兴 致 xìng zhì mood / spirits / interest 酒 wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1] 蒸 馏 酒 zhēng liú jiǔ distilled liquor / spirits 三 星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 提 起 tí qǐ to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) 不 快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp 修 罗 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology 振 奋 zhèn fèn to stir oneself up / to raise one's spirits / to inspire 兴 高 采 烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight 兴 致 勃 勃 xìng zhì bó bó to become exhilarated (idiom) / in high spirits / full of zest 不 振 bù zhèn lacking in vitality / depressed (market, spirits etc) 通 灵 tōng líng to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate 雀 跃 què yuè excited / in high spirits 昂 首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) 无 精 打 采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 扫 兴 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited 欢 天 喜 地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits 精 神 抖 擞 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio 投 缘 tóu yuán to be kindred spirits / to hit it off 辟 邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 神 采 奕 奕 shén cǎi yì yì in glowing spirits (idiom) / bursting with life / radiating health and vigor 神 怪 shén guài spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon 六 神 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3]) 避 邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits 怅 惘 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits 精 神 焕 发 jīng shén huàn fā in high spirits (idiom) / glowing with health and vigor 抖 擞 dǒu sǒu to rouse / to invigorate / to enliven / to put sb into high spirits / con brio 石 虎 Shí Hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 魑 魅 chī mèi spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon 乘 兴 chéng xìng while in high spirits / feeling upbeat / on an impulse 暮 气 mù qì evening mist / fig. declining spirits / lethargy 昂 to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive 醅 unstrained spirits 醑 spiritus / strain spirits 昂 首 挺 胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng head high, chest out (idiom) / to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal) 神 采 飞 扬 shén cǎi fēi yáng in high spirits (idiom) / glowing with health and vigor 铩 羽 而 归 shā yǔ ér guī to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom) 抖 擞 精 神 dǒu sǒu jīng shén to gather one's spirits / to pull oneself together 阿 修 罗 A1 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology 勾 兑 gōu duì to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc) 湑 abundant / bright / strain spirits 傩 神 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits 提 起 精 神 tí qǐ jīng shen to raise one's spirits / to take courage 祛 邪 qū xié to exorcise / to drive away evil spirits 符 板 fú bǎn a charm to protect against evil spirits 精 神 饱 满 jīng shén bǎo mǎn full of vigor (idiom) / lively / in high spirits 精 灵 宝 钻 jīng líng bǎo zuàn treasure of spirits / Silmarillion or Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金 邪 灵 xié líng evil spirits 镇 妖 zhèn yāo to drive away evil spirits 除 祟 chú suì to drive out devils and spirits exorcism 灵 犀 相 通 líng xī xiāng tōng kindred spirits 驱 魔 赶 鬼 qū mó gǎn guǐ to exorcise / to drive out evil spirits 搜 神 记 Sōu shén Jì In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝[Gan1 Bao3] in Jin dynasty 精 神 奕 奕 jīng shén yì yì in great spirits / to have great vitality 大 杀 风 景 dà shā fēng jǐng to be a blot on the landscape / to dampen spirits / to spoil the fun / to be a wet blanket 消 灾 避 邪 xiāo zāi bì xié to avoid calamities and evil spirits 石 敢 当 shí gǎn dāng stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits 矿 油 精 kuàng yóu jīng mineral spirits 黑 白 无 常 Hēi Bái Wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld 㱾 a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 攺 a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 畅 然 chàng rán happily / in high spirits 除 灵 chú líng to expel spirits / (old) to end the period of mourning 冥 冥 之 中 míng míng zhī zhōng in the unseen world of spirits / mysteriously and inexorably 招 魂 幡 zhāo hún fān flag to attract departed spirits 招 魂 旛 zhāo hún fān flag to attract departed spirits
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