古法 gǔ fǎ traditional method / traditional technique / (of a product, craft etc) traditional / old-style 耶和华 耶和華 yē hé huá Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) / compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4] syn 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 傩神 儺神 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits 土谷祠 土穀祠 tǔ gǔ cí temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals 糖瓜 táng guā malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神 送灶 sòng zào seeing off the kitchen god 灶神[Zao4 shen2] (traditional rite) 非洲影响妇幼健康传统习俗问题委员会 非洲影響婦幼健康傳統習俗問題委員會 Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children / Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices 非洲传统习俗委员会 非洲傳統習俗委員會 Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children / Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices 传统疗法术士 傳統療法術士 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 土医郎中 土醫郎中 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 旧式行医者 舊式行醫者 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 火神 huǒ shén god of fire 普罗米修斯 普羅米修斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 洛基 luò jī Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology 祝融 zhù róng Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology 重黎 chóng lí Chongli, another name for Zhurong 祝融[Zhu4 rong2], god of fire 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 峰火台 峰火臺 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 禁射区 禁射區 no-fire area / no-fire zone 曲射 qū shè (military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire 消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the ...! / oh my god! / that's insane! 上帝 shàng dì God syn 谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows... / Who would have imagined...? 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 天王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] syn 老天 lǎo tiān God / Heavens syn 天啊 tiān a good heavens! / oh my God! 天神 tiān shén god / deity syn 财神 財神 cái shén god of wealth syn 参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb syn 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate / to enshrine and worship / an offering (to one's ancestors) / a sacrifice (to a god) syn 老天爷 老天爺 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens syn 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 神灵 神靈 shén líng god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general syn 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 守护神 守護神 shǒu hù shén protector God / patron saint 神农 神農 shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 天帝 tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor 太阳神 太陽神 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo 神人 shén rén God / deity syn 真神 zhēn shén the True God 不可抗力 bù kě kàng lì force majeure / act of God syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 索尔 索爾 suǒ ěr Thor (Norse god of thunder) 天主 tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism syn 真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 门神 門神 mén shén door god 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 水神 shuǐ shén river God 山神 shān shén mountain god 太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 炎帝 yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God 安拉 ān lā Allah (Arabic name of God) 雷公 léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology 造物主 zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God syn 奥丁 奧丁 ào dīng Odin (god in Norse mythology) 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 财神爷 財神爺 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man syn 开恩 開恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God) syn 酒神 jiǔ shén Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus 神农氏 神農氏 shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] 蒙昧 méng mèi uncultured / uncivilized / God-forsaken / ignorant / illiterate syn 比干 bǐ gān Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth) 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars 赌咒 賭咒 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart syn 魁星 kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 河神 hé shén river god 日神 rì shén the Sun God / Apollo 敬神 jìng shén to respect a deity / to pray to a God 灶神 zào shén Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen syn 巴克斯 bā kè sī Bacchus, Greek god of wine 灶王爷 灶王爺 zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神 syn 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn 祭灶 jì zào to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god 岱庙 岱廟 dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai 渺无人烟 渺無人煙 miǎo wú rén yān remote and uninhabited (idiom) / deserted / God-forsaken syn 有神论 有神論 yǒu shén lùn theism (the belief in the existence of God) 