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4 and 5, oft. connote the sense of dispersal: 四分五裂 all split up;
四分五裂 from all sides (things appear);
四捨五入 (in accounting) omitting decimal fractions smaller than 0.5 and counting all others, including 0.5, as 1;
4 and 8, usu. indicating foursquare, well balanced: 四停八當，四平八穩 (affair) very well disposed indeed;
4 and 6: 四六夾開 clearly presented;
四六（句子） [si4liu4]↓;
four sides, all around: 四面，四方，四邊，四圍 [si4mian4], [si4fang1], [si4bian1], [si4wei2]1↓, 四下，四起 [si4xia4], [si4qi3]↓;
四處 [si4chu4]↓;
四脖子流汗 sweating all the neck round;
四面落地 all four walls covered with paper;
四海 [si4hai3]↓;
四至 [si4zhi4]↓;
四腳兒朝天 falling backwards with hands and legs in the air.
2.四表 [si4biao3], phr., in all directions, beyond confines of visible world.
3.四邊（兒） [si4bian1] ([si4biaer0]), phr., in all four directions: east, west, north, south; all around; 四邊形 [si4bian1xing2], a square.
4.四壁 [si4bi4], phr., on all the walls of a room: 家徒四壁 a house empty of all furniture; also all around, on all sides.
5.四部 [si4bu4], phr., standard library classification into four categories: (a) 經 classics, (b) 史 history, including geography, (c) 子 philosophy and the arts and sciences, and (d) 集 collected works (subject or author); see 四庫 [si4ku4]↓.
6.四不像 [si4bu4xiang4], (1) adj., nondescript; (2) n., a fly swatter.
7.四稱 [si4chen4], adj., (face) well-balanced, well-proportioned.
8.四起 [si4qi3], adv., all around (uprising).
9.四垂 [si4chui2], adv., (AC) on all frontiers (垂 u.f. 陲).
10.四處（兒） [si4chu4]([er0]), adv., (look for s.t.) everywhere.
11.四大 [si4da4], phr., (1) (Budd.) the four elements of earth, water, fire, air; (2) 四大金剛 the statues of four guardian spirits at entrance to temple; (3) 四大門兒 the fox, the skunk, the porcupine and the snake, superstitiously considered as spirits to influence human life.
12.四德 [si4de2], n., the traditional four fundamentals in girl's education: 婦德 behavior, 婦言 speech, 婦容 appearance, and 婦功 needlework and cookery.
13.四地 [si4di4]1, (1) adv., see [si4chu4]↑; (2) adj., neat: 這個人好四地 (coll.) this person is very neat and tidy.
14.四諦 [si4di4]2, n., (Budd.) the four “truths” of life: 苦 misery and pain, 集 acquisition, 滅 extinction, and 道 salvation by the right path.
15.四方 [si4fang1], adj. & adv., (1) everywhere, in (from) all directions; (2) foursquare, square; 四方步兒 solemn measured steps; 四方塊兒 a square piece, also (facet.) a short, stumpy person; 四方臉兒 a square face, square-jawed.
16.四海 [si4hai3], (1) adv., “the four seas”－the whole world: 四海一家 the whole world is one family; adv., 四海之內，皆兄弟也（子夏） all the people of the world are brothers; (2) ([si4hai0]) adj., (coll.) generous: 為人很四海 is very generous to people.
17.四合 [si4he2], (1) adv., (dust) closing all around; (2) 四合房（兒） or 四合兒 Chin. house with courtyard in center and rooms on four sides (三合兒 rooms on three sides).
18.四呼 [si4hu1], n., (MC Chin. phonetics) the four classes of syllabic forms: 開口 regular or open; 齊齒 beginning with “i” ([yi1]) sound; 合口 beginning with “u” ([wu1]) sound, 撮口 beginning with * ([yU1]) sound: thus [an1], [yan1], [wan1], [yUan1].
19.四胡 [si4hu2], n., a junior [hu1] stringed instrument, with four strings.
20.四郊 [si4jiao1], n., the suburbs.
21.四季（兒） [si4ji4] ([si4jie4er0]), n., the four seasons; 四季花兒 the representative flowers of the four seasons: peony (spring), pomegranate (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn), and plum (winter).
22.四極 [shi1ji2], n., the ends of the universe.
23.四周 [shi1zhou1], adj., on all sides: 四周遭兒，四周圍 ditto.
24.四柱冊 [shi1zhu4ce4], phr., formerly, (in official accounting) the four “columns” of “carried over,” “income,” “expenses” and “balance.”
25.四知 [si4zhi1]1, phr., the “four knows”－ “heaven knows; god knows, I know and you know”－there is no absolutely secret dealing.
