兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul / spirit syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 弟兄 dì xiong brothers / comrade syn 心扉 xīn fēi inner heart / soul syn 全身心 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul syn 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly / heart and soul syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul syn 超度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace 全心全意 quán xīn quán yì heart and soul / wholeheartedly syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul 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 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 躯壳 軀殼 qū qiào the body (as opposed to the soul) syn 自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter syn 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 魂魄 hún pò soul syn 形单影只 形單影隻 xíng dān yǐng zhī lonely soul / solitary syn 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit syn 情同手足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another syn 魂灵 魂靈 hún líng soul / mind / idea syn 孤魂 gū hún lonely soul syn 在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased syn 知音 zhī yīn intimate friend / soul mate syn 常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 魂飞魄散 魂飛魄散 hún fēi pò sàn lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken syn 哥儿 哥兒 gē r brothers / boys syn 结拜 結拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers) syn 赤胆忠心 赤膽忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom) / wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat syn 妯娌 zhóu li wives of brothers / sisters-in-law 全心 quán xīn with heart and soul 兄弟姐妹 xiōng dì jiě mèi brothers and sisters / siblings 弟兄们 弟兄們 dì xiōng men brothers / comrades / men / brethren 见利忘义 見利忘義 jiàn lì wàng yì lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul syn 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 魂不附体 魂不附體 hún bù fù tǐ lit. body and soul separated (idiom) / fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself syn 把兄弟 bǎ xiōng dì sworn brothers syn 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 灵 靈 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin syn 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 魂 hún soul / spirit / immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) syn 魄 pò (literary) soul / mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body) syn 空无一人 空無一人 kōng wú yī rén not a soul in sight (idiom) 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 回肠荡气 回腸盪氣 huí cháng dàng qì soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving syn 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) syn 高行健 gāo xíng jiàn Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山 招魂 zhāo hún to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc) 身心交瘁 shēn xīn jiāo cuì worn out in body and soul (idiom) 灵体 靈體 líng tǐ soul 亲如手足 親如手足 qīn rú shǒu zú as close as brothers (idiom) / deep friendship syn 四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers 仰屋著书 仰屋著書 yǎng wū zhù shū lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom) / to put one's whole body and soul into a book 出卖灵魂 出賣靈魂 chū mài líng hún to sell one's soul 神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom) / infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated syn 身心交病 shēn xīn jiāo bìng worn out in body and soul (idiom) 阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 伯仲叔季 bó zhòng shū jì eldest / second / third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers 伯仲叔季 bó - zhòng - shū - jì (idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers 拜把子 bài bǎ zi to become sworn brothers syn 双生兄弟 雙生兄弟 shuāng shēng xiōng dì twin brothers 华纳兄弟 華納兄弟 huà nà xiōng dì Warner Brothers 玄武门之变 玄武門之變 xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 九月九日忆山东兄弟 九月九日憶山東兄弟 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维) 卡拉马佐夫兄弟 卡拉馬佐夫兄弟 kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1] 悌睦 tì mù to live at peace as brothers 兰谱 蘭譜 lán pǔ lit. directory of orchids / fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) 金兰谱 金蘭譜 jīn lán pǔ (old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy 雷曼兄弟 léi màn xiōng dì Lehman Brothers, investment bank 贫民小昆仲会国际联合会 International Federation of the Little Brothers of the Poor 慈善兄弟会 慈善兄弟會 Brothers of Charity 洛克菲勒兄弟基金会 洛克菲勒兄弟基金會 Rockefeller Brothers Fund 孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 kǒng róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty 华纳兄弟 華納兄弟 huá nà xiōng dì Warner Brothers 孪生兄弟 孿生兄弟 luán shēng xiōng dì twin brothers 一灵真性 一靈真性 yī líng zhēn xìng soul / spirit 天前配 tiān qián pèi soul mates / before heaven match 少说为佳 少說為佳 shǎo shuō wéi jiā Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit. 常住论 常住論 cháng zhù lùn eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) 形神 xíng shén body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit 断灭 斷滅 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 断灭论 斷滅論 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 简洁是智慧的灵魂 簡潔是智慧的靈魂 jiǎn jié shì zhì huì de líng hún Brevity is the soul of wit (from Polonius' 波洛涅斯 speech in Hamlet II:2 哈姆雷特). 精魂 jīng hún spirit / soul 维持生活 維持生活 wéi chí shēng huó to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together 追荐 追薦 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 灵魂深处 靈魂深處 líng hún shēn chù in the depth of one's soul 观落阴 觀落陰 guān luò yīn a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey 全情投入 quán qíng tóu rù to put one's heart and soul into 心灵鸡汤 心靈雞湯 xīn líng jī tāng (often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul") 全心全意 quán xīn - quán yì (idiom) heart and soul / wholeheartedly syn 勾魂 gōu hún to take away sb's soul / (fig.) to captivate / to enchant 形单影只 形單影隻 xíng dān - yǐng zhī (idiom) lonely soul / solitary syn 