五旬节 五旬節

五

• 五金 wǔ jīn ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ng5 gam1 metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
• 五星级 五星級 wǔ xīng jí ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ng5 sing1 kap1 five-star (hotel)
• 三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄨˇ ㄘˋ saam1 faan1 ng5 ci3 over and over again (idiom)
• 五花八门 五花八門 wǔ huā bā mén ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊ ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4 myriad
• 五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè ㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄜˋ ng5 ngaan4 luk6 sik1 multicolored

旬

• 上旬 shàng xún ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ soeng6 ceon4 first third of a month
• 下旬 xià xún ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ haa6 ceon4 last third of the month
• 中旬 zhōng xún ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˊ zung1 ceon4 middle third of a month
• 七旬 qī xún ㄑㄧ ㄒㄩㄣˊ cat1 ceon4 70 years; one's seventies
• 八旬 bā xún ㄅㄚ ㄒㄩㄣˊ baat3 ceon4 80 years; one's eighties

节 節

• 佳节 佳節 jiā jié ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ gaai1 zit3 festive day
• 使节 使節 shǐ jié ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ si3 zit3 (diplomatic) envoy
• 季节 季節 jì jié ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ gwai3 zit3 time
• 情节 情節 qíng jié ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ cing4 zit3 circumstances
• 春节 春節 Chūn jié ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ceon1 zit3 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

• 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔㄚˋ ㄨˇ gaak3 saam1 caa1 ng5 (idiom) every few days; every once in a while
• 目迷五色 mù mí wǔ sè ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄧˊ ㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ muk6 mai4 ng5 sik1 the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors
• 人五人六 rén wǔ rén liù ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ jan4 ng5 jan4 luk6 (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior

• 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
• 旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ceon4 syu1 jyut6 sung3 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands

• 不拘小节 不拘小節 bù jū xiǎo jié ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ bat1 keoi1 siu2 zit3 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
• 高风峻节 高風峻節 gāo fēng jùn jié ㄍㄠ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄩㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ gou1 fung1 zeon3 zit3 a high-class upright character (idiom)
• 高风亮节 高風亮節 gāo fēng liàng jié ㄍㄠ ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ gou1 fung1 loeng6 zit3 of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)