three       
number uk/θriː/ us/θriː/
A1 (数字)3
the number 3
  I've got three sisters. 我有三个姐妹。 
 School finishes at three (o'clock). 学校在三点钟放学。 
 - More examples
- The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
- She works three afternoons a week at the library.
- Due to roadworks, three lanes of traffic have to converge into two.
- All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.
- The number 345 contains three digits.
Idiom  
the three Rsidiom  informal 基础教育三要素(指读、写、算)
used to refer to the basic areas of education: reading, writing, and mathematics