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once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 3
already
HSK 2
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
HSK 7-9
nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
HSK 5
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  *经* | 经* | *经
surname Jing
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
to experience; to go through
HSK 7-9
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
trigeminal nerve
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
sympathetic nervous system
finance and economics
HSK 7-9
the Koran
the Heart Sutra
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
menstruation / a woman's period
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
to pass through / via / by way of
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron
peripheral nerve
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽 between 760-780
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
politics and the economy (from 政治 and 經濟|经济) / political and economic
to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
Kama Sutra
Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
Nikkei, abbr. for Nikkei Shimbun 日本經濟新聞|日本经济新闻 / abbr. for Nikkei 225 index 日經指數|日经指数
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经, 尚書|尚书, 書|书
the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: ,
amenorrhoea
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
Book of Mormon
sciatic nerve
optic nerve
the Pentateuch / the five books of Moses in the Old Testament
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
Quran (Islamic scripture)
(coll.) menstruation that comes only once every three months
efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
east longitude
non-canonical text / dubious classic text / Apocrypha
(coll.) to go crazy / to lose it / demented / unhinged
to explain a sutra / to expound the classics
Talmud
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
cranial nerves
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
uncanny / unbelievable / ridiculous / outrageous
compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
Book of Mormon
unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc)
Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha
classic book / sutra
knack of doing business / business sense
absurd / preposterous / ridiculous
Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics
Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
vagus nerve
forged scriptures / bogus classic / pseudepigrapha / apocrypha
to chant the sutras
menopause
twelve channels of TCM
The Lotus Sutra
(literary) to hang oneself
every family has its problems (idiom)
channel tropism (TCM)
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
demure / prudish / hypocritical
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
exegesis / explanation of classic text
form (horse racing)
Credo (section of Catholic mass)
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
serious / earnest / real / true
Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)

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