十连

十几 shíjǐ #7,035

more than ten / ten-something / a dozen or so

十年辛苦不寻常 shíniánxīnkǔbùxúncháng

ten years of bitter toil — no ordinary thing / (fig.) a decade of labor poured into a great work; craftsmanship earned through sustained hardship / (lit.) ten-year bitter-suffering not ordinary

十全大补汤 shíquándàbǔtāng

Ten Complete Tonic Soup / ten-herb restorative soup

上十 shàngshí #9,563

upwards of ten; more than ten; over a dozen

十 shí HSK 1 #865

ten / 10

谏太宗十思疏 jiàntàizōngshísīshū

Memorial of Ten Admonitions to Emperor Taizong / (fig.) archetype of a loyal minister's formal remonstrance to a ruler, and a standard of Chinese political prose / (lit.) admonish Taizong ten-reflections memorial

怀胎十月 huáitāishíyuè

ten months of pregnancy / to carry a child for ten lunar months

十点 shídiǎn #7,545

ten o'clock

十年生死两茫茫 shíniánshēngsǐliǎngmángmáng

ten years — the living and the dead, both lost in vastness / a decade apart, life and death equally dim and distant / Su Shi's opening lament for his late wife

十年树木 shíniánshùmù

it takes ten years to grow a tree / long-term investment pays off slowly / patience is required for growth