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Wieger: #39A. Wilder: #30.

wu3bai3 runners or lictors under the Hou Han and T'ang dynasties, who with whips cleared the way for officials.

wu3si4 the five Imperial Courts, viz.: da4li3si4 Court of Revision; tai4chang2si4 Court of Sacrificial Worship; tai4pu3(2)si4 Court of the Imperial Stud; the Banqueting Court; the Court of State Ceremonial.

wo3bao3hu4 a household enjoying the five guarantees (childless and infirm old persons who are guaranteed food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses by the people's commune).

wu3cai3 the five colors (blue, yellow, red, white, black).

wu3du2 the five poisonous creatures (scorpion, viper, centipede, house lizard, and toad)

wu3guan1 the five sense organs (ears, eyes, lips, nose, and tongue).

wu3shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4 one who retreats fifty paces mocks one who retreats a hundred -- the pot calls the kettle black.

wu3wei4 the five flavors: (sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, and salty).

wu3jie4 the Five Commandments of Buddhism -- slay not, steal not, lust not, lie not, taste not intoxicants and meat.

wu3xing2 the five chief punishments in ancient China (tattooing the face, yi4 cutting off the nose, cutting off the feet, castration, decapitation).


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