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  *八* | 八* | *八
eight; 8
HSK 1
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
HSK 7-9
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
HSK 7-9
in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)
HSK 7-9
in all directions / all around / far and near
HSK 7-9
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
eighty percent / most probably / most likely
eighteen / 18
eighty / 80
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
16 / sixteen
Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
serious / earnest / real / true
an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills)
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节, 8th March / foolish / stupid
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽
Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp
eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市, Guangxi
mustache shaped like character
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
Yaohan retail group
not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
of great talent (idiom)
the eight points of the compass / all directions
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
to talk rubbish
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
bits and pieces / scattered fragments
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区, Tibet
Badaojiang district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
very serious / solemn
twisting and turning / tricky and complicated
everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy
misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom)
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
assembled at random / a motley collection
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
all the trades / people of all trades and professions
about a hundred / a hundred or so
completely mixed up / in a muddle
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
six pack (abdominal muscles)
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal , stone , clay , leather , silk 絲|丝, wood , gourd , bamboo ) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
musical box
see 王八
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试)
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
one eighth
Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
son of a bitch / bastard
(sports) top eight / quarterfinals
eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
quaver / eighth note
the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河 in the late Ming or early Qing
bastard (insult) / son of a bitch
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
variant of 王八
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县, north Taiwan
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
the twenty-eight constellations
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
distant relatives
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变

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