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HSK
lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
(idiom) How time flies!
(saying) time is precious
to make the vagina tighter
gloomy
time available
penis
School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍
cave / (coll.) vagina
treacherous / sinister
yin and yang
the genitals
a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
(lit. and fig.) shadow / CL:
HSK 6
false negative
overcast and rainy
queef
(Tw) to be possessed / to be bewitched
to test negative
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
overcast / gloomy
to laugh evilly
tree shade / shady
lunar calendar
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
Hanyin County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
vulva / pudenda
to cherish every moment / to make good use of one's time
(anatomy) labia (of the vulva)
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
negative / feminine
HSK 7-9
gentle and reserved / soft / feminine
dark (weather, mood)
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
vulva
shady place
sinister / insidious
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
vaginal infection / inflammation of the vulva or vagina / colpitis
the dark side (of society etc)
hidden merits
(of skies or one's mood) gloomy
ghost / spirit
Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
(coll.) to play dirty; to use underhanded tactics / (coll.) sneaky; underhanded
hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
clitoris
shady side / dark side
chill wind / (fig.) evil wind
Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
sewer; underground drainage channel
hymen
outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service / to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
(TCM) acupuncture point CV-1, located on the perineum
prolonged spell of rainy weather
shade (of a tree)
(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
shadowy
secret virtue
a hard wood
pubic hair
shameful secret
vagina
(feng shui term) tomb
netherworld / Kingdom of the Underworld / Hades
schemer / conspirator
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
to conspire; to plot / a conspiracy; a plot
HSK 6
treacherous and murderous
to enter hell
conspiracy theory
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
eccentric / peculiar / mystifying
indecent exposure / flashing
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
in the shade / shady
charitable acts performed in secret / hidden good deeds
gloomy / sinister / eerie
dark and moist
a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities
clitoris
an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
crab louse; pubic louse
crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
negative ion / anion (physics)
haze
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
Jiangyin, a county-level city in Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
to raise an ill wind

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