份子 fèn zi one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift 礼券 禮券 lǐ quàn gift voucher / gift coupon 联合国礼品销售处 United Nations Gift Centre / Gift Centre 礼包 禮包 lǐ bāo gift bag / gift package 国礼 國禮 guó lǐ state gift / official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments 议论纷纷 議論紛紛 yì lùn fēn fēn to discuss spiritedly (idiom) / tongues are wagging syn 人言籍籍 rén yán jí jí tongues are wagging (idiom) 真人 zhēn rén a real person / Daoist spiritual master 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 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 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 精神文明 jīng shén wén míng spiritual culture 灵气 靈氣 líng qì spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness syn 灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals) syn 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) 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 养性 養性 yǎng xìng mental or spiritual cultivation 精神支柱 jīng shén zhī zhù moral pillars / spiritual props 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 属灵 屬靈 shǔ líng spiritual 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) 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 心灵上 心靈上 xīn líng shàng spiritual 神枯 shén kū spiritual desolation 神慰 shén wèi spiritual consolation 形神 xíng shén body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit 物质文明和精神文明 物質文明和精神文明 wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978) 神家园 神家園 shén jiā yuán spiritual home 精神生活 jīng shén shēng huó spiritual or moral life 精神财富 精神財富 jīng shén cái fù spiritual wealth 灵犀一点通 靈犀一點通 líng xī yī diǎn tōng mental rapport / likeness of mind / spiritual link 灵界 靈界 líng jiè spiritual world 事工 shì gōng (Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature) 国际精神长者会议 International Spiritual Elders Conference 国际工业、精神和文化促进组织 國際工業、精神和文化促進組織 Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International / OISCA International 宗教和议会领袖人类生存问题全球论坛 宗教和議會領袖人類生存問題全球論壇 Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival 宗教和精神领袖千年世界和平首脑会议 宗教和精神領袖千年世界和平首腦會議 Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders 社会进步的伦理和精神方面问题讨论会 社會進步的倫理和精神方面問題討論會 Seminar on the Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Social Progress 布拉马·库马里斯世界精神大学 布拉馬·庫馬里斯世界精神大學 Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University 灵枢经 靈樞經 líng shū jīng Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC) 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 修真 xiū zhēn to practice Taoism / to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises 精神家园 精神家園 jīng shén jiā yuán spiritual home 仙侠 仙俠 xiān xiá (fiction genre) xianxia / Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙[xiu1 xian1], and other supernatural elements 礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift / present / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4],份[fen4] syn 礼品 禮品 lǐ pǐn gift / present syn 赠送 贈送 zèng sòng to present as a gift syn 天才 tiān cái talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted syn 天赋 天賦 tiān fù gift / innate skill syn 捐赠 捐贈 juān zèng to contribute (as a gift) / to donate / benefaction syn 红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe syn 赠品 贈品 zèng pǐn gift / complimentary item / freebie / giveaway syn 春雨 chūn yǔ spring rain / gift from above 天分 tiān fèn natural gift / talent syn 馈赠 饋贈 kuì zèng to present (a gift) to (sb) syn 受聘 shòu pìn hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family syn 天资 天資 tiān zī innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry syn 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time 回礼 回禮 huí lǐ to return a greeting / to send a gift in return syn 落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription 贺礼 賀禮 hè lǐ congratulatory gift syn 还礼 還禮 huán lǐ to return a politeness / to present a gift in return syn 礼金 禮金 lǐ jīn monetary gift syn 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 酬谢 酬謝 chóu xiè to thank with a gift syn 口若悬河 口若懸河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab syn 禀赋 稟賦 bǐng fù natural endowment / gift / talent syn 能说会道 能說會道 néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom) / the gift of the gab syn 回赠 回贈 huí zèng to give sb (a gift) in return syn 聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift syn 收礼 收禮 shōu lǐ to accept a gift / to receive presents 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 líng yá lì chǐ clever and eloquent (idiom) / fluent / having the gift of the gab syn 彩礼 彩禮 cǎi lǐ betrothal gift / bride price syn 谢礼 謝禮 xiè lǐ honorarium / gift as thanks syn 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 答礼 答禮 dá lǐ to return a courtesy / return gift 薄礼 薄禮 bó lǐ my meager gift (humble) syn 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 财礼 財禮 cái lǐ betrothal gift / bride price syn 酬答 chóu dá to thank with a gift syn 凑份子 湊份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) syn 礼 禮 lǐ gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy syn 赐 賜 cì (bound form) to confer / to bestow / to grant / (literary) gift / favor / Taiwan pr. [si4] syn 馈 饋 kuì (bound form) to present (a gift) / (bound form) to send / to transmit syn 赍 齎 jī (literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift syn 赗 賵 fèng (literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses 千里鹅毛 千里鵝毛 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] syn 卑辞厚礼 卑辭厚禮 bēi cí hòu lǐ humble expression for generous gift 口齿伶俐 口齒伶俐 kǒu chǐ líng lì eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom) / grandiloquence / the gift of the gab 三寸不烂之舌 三寸不爛之舌 sān cùn bù làn zhī shé to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab 聊表寸心 liáo biǎo cùn xīn (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings 璧还 璧還 bì huán return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks syn 璧谢 璧謝 bì xiè decline (a gift) with thanks syn 賵 fèng gift to the dead 出份子 chū fèn zi to club together (to offer a gift) / to hold a whip-round 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. 受礼 受禮 shòu lǐ to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings 喜蛋 xǐ dàn red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby 