10.70
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(ㄑㄧˊ [qi2] before 4th tone (h) and unaccented syllable).
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七七 forty-ninth day;
頭七 the first seventh;
三七 the third seventh, etc.
七擒七放 (allu.) 諸葛亮七擒孟獲 Juker Liahng subjugated a native chief by capturing him and releasing him seven times;
七十二 a round number;
七十二行 every one of the seventy-two professions;
出七 an impossible number in dice where the maximum is six, hence a miracle: 說出七來也不行 even a miracle won't make (s.o.) budge;
他可貧出七來了 he is down to the last cent;
七…八… higgledy-piggledy, pell-mell;
七大八小，七長八短 of uneven size;
七顛八倒 totter in any and all directions;
亂七八糟，七零八落 all a hideous mess;
七扭八歪 (of things) in a state of great disorder: 七楞八瓣 of most uneven size and formation;
七手八腳 to serve hand and foot;
七上八下 (or 落) in a mental flurry of indecision;
七嘴八舌，七言八語 all talking in confusion or offering different opinions;
七拼八湊 to scrape together;
七折八扣 not pay up full amount;
七通八達 (of location) reaching out in all directions;
七老八十 in one's seventies.
2.七七 [qi1qi1], n., (1) the seven times seven days after death. see N.↑; (2) the seventh day of seventh lunar month, see [qi1xi4]↓; 七七事變 July 7, 1937, the outbreak of Sino-Japanese War.
3.七巧（板） [qi1qiao3]([ban3]), n., (1) see [qi1xi4]↓; (2) the magic square, cut into seven pieces, which could be arranged in many different shapes, an educational puzzle.
4.七竅 [qi1qiao4], phr., the seven apertures of human face (eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth): 七竅流血 bleeding from nose and mouth, etc.; 七竅生煙 fumigate with anger.
5.七情 [qi1qing2], phr., the normal human emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate and desire.
6.七出 [qi1chu1], phr., formerly, the seven valid reasons for divorce: (1) barrenness, (2) adultery, (3) disrespect to parents-in-law, (4) wicked tongue, (5) theft, (6) jealousy and (7) heinous disease.
7.七尺 [qi1chi3], phr., 七尺之軀 the human adult body, seven “foot” 尺 in ancient measure (a foot being perhaps seven modern inches).
8.七古 [qi1gu3], n., see [qi1yan2]↓.
9.七件事 [qi1jian4shi4], phr., the seven household needs: 柴 fuel, 米 rice, 油 oil, 鹽 salt, 醬 sauce, 醋 vinegar, 茶 tea.
10.七絕 [qi1jUe2], n., see [qi1yan2shi1]↓.
11.七律 [qi1lU4], n., see [qi1yan2shi1]↓.
12.七色 [qi1se4], n., the seven colors of spectrum or rainbow.
13.七聲 [qi1sheng1], phr., the seven-tone scale of music: 宮，商，角，徵，羽 (pentatonic) plus 變徵 fa and 變宮 ti.
14.七香 [qi1xiang1], n., a mixture of seven spices.
15.七絃 [qi1xian2], n., the seven-stringed instrument.
16.七夕 [qi1xi4], n., the festival of the seventh day of seventh month, celebrating the annual reunion of lovers, the Cowherd and the Spinster, two stars in heaven, also called 乞巧.
17.七星 [qi1xing1], n., (astron.) the Great Dipper; 七星板 a panel in coffin carved with design of the Great Dipper.
18.七條 [qi1tiao2], n., Buddhist cassock: 七條袈裟.
19.七言詩 [qi1yan2shi1], n., a poetic form of seven syllables to a line; 七律 such poem of eight lines with prescribed tonal pattern; 七絕 of four lines with prescribed tonal pattern; 七古 poem of seven syllables to a line, without tonal prescription and of any number of lines.
20.七曜 [qi1yao4], n., the seven days of the week, named after the sun (Sunday), the moon (Monday) and five planets (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn).
21.七音 [qi1yin1], n., (1) (phonetics) the seven classes of consonants; 脣 labial, 舌 lingual, 牙 back teeth, 齒 dental, 喉 guttural, 半舌 lateral and 半齒 dental sibilant; (2) see [qi1sheng1]↑.
| 七 | 1047B10 70.70 | 部居 | 畫數 2 | ㄑㄧ [qi1] (ㄑㄧˊ [qi2] ). [See 10.70] | |
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