外丹 wài dān Taoist external alchemy 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 炼金术 煉金術 liàn jīn shù alchemy 抱朴子 抱樸子 bào pǔ zǐ Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ - chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) syn 内部结构 內部結構 nèi bù jié gòu internal structure / internal composition 内出血 內出血 nèi chū xuè internal bleeding / internal hemorrhage 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 内中子起爆器 內中子起爆器 internal neutron initiator / internal initiator 内部司法制度 內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system; 联合国内部司法制度 聯合國內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system; 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) syn 道长 道長 dào zhǎng Taoist priest / Daoist priest 道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] syn 真经 真經 zhēn jīng sutra / Taoist treatise syn 贫道 貧道 pín dào poor Taoist syn 道袍 dào páo Taoist robe / traditional men's gown syn 辟谷 辟穀 pì gǔ to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice) / to fast 观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform syn 藏 zàng storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture syn 募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn 箓 籙 lù record book / archive / Taoist written charm / document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes 指南宫 指南宮 zhǐ nán gōng Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei 五斗米道 wǔ dǒu mǐ dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master 宫观 宮觀 gōng guàn Taoist temple 度牒 dù dié Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government 戒牒 jiè dié Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 内部 內部 nèi bù interior / inside (part, section) / internal syn 内存 內存 nèi cún internal storage / computer memory / random access memory (RAM) syn 内置 內置 nèi zhì built-in / internal syn 体内 體內 tǐ nèi within the body / in vivo (vs in vitro) / internal to 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 内在 內在 nèi zài inner / internal / intrinsic / innate 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 内分泌 內分泌 nèi fēn mì endocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone) 内脏 內臟 nèi zàng internal organs / viscera syn 火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM) syn 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 肿胀 腫脹 zhǒng zhàng swelling / oedema / internal bruising syn 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 对内 對內 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy) 内部审计 nèi bù shěn jì internal audit 内乱 內亂 nèi luàn internal disorder / civil strife / civil unrest syn 内装 內裝 nèi zhuāng filled with / internal decoration / installed inside 内燃机 內燃機 nèi rán jī internal combustion engine syn 脏器 臟器 zàng qì internal organs syn 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 内部矛盾 內部矛盾 nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction 内讧 內訌 nèi hòng internal strife syn 内径 內徑 nèi jìng internal diameter 内层 內層 nèi céng internal layer 汽缸 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) 内码 內碼 nèi mǎ internal code 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 内科学 內科學 nèi kē xué internal medicine 内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad syn 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 人民内部矛盾 人民內部矛盾 rén mín nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge) 血肿 血腫 xuè zhǒng hematoma / swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage 降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine) 倾轧 傾軋 qīng yà conflict / internal strife / dissension syn 内 內 nèi inside / inner / internal / within / interior syn 内部事务 內部事務 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 窝里斗 窩里鬥 wō li dòu internal strife (family, group, etc) syn 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 败火 敗火 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat 败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 内宾 內賓 nèi bīn guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾) 腑 fǔ internal organs 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 脘 guǎn internal cavity of stomach 脘 wǎn internal cavity of stomach 外御其侮 外禦其侮 wài yù qí wǔ internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom) 民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade) 暗伤 暗傷 àn shāng internal injury / invisible damage syn 国内战争 國內戰爭 guó nèi zhàn zhēng civil war / internal struggle 内在的 內在的 nèi zài de inner / internal 企业内网路 企業內網路 qǐ yè nèi wǎng lù intranet / company-internal network 内忧外困 內憂外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad 内熵 內熵 nèi shāng internal entropy (physics) 内燃 內燃 nèi rán internal combustion (engine) 内营力 內營力 nèi yíng lì internal force / endogenic force 内耳道 內耳道 nèi ěr dào internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves) 内部缺陷 內部缺陷 nèi bù quē xiàn internal flaw 内部斗争 內部鬥爭 nèi bù dòu zhēng internal power struggle 内斗 內鬥 nèi dòu internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other 国内线 國內線 guó nèi xiàn domestic flight / internal line (air, train, ferry etc) 形神 xíng shén body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit 东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guān hàn jì History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls 正确处理人民内部矛盾 正確處理人民內部矛盾 zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957 灭音器 滅音器 miè yīn qì muffler (of an internal combustion engine) 