"Beings" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism)
 guǐ shén supernatural beings
 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to engage in hocus-pocus
 hú guǐ shén xiān foxes, ghosts and immortals / supernatural beings, usually fictional
 fàn mài rén kǒu trafficking in human beings
  Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
  Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
 fàn yùn rén kǒu wèn tí gōng zuò duì Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings
  international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings
  International Experts' Meeting on Violence and Sexual Exploitation of Human Beings
  Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings / Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings
  Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings
  National Strategy for the Fight against Trafficking of Human Beings
 rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
 shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
 hù shēng nursing student / (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings
 zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to create a false sense of mystery / to play tricks to deceive or scare others / to engage in hocus-pocus
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