性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 自然 zì rán nature / natural / naturally syn 天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural syn 性格 xìng gé nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 人性 rén xìng human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes syn 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 本质 本質 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality syn 质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn 真人 zhēn rén a real person / Daoist spiritual master 本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality syn 融合 róng hé a mixture / an amalgam / fusion / welding together / to be in harmony with (nature) / to harmonize with / to fit in syn 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn 天性 tiān xìng nature / innate tendency syn 性质 性質 xìng zhì nature / characteristic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 同性 tóng xìng same nature / homosexual 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 野性 yě xìng wild nature / unruliness 自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn 性情 xìng qíng nature / temperament 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 真性 zhēn xìng real / the nature of sth syn 天籁 天籟 tiān lài sounds of nature 现形 現形 xiàn xíng to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature syn 灵气 靈氣 líng qì spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness syn 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 罪状 罪狀 zuì zhuàng charges or facts about a crime / the nature of the offense 折射 zhé shè to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) syn 造化 zào huà (literary) Nature / the Creator syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 正名 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) 品性 pǐn xìng nature / characteristic / moral character syn 显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself syn 写生 寫生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing syn 万象 萬象 wàn xiàng every manifestation of nature syn 心性 xīn xìng one's nature / temperament syn 稚气 稚氣 zhì qì childish nature / infantile / juvenile / puerile syn 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 自然力 zì rán lì elements of nature 自然保护区 自然保護區 zì rán bǎo hù qū nature reserve 得天独厚 得天獨厚 dé tiān dú hòu blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature syn 性状 性狀 xìng zhuàng nature (i.e. properties of sth) / character syn 精神文明 jīng shén wén míng spiritual culture 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 法轮功 法輪功 fǎ lún gōng Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government) 自然风光 自然風光 zì rán fēng guāng nature and scenery 成性 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature 养性 養性 yǎng xìng mental or spiritual cultivation 品学 品學 pǐn xué conduct and learning (of an individual) / moral nature and skill 精神支柱 jīng shén zhī zhù moral pillars / spiritual props 生态平衡 生態平衡 shēng tài píng héng balance of nature / biological balance / ecological balance 人之初 rén zhī chū man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature) / the first line of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1] 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 佛性 fó xìng Buddha nature 参悟 參悟 cān wù to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment 属灵 屬靈 shǔ líng spiritual 内急 內急 nèi jí to need to answer the call of nature 原性 yuán xìng original nature 醋坛子 醋罈子 cù tán zi vinegar jar / (fig.) person of a jealous nature 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 性善 xìng shàn the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 生来 生來 shēng lái from birth / by one's nature syn 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain syn 露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom) / to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away syn 二重性 èr chóng xìng dualism / two sided / double nature 物候 wù hòu natural phenomena of a seasonal nature 法论功 法論功 fǎ lún gōng erroneous variant of 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1], Falungong (proscribed Chinese spiritual practice) 斗争性 鬥爭性 dòu zhēng xìng assertiveness / combative nature 荤笑话 葷笑話 hūn xiào huà dirty jokes / jokes of a visceral nature 真容 zhēn róng portrait / true features / (fig.) true nature syn 浑然天成 渾然天成 hún rán tiān chéng to resemble nature itself / of the highest quality (idiom) 人定胜天 人定勝天 rén dìng shèng tiān man can conquer nature (idiom) / human wisdom can prevail over nature 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán to let things take their course (idiom) / to leave it to nature / laissez-faire syn 习惯成自然 習慣成自然 xí guàn chéng zì rán habit becomes nature (idiom) / get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature 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 人生如朝露 rén shēng rú zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 征名责实 徵名責實 zhēng míng zé shí to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom) / to judge sth at face value 我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) / (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature) 朝露溘至 zhāo lù kè zhì the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 本性难移 本性難移 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23) 浮云朝露 浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence 溘先朝露 kè xiān zhāo lù the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 熏陶成性 xūn táo chéng xìng (idiom) nurture makes second nature / good habits come by long assimilation 身先朝露 shēn xiān zhāo lù body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) 知人知面不知心 zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom) 移山倒海 yí shān dǎo hǎi lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature syn 放情丘壑 fàng qíng qiū hè to enjoy oneself in nature's embrace (idiom) 万象更新 萬象更新 wàn xiàng gēng xīn (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom) syn 事工 shì gōng (Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature) 习惯自然 習慣自然 xí guàn zì rán habit becomes nature (idiom) / get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然 习惯若自然 習慣若自然 xí guàn ruò zì rán habit becomes nature (idiom) / get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然 法相时基金会 Dharma Nature Time / International Foundation for Dharma Nature Time 