"yin and yang" Chinese-English Dictionary

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九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
八纲 八綱 bā gāng (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) syn
虚损 虛損 xū sǔn (TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang / asthenia
中国古代四大美女 中國古代四大美女 zhōng guó gǔ dài sì dà měi nǚ Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xi Shi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 or Yang Guifei 楊貴&
戊戌六君子 wù xū liù jūn zǐ the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]
气化 氣化 qì huà to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant
太极图 太極圖 tài jí tú diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯
阴阳家 陰陽家 yīn yáng jiā School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3] syn
邹衍 鄒衍 zōu yǎn Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
阴阳合同 陰陽合同 yīn yáng hé tóng a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities
杨玉环 楊玉環 yáng yù huán Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn
杨守仁 楊守仁 yáng shǒu rén Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
杨家将 楊家將 yáng jiā jiàng Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
杨锐 楊銳 yáng ruì Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News
杨振宁 楊振寧 yáng zhèn nìng Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
册府元龟 冊府元龜 cè fǔ yuán guī Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
唐伯虎 táng bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
导引 導引 dǎo yǐn same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3] / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
唐寅 táng yín Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound
李修贤 李修賢 lǐ xiū xián Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
yīn used in place-names, e.g. 溵水 was once the name of the Shahe River 沙河, Henan, and 溵州 was a Tang Dynasty prefecture
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
杨森 楊森 yáng sēn Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general
商鞅 shāng yāng Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
四大美女 sì dà měi nǚ the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
杨虎城 楊虎城 yáng hǔ chéng Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
杨尚昆 楊尚昆 yáng shàng kūn Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
yáng to walk back and forth
穆桂英 mù guì yīng Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
隋炀帝 隋煬帝 suí yáng dì Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
杨洁篪 楊潔篪 yáng jié chí Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
杨秀清 楊秀清 yáng xiù qīng Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
杨致远 楊致遠 yáng zhì yuǎn Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
商鞅变法 商鞅變法 shāng yāng biàn fǎ Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
扬雄 揚雄 yáng xióng Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
杨亿 楊億 yáng yì Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet
杨业 楊業 yáng yè Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽[Liao2]
杨澜 楊瀾 yáng lán Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
初唐四杰 初唐四傑 chū táng sì jié the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]
王杨卢骆 王楊盧駱 wáng yáng lú luò abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2], the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
杨过 楊過 yáng guò Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣[Shen2diao1 Xia2lu:3] / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨[Yang2] and 陽|阳[yang2] are homonyms)
口音 kǒu yin voice / accent syn
绿荫 綠蔭 lǜ yìn shade (of a tree) syn
绿茵 綠茵 lǜ yīn grassy area syn
阴山 陰山 yīn shān Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
yīn cause / reason / because syn
阴虚 陰虛 yīn xū deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yin1] (TCM)
yǐn smile (archaic) syn
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn
女阴 女陰 nǚ yīn vulva / pudenda
yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn
yìn to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image syn
yín silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency syn
yīn variant of 陰|阴[yin1] syn
yǐn (bound form) secret / hidden / concealed / crypto- syn
yìn to lean upon syn
yǐn to drink syn
yìn to give (animals) water to drink syn
yīn variant of 姻[yin1] syn
yín old variant of 吟[yin2] syn
yín variant of 淫[yin2] syn
yīn flourishing / abundant / earnest / hospitable syn
yǐn roll of thunder syn
yìn shade syn
yīn mattress syn
yǐn (literary) to administer / to govern / (bound form) governor / prefect / magistrate (official title in imperial times)
yǐn addiction / craving syn
yín 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60° syn
yìn descendant / heir / offspring / posterity / to inherit syn
yín gums (of the teeth) syn
yīn variant of 洇[yin1]
yǐn used in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]
yín limit / border / river bank syn
yīn used in 氤氳|氤氲[yin1yun1]
yīn mute syn
yín late at night
yǐn long
name of district in Anhui / capital of Yin syn
yìn cellar
yín used in 鄞州[Yin2zhou1], a district in Zhejiang
yín snarling of dogs
yīn to soak / to blotch / to splotch
yǐn used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]
yīn variant of 堙[yin1] / to block
yīn indium (chemistry)
yín old variant of 齦|龈[yin2]
yín heavy rain
yīn iron-gray (horse)
yīn sacrifice
yín respectful / to speak gently
yīn generative force / magic emanation
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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