"Vital" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yào important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
 jǐn yào critical / crucial / vital
 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
 yǒu huó lì energetic / vital
 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force
 yào hài vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
 yuán qì strength / vigor / vitality / (TCM) vital energy
 zhèng qì healthy environment / healthy atmosphere / righteousness / vital energy (in Chinese medicine)
 dāng wù zhī jí top priority job / matter of vital importance
 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
 xuè qì blood and vital breath / bloodline (i.e. parentage) / valor
 qì huà to vaporize / evaporation / carburetion / 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) / unvoicing of voiced consonant
 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
 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])
 fèi huó liàng (medicine) vital capacity
 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi
 bǎi nián dà jì a project of vital and lasting importance
 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
 lì hài yōu guān to be of vital interest
 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
 biǎo zhèng superficial syndrome / illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body
 gòng shāng dà jì to discuss matters of vital importance
 lì hài guān xi stake / vital interest / concern
 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
 zhèng xié xiāng zhēng term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
 bìng xié pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM / as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4]
 má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail
  Population and Vital Statistics Report
  Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
  Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System
  vital human need
  Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods
  Intergovernmental Working Group on Civil Registration Systems and Vital Statistics
  Asian Seminar on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
  Pacific Seminar on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
 shēng mìng zhī shēng quán qiú huǒ bàn Vital Voices Global Partnership
 guó jiā guān jiàn jī chǔ shè shī critical national infrastructure / vital structures
  vital national interest
  International Conference of National Committees on Vital and Health Statistics
  vital human asset
  vital statistics
  International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics
  Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems / CR / VS systems
  Vital Force proposal
  World Programme for the Improvement of Vital Statistics
  Expert Group Meeting on Vital Statistics Systems and Methods
  Expert Group on Vital Statistics Systems and Methods
  Training Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
 shēng mìng tǐ zhēng vital signs
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