"Spirits" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xìng zhì mood / spirits / interest
 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
 zhēng liú jiǔ distilled liquor / spirits
 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
 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)
 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp
 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
 zhèn fèn to stir oneself up / to raise one's spirits / to inspire
 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight
 xìng zhì bó bó to become exhilarated (idiom) / in high spirits / full of zest
 bù zhèn lacking in vitality / depressed (market, spirits etc)
 tōng líng to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
 què yuè excited / in high spirits
 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out
 sǎo xìng to spoil things / to dampen spirits / to feel deflated / to be dispirited
 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits
 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio
 tóu yuán to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
 shén cǎi yì yì in glowing spirits (idiom) / bursting with life / radiating health and vigor
 shén guài spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon
 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])
 bì xié to avoid evil spirits
 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits
 jīng shén huàn fā in high spirits (idiom) / glowing with health and vigor
 dǒu sǒu to rouse / to invigorate / to enliven / to put sb into high spirits / con brio
 Shí Hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
 chī mèi spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon
 chéng xìng while in high spirits / feeling upbeat / on an impulse
 mù qì evening mist / fig. declining spirits / lethargy
 áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
 pēi unstrained spirits
 xǔ spiritus / strain spirits
 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng head high, chest out (idiom) / to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
 shén cǎi fēi yáng in high spirits (idiom) / glowing with health and vigor
 shā yǔ ér guī to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
 dǒu sǒu jīng shén to gather one's spirits / to pull oneself together
 A1 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
 gōu duì to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)
 xǔ abundant / bright / strain spirits
 nuó shén exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits
 tí qǐ jīng shen to raise one's spirits / to take courage
 qū xié to exorcise / to drive away evil spirits
 fú bǎn a charm to protect against evil spirits
 jīng shén bǎo mǎn full of vigor (idiom) / lively / in high spirits
 jīng líng bǎo zuàn treasure of spirits / Silmarillion or Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
 xié líng evil spirits
 zhèn yāo to drive away evil spirits
 chú suì to drive out devils and spirits exorcism
 líng xī xiāng tōng kindred spirits
 qū mó gǎn guǐ to exorcise / to drive out evil spirits
 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
 jīng shén yì yì in great spirits / to have great vitality
 dà shā fēng jǐng to be a blot on the landscape / to dampen spirits / to spoil the fun / to be a wet blanket
 xiāo zāi bì xié to avoid calamities and evil spirits
 shí gǎn dāng stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
 kuàng yóu jīng mineral spirits
 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
 gāi a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
 yǐ a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
 chàng rán happily / in high spirits
 chú líng to expel spirits / (old) to end the period of mourning
 míng míng zhī zhōng in the unseen world of spirits / mysteriously and inexorably
 zhāo hún fān flag to attract departed spirits
 zhāo hún fān flag to attract departed spirits
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