| | 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 |
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| | Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs) | HSK 6 |
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| | Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person | HSK 7-9 |
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| | positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰｜阴 | |
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| | Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學｜理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism | |
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| | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經｜道德经 by Laozi | |
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| | a real person / Daoist spiritual master | |
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| | Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform | |
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| | beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM | |
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| | a Daoist talisman | |
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| | outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) | |
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| | Daoist priest | |
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| | (of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism | |
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| | (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3] | |
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| | Daoist immortal / celestial being | |
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| | Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子 (369-286 BC) | |
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| | storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture | |
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| | to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises | |
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| | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學｜形而上学) | |
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| | Taoist devotee (honorific) | |
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| | sutra / Taoist treatise | |
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| | Jade Emperor (in Taoism) | |
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| | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國｜战国 / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉｜魏晋 (3rd century AD) | |
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| | the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) | |
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| | levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion | |
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| | Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場｜菩提道场 | |
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| | the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger | |
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| | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山｜恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan | |
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| | Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province | |
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| | magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal / fig. to reveal / to enlighten | |
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| | record book; archive / Taoist written charm / document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes | |
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| | same as Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子 (369-286 BC), Daoist author | |
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| | Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | title of respect for taoists | |
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| | poor Taoist | |
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| | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) | |
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| | (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms | |
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| | Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動｜整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 | |
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| | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber | |
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| | Daoist temple | |
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| | lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection | |
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| | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism | |
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| | Daoist nun | |
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| | name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) | |
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| | Taoist robe / traditional men's gown | |
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| | to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk | |
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| | key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious) | |
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| | name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號｜法号 | |
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| | robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment | |
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| | stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate | |
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| | Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities | |
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| | Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government | |
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| | Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子 | |
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| | Taoist internal alchemy | |
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| | Taoist external alchemy | |
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| | percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) | |
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| | Taoist temple | |
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| | to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept) | |
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| | Wang Bi (226-249), Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher | |
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| | immortal body (of born again Daoist) | |
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| | to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation | |
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| | percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) | |
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| | (Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers | |
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| | lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect | |
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| | The Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th century | |
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| | to enter the Way / to become a Daoist | |
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| | Daoist scripture | |
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| | (Taoism) to become an immortal | |
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| | lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple | |
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| | Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years) | |
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| | Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master | |
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| | TESHIMA Aoi (1987-), Japanese female pop singer | |
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| | the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger | |
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| | Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism | |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家｜阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家｜纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家｜杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家｜农家 | |
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| | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山｜恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan | |
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| | (Maoism) one divides into two | |
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| | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) | |
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| | Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty | |
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| | the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平｜邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism | |
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| | Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公｜黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略｜黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | title of a Daoist priest / revered master | |
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| | same as 引導｜引导 / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage | |
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| | to travel widely (esp. as Daoist priest or Buddhist monk) | |
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| | bizarre / paradoxical / a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子) | |
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| | Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵｜木栅, Taipei | |
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| | (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) | |
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| | astrologer (esp. Daoist) | |
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| | Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism) | |
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| | to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) | |
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| | to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) | |
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| | Maoism | |
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| | Maoist | |
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| | Maoism | |
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| | the Daoist doctrine of inaction / let things take their own course / laissez-faire | |
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| | to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven | |
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| | steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子) | |
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| | steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子｜庄子) | |
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