六 liù, lù — six
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Related words
- 六一 June 1 (Children's Day); Ouyang Xiu's hao
- 五颜六色 in a riot of colors; colorful
- 六朝 the Six Dynasties (222-589, period of southern Chinese history)
- 初六 the sixth day of a lunar month
- 五脏六腑 the internal organs of the body; (fig.) the inner workings
- 六指 having six fingers or toes
- 六亲不认 to disown all one's kin; to show no mercy to anyone
- 六合彩 Mark Six (lottery); six-number lottery
- 六神无主 panicked and at a loss; distraught; beside oneself
- 三头六臂 with three heads and six arms; superhuman prowess
- 七情六欲 the seven emotions and six desires; human passions and appetites
- 六甲 the six Jia cycles (in the sexagenary cycle)
- 六艺 the Six Arts (rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, mathematics)
- 三百六十行 all trades and professions; every walk of life
- 六亲 one's six relations; all relatives
- 三六九等 all sorts of grades and distinctions
- 身怀六甲 to be pregnant (formal, literary)
- 六畜 the six domestic animals (pig, ox, sheep, horse, chicken, dog)
- 吆五喝六 to shout orders around; to bully and bluster
- 六腑 the six fu-organs (in Chinese medicine)