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HSK
spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
vigor; vitality / spirited / good-looking
HSK 3
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  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
HSK 7-9
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
HSK 7-9
to take care / to be careful
HSK 7-9
to get agitated / to panic
to be off in another world / to suffer a lapse in concentration
to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
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  *神* | 神* | *神
God
old but still full of vitality (idiom)
deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
(of a shaman) to dance and chant frenziedly in a trance, communicating with spirits or deities to expel evil, cure illness or pray for blessings
goddess / nymph
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
earth God
Emperor of the Sea / Neptune
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
protector God / patron saint
god / deity
to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic
door god
god of wealth
god of fire
god of love
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
to compose oneself / to concentrate one's attention
(archaic) Earth Deity (name used in the Han dynasty, but later largely superseded by 后土)
with rapt attention
demon; fiend
demon personifying pestilence
spirit of devotion; dedication
to be enthralled / to be entranced
to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
supernatural beings
absent-minded / one's mind is wandering
Heracles (Greek mythology) / Hercules (Roman mythology)
Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
to give some attention to; to divert one's attention; to be distracted
mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
to be a tax on (one's mind) / to bother / to trouble / to be concerned
mountain god
to spend effort / to take trouble / May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request) / Please would you mind...?
to become spirited
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom) / to have an incredible foresight
spellbound / entranced / lost in thought
to worry about / to look after / to take care of
with money, you can do anything (idiom) / money talks
local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公)
valkyrie
a faun; (esp.) Pan, son of Hermes in Greek mythology
malignant deity / fiend
goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯 or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒)
demon / fiend
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit
the Sun God / Apollo
to concentrate / to think what you're doing
Diablo (video game series)
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / cf four horsemen of the apocalypse
to offer sacrifices to the gods
group mentality / collectivism / solidarity / team spirit
Qingshen County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
exorcising God / God who drives away plague and evil spirits
creativity
god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公, Norse Thor 索爾|索尔, Greek Zeus 宙斯 etc)
troublesome / bothersome
enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
demigod
to relax with one's eyes closed
patron saint / guardian angel
protector deities of Buddhist law
to gather one's spirits / to pull oneself together
messenger of death / person bringing bad luck
frivolous youth (dialect)
personal god
vivid / lifelike
Sun God / Apollo
absent-minded / to lose spirit / despondent
culture of honoring contractual obligations
Greek mythology / abbr. for 希臘神話|希腊神话
to raise one's spirits / to take courage
to respect a deity / to pray to a God
Moon Goddess
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
river God
river god
(idiom) (of eyes) bright and full of spirit; shining with vitality and presence
to burn incense in prayer to a God
Mr Perfect / Adonis / Prince Charming
the True God
harvest God
the three energies of Chinese medicine: , 氣|气, and
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
to offer thanks to the gods
money is all-powerful / money can move God
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure


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