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"eight treasures" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
八宝 八寶 bā bǎo eight treasures
Chinese Pinyin Translation
离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn
金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy
霓裳 ní cháng nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
八千 bā qiān eight thousand / 8000
宝玉 寶玉 bǎo yù precious jade / treasures syn
提法 tí fǎ 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 syn
八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass / all directions syn
八仙 bā xiān the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
献宝 獻寶 xiàn bǎo to present a treasure / to offer a valuable piece of advice / to show off what one treasures
八国联军 八國聯軍 bā guó lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
八股 bā gǔ an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing syn
律诗 律詩 lǜ shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming syn
八股文 bā gǔ wén eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties syn
荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
八荣八耻 八榮八恥 bā róng bā chǐ Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism)
苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
八强 八強 bā qiáng (sports) top eight / quarterfinals
八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days
王安石 wáng ān shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
蒲式耳 pú shì ěr bushel (eight gallons)
八旗 bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
文房四宝 文房四寶 wén fáng sì bǎo Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4] / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) syn
九三学社 九三學社 jiǔ sān xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
旗人 qí rén Manchu / bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams syn
八卦阵 八卦陣 bā guà zhèn eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics
二十八宿 èr shí bā xiù the twenty-eight constellations syn
八 bā eight / 8 syn
土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
震 zhèn to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder / ☳ syn
乾 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky / male principle syn
艮 gèn one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast) syn
兑 兌 duì to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱ syn
卦 guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
八宝饭 八寶飯 bā bǎo fàn Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
八极拳 八極拳 bā jí quán Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
阿鼻地狱 阿鼻地獄 ā bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
八段锦 八段錦 bā duàn jǐn eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
曾巩 曾鞏 zēng gǒng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1]
江八点 江八點 jiāng bā diǎn Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2min2] eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech
中国致公党 中國致公黨 zhōng guó zhì gōng dǎng (PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
捌 bā eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split syn
三宝 三寶 sān bǎo the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
忍痛割爱 忍痛割愛 rěn tòng gē ài to resign oneself to part with what one treasures syn
爱别离苦 愛別離苦 ài bié lí kǔ (Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3]
八字方针 八字方針 bā zì fāng zhēn a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
八岐大蛇 bā qí dà shé Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
八冲 八沖 bā chōng eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
有宝何必人前夸 有寶何必人前誇 yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
盈箱累箧 盈箱累篋 yíng xiāng lěi qiè to fill boxes and baskets to the brim (with treasures)
八会穴 八會穴 bā huì xué the eight influential points (acupuncture)
八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
八级工资制 八級工資制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system)
八年 bā nián eight years
八小时工作制 八小時工作制 bā xiǎo shí gōng zuò zhì eight-hour working day
八大工业国组织 八大工業國組織 bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
八字形 bā zì xíng shape resembling the character 八 or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
八字眉 bā zì méi sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
八抬大轿 八抬大轎 bā tái dà jiào palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
八旗制度 bā qí zhì dù Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
八正道 bā zhèng dao the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
八法拳 bā fǎ quán Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
八珍汤 八珍湯 bā zhēn tāng eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
八苦 bā kǔ the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
八行书 八行書 bā háng shū formal recommendation letter in eight columns syn
六合八法 liù hé bā fǎ Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
唐宋八大家 táng sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
庚子国变 庚子國變 gēng zǐ guó biàn the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion
廿八躔 niàn bā chán the twenty-eight constellations / also written 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4]
文明小史 wén míng xiǎo shǐ Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
朝鲜八道 朝鮮八道 cháo xiǎn bā dào the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
正骨八法 zhèng gǔ bā fǎ the eight methods of bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
瓦德西 wǎ dé xī Waldersee (name) / Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
苏洵 蘇洵 sū xún Su Xun (1009-1066), Song essayist, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
苏辙 蘇轍 sū zhé Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
辛丑条约 辛丑條約 xīn chǒu tiáo yuē Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
颔联 頷聯 hàn lián third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet
吕洞宾 呂洞賓 lǚ dòng bīn Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
八国集团 八國集團 bā guó jí tuán G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
8字航迹 8字航跡 8zi4 háng jì figure 8 track / figure eight track
八国集团首脑会议 Group of Eight Summit
八国小组 bā guó xiǎo zǔ Group of Eight
八党联盟 bā dǎng lián méng Eight-Party Alliance
八大工业化国家森林行动纲领 八大工業化國家森林行動綱領 Group of Eight Major Industrialized Countries' Action Programme on Forests / G8 Action Programme on Forests
8国森林行动纲领 8國森林行動綱領 Group of Eight Major Industrialized Countries' Action Programme on Forests / G8 Action Programme on Forests
卫生八机构 衛生八机构 wèi shēng bā jī gòu Health Eight / H8
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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