all over the place; everywhere and all directions

all around

forty; 40

April; fourth month (of the lunar year)

fourth; four times; quartic

one-quarter

the four limbs of the body

four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

four of a kind; quads (poker)

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)

all sides

four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere

to radiate all around

(idiom) all directions; all around

(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens

to spring up everywhere; from all around

everywhere

quartet (musical ensemble)

grade 4; fourth class; category D

to disperse; to scatter in all directions

the four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building

(fig.) the whole world

see 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions; to splatter everywhere

four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

four divinities; four divine emperors; four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2]; also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky

the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional

the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]

Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子

see 四會市|四会市[Si4 hui4 Shi4]

one's four limbs; two arms and two legs

abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations

all around; on all sides; encircled

Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)

all the borders

the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声; the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows; see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4]

see 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4]

the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集

the top four

nearby regions

the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)

the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)

"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66); abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]

(archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]); (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9

(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place

sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture