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"(Daoism) to die" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
骑鹤化 騎鶴化 qí hè huà (Daoism) to die
Chinese Pinyin Translation
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn
病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness
死难 死難 sǐ nàn to die in an accident / to die for a just cause syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
板牙 bǎn yá incisor / molar / screw die / threading die syn
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line syn
暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn
死无葬身之地 死無葬身之地 sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì to die without a burial site / to die a pauper / a tragic end
死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
殀 yǎo die young, die prematurely
客死 kè sǐ to die in a foreign land / to die abroad
老子 lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi syn
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn
修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn
玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn
道教 dào jiào Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
修道 xiū dào to practice Daoism syn
飞升 飛昇 fēi shēng to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise / to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven / to achieve immortality syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
太阴 太陰 tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism) syn
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
三教 sān jiào the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
老庄 老莊 lǎo zhuāng Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
罡风 罡風 gāng fēng in Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride / strong wind
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) syn
三魂七魄 sān hún qī pò three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
七魄 qī pò seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
三魂 sān hún three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect
乩童 jī tóng (Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
炁 qì (Daoism) Qi / vital force / life force (variant of 氣|气[qi4])
玄武 xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
禄星 祿星 lù xīng Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
道教徒 dào jiào tú a Daoist / a follower of Daoism syn
黄庭经 黃庭經 huáng tíng jīng Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
三官大帝 sān guān dà dì the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
风火轮 風火輪 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
科仪 科儀 kē yí ritual (Daoism) / scientific instrument (abbr. for 科學儀器|科学仪器[ke1 xue2 yi2 qi4])
修仙 xiū xiān to cultivate oneself in pursuit of immortality (esp. in Daoism)
死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn
永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) syn
模具 mú jù mold / matrix / pattern or die / Taiwan pr. [mo2 ju4] syn
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
死去 sǐ qù to die syn
去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn
死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn
上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn
死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn
身亡 shēn wáng to die syn
平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn
逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise
逝世 shì shì to pass away / to die syn
无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn
爹爹 diē die daddy / granddad syn
丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn
阵亡 陣亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle syn
过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger
惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death
升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die syn
病逝 bìng shì to die of illness syn
夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely syn
消亡 xiāo wáng to die out / to wither away syn
跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along syn
回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) syn
铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard
同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction
猝死 cù sǐ to die suddenly
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn
死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn
不治 bù zhì to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter
粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life syn
你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn
断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn
葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn
存亡 cún wáng to live or die / to exist or perish syn
泯灭 泯滅 mǐn miè to obliterate / to die out / to disappear syn
呜呼 嗚呼 wū hū alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die syn
辞世 辭世 cí shì to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世 syn
陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
倒头 倒頭 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
物化 wù huà to objectify / (literary) to die syn
早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years)
不讳 不諱 bù huì without concealing anything / to pass away / to die syn
将死 將死 jiāng sǐ to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die
殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love
身故 shēn gù to die syn
去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
模子 mú zi mold / matrix / pattern or die syn
病故 bìng gù to die of an illness syn
生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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