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八 bā eight / 8
捌 bā eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split
八疸 bā dǎn eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy
八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass / all directions
荣辱观 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
八荣八耻 Bā Róng Bā Chǐ Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism)
八千 bā qiān eight thousand / 8000
霓裳 ní cháng nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
苏轼 Sū Shì Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1] northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher / one of the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
八强 bā qiáng (sports) top eight / quarterfinals
提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
八仙 Bā xiān the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
八宝 bā bǎo eight treasures
八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days
王安石 Wáng An1 shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
八旗 bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
八股 bā gǔ an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
律诗 lu:4 shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
九三学社 Jiǔ sān Xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
旗人 qí rén Manchu / bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
列子 Liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
离 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲
土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
阿鼻地狱 A1 bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
曾巩 Zēng Gǒng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
木 mù tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
中国致公党 Zhōng guó Zhì gōng dǎng (PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
震 zhèn to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder / ☳
乾 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 / representing sky / male principle
兑 duì to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱
卦 guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
艮 gèn one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° / (northeast)
爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° / (southeast)
爱别离苦 ài bié lí kǔ (Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3]
八会穴 bā huì xué the eight influential points (acupuncture)
八级工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
八级工资制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system)
八年 bā nián eight years
八大工业国组织 bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
八字形 bā zì xíng shape resembling the character 八 / or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
八岐大蛇 Bā qí Dà shé Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
八抬大轿 bā tái dà jiào palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
八旗制度 bā qí zhì dù Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
八苦 bā kǔ the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
八行书 bā háng shū formal recommendation letter in eight columns
六合八法 liù hé bā fǎ Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
唐宋八大家 Táng Sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
庚子国变 gēng zǐ guó biàn the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion
朝鲜八道 Cháo xiǎn bā dào the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
正骨八法 zhèng gǔ bā fǎ the eight methods of bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
苏洵 Sū Xún Su Xun (1009-1066), Northern Song writer of prose, one of the Three Su 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
吕洞宾 Lu:3 Dòng bīn Lü / Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
八国集团 Bā guó Jí tuán G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
8字航迹 8zì háng jì figure 8 track / figure eight track
八国集团首脑会议  Group of Eight Summit
八国小组 bā guó xiǎo zǔ Group of Eight
八大工业化国家森林行动纲领  Group of Eight Major Industrialized Countries' Action Programme on Forests / G8 Action Programme on Forests
8国森林行动纲领  Group of Eight Major Industrialized Countries' Action Programme on Forests / G8 Action Programme on Forests
卫生八机构 wèi shēng bā jī gòu Health Eight / H8
八冲 bā chōng eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
八法 bā fǎ eight methods of treatment (TCM)
八疸身面黄 bā dǎn shēn miàn huáng eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
八纲辨证 bā gāng biàn zhèng pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
八般头风 bā bān tóu fēng (TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
三大纪律八项注意 Sān Dà Jì lu:4 Bā Xiàng Zhù yì the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
八大元老 Bā Dà Yuán lǎo "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2] / abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
八老 Bā lǎo "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
李铁拐 Lǐ Tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
八相成道 bā xiàng chéng dào the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
八仙过海，各显神通 Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
八字命理 bā zì mìng lǐ divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
秦淮八艳 Qín huái bā yàn the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[Qin2 huai2 He2] in the late Ming or early Qing
八大菜系 bā dà cài xì the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[Chuan1 Lu3 Yue4 Su1 Zhe4 Min3 Xiang1 Hui1]
八家将 bā jiā jiàng Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽 Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of China 八大菜系[ba1 da4 cai4 xi4])
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