(TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant
(of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate
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