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wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul
wholeheartedly / heart and soul
HSK 7-9
potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
with heart and soul
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
to put one's heart and soul into
sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)
(idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly
HSK 7-9
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
HSK 7-9
to take away sb's soul / (fig.) to captivate; to enchant
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls
lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself
soul / spirit
HSK 7-9
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die
to ask oneself; to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
soul of the deceased / departed spirit
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
soul and spirit of the deceased
to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care
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  *灵* | 灵* | *灵
quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
HSK 7-9
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
the body (as opposed to the soul)
inner heart / soul
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
soul
soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with
spirit / soul
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect
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  *魂* | 魂* | *魂
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
HSK 7-9
lonely soul
soul
long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit
eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
intimate friend / soul mate
worn out in body and soul (idiom)
soul / mind / idea
to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤) / magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving
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  *魄* | 魄* | *魄
(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
in the depth of one's soul
a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
to pray for the soul of a deceased
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
not a soul in sight (idiom)
to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul
soul / spirit


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