26.四肢 [si4zhi1]2, n., the four limbs－arms and legs.
27.四至 [si4zhi4], n., the exact boundaries on four sides of land, specified in deeds; 四至兒 ditto, also 定四至兒 set limits to undertaking; 辦事有四至兒 be precise in one's affairs.
28.四塊瓦兒 [si4kuai4wa3er0], n., a hat (in cold countries) with reversible flabs on four sides.
29.四框闌兒 [si4kuang1la2er0], n., the radical “
”; index No. 41. 30.四庫 [shi1ku4], n., usu. 四庫全書 the imperial library of Chienlung named after the “four vaults” of classics, history, philosophy and collected works of literature, see [si4bu4]↑.
31.四稜（兒）（子） [si4leng2]([er0])([zi0]), n., a utensil with four-cornered shape; n., 四稜子 [si4leng2zi0], (a) n., a vulgar, coarse fellow; n., (b) adj., rude in speech.
32.四令 [si4ling4], n., see [si4ji4]↑.
33.四六 [shi1liu4], n., a euphuistic style of parallel constructions, known esp. for pairs of sentences of four and six characters.
34.四鄰 [si4lin2], n., next-door neighbors.
35.四靈 [shi1ling2], n., (AC) the four spirits in AC mythology: the unicorn, the phoenix, the turtle and the dragon.
36.四面（兒） [shi1mian4] ([si4miaher0]), adv., on all sides: 四面受敵 surrounded by enemy on all sides; 四面楚歌 (allu.) ditto－hear the [chu3] songs (of enemy) on all sides; 四面體 (math.) a tetrahedron.
37.四民 [si4min2], n., the four classes of people in order of importance: 士 scholars, 農 farmers, 工 artisans, and 商 merchants.
38.四明兒 [si4ming2er0], adv., (coll.) all around: 四明兒都是籬笆 hedges all around.
39.四旁 [si4pang2], adv., all around.
40.四平調 [si4ping2diao4], n., (Chin. opera) the songs of 二黃 [er4huang2] (also called 平調).
41.四散 [shi1san4], adj., dispersed, scattered about.
42.四聲 [shi1sheng1], n., the four tones: (1) 陰平 ([a1]), (2) 陽平 ([a2]), (3) 上 (pr. [shang3]) ([a3]), and (4) 去 ([a4]) in standard national tongue, without 入聲 the “entering tone”; in other classifications, (1) and (2) are regarded together as 平, while 入聲 is added.
43.四下（裡） [shi1xia4] ([li3]), adv., everywhere.
44.四向 [si4xiang4], adv., toward all directions.
45.四鄉 [si4xiang1]1, n., suburbs (on all sides).
46.四廂 [si4xiang1]2, n., the suburbs in four directions, esp. Peking.
47.四絃琴 [si4xian2qin2], n., the violin (usu. called 小提琴).
48.四星 [si4xing1], n., the end part, lower part (orig., end of steelyard, marked by four asterisks).
49.四書 [si4shu1], n., The Four Books: (1) 大學 The Great Learning, (2) 中庸 The Doctrine of the Mean, (3) 論語 Confucian Analects, and (4) 孟子 The Works of Mencius－formerly, required reading in all elementary grades.
50.四時 [si4shi2], n., see [si4ji4]↑.
51.四序 [si4xU4], n., (LL) the four seasons (序＝時序).
52.四體 [si4ti3], n., see [si4zhi1]2↑.
53.四則 [si4ze2], n., (arithmetic) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
54.四坐 [si4zuo4], n., the audience around, the company at a dinner.
55.四圍 [si4wei2]1, adv., all around.
56.四維 [si4wei2]2, phr., the four basic virtues of 禮，義，廉，恥（管子） manners, justice, integrity and honor, regarded as the “hawsers” (or anchors) of the ship of state.
57.四五子 [si4wu3zi0], n., wine (a pun, from 4+5=9, “nine” 九 [jiu3], being homonym for “wine”.
58.四眼人 [si4yan3ren2], n., (vulgar) a pregnant woman (counting two eyes for the embryo).
59.四言時 [si4yan2shi1], n., a poem with lines of four characters each esp. in 詩經 Book of Poetry.
60.四野 [si4ye3], n., the open countryside.
61.四裔 [si4yi4], n., (AC) distant regions.
62.四夷 [si4yi2], n., the barbarians on borders of China.
63.四元 [si4yUan2], n., (anc. Chin. polynomial algebra) 天地人物 standing for A, B, C, D.
64.四月 [si4yUe4], n., (1) the fourth lunar month; (2) April.
65.四運 [si4yUn4], n., see [si4shi2], [si4xU4]↑.