| 三道关 | san1 dao4 guan1 | three checkpoints |
| 三马同槽 | san1 ma3 tong2 cao2 | conspirators under the same roof |
| 中伏 | zhong1 fu2 | last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of ä¸‰ä¼ sn f, three hottest periods of the year |
| 二伏 | er4 fu2 | same as ä¸ä¼, last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of ä¸‰ä¼ sn f, three hottest periods of the year |
| 交九 | jiao1 jiu3 | the coldest period of the year |
| 什刹海 | shi2 cha4 hai3 | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes |
| 初伏 | chu1 fu2 | middle ten days of July, the first of ä¸‰ä¼ sn f, three hottest periods of the year |
| 前三名 | qian2 san1 ming2 | the first three |
| 四大名著 | si4 da4 ming2 zhu4 | The Four Masterworks |
| 塔列朗 | ta3 lie4 lang3 | Talleyrand (name) |
| 头伏 | tou2 fu2 | first of three 10 day periods of hot season |
| 孙坚 | sun1 jian1 | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms |
| 孙诛 | sun1 zhu1 | also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4] |