石為開|精诚所至,金石为开 |
| 芝宇 | [zhī yǔ, ㄓ ㄩˇ, 芝宇] your appearance (honorific); cf 紫芝眉宇 |