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HSK
already
HSK 2
once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 3
nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
HSK 5
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  *經* | 經* | *經
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
finance and economics
HSK 7-9
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
HSK 7-9
to experience; to go through
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
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  *經* | 經* | *經
surname Jing
knack of doing business / business sense
cranial nerves
menstruation / a woman's period
west longitude
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
sutra / Taoist treatise
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
the Heart Sutra
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
to pass by / menstruation
the Koran
to chant the sutras
twelve channels of TCM
The Lotus Sutra
already
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
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
optic nerve
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
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
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽 between 760-780
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
east longitude
peripheral nerve
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
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
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
menopause
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
sciatic nerve
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
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
(coll.) to go crazy / to lose it / demented / unhinged
demure / prudish / hypocritical
(literary) to hang oneself
Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics
trigeminal nerve
amenorrhoea
forged scriptures / bogus classic / pseudepigrapha / apocrypha
Quran (Islamic scripture)
to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
absurd / preposterous / ridiculous
vagus nerve
(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
sympathetic nervous system
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
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
to pass through / via / by way of
Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
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
uncanny / unbelievable / ridiculous / outrageous
Yingjing, county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
every family has its problems (idiom)
another name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha)
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
absurd / unthinkable
The Lotus Sutra
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
the Heart Sutra
channel tropism (TCM)
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
politics and the economy (from 政治 and 經濟|经济) / political and economic
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
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
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Xiping steles, calligraphic work on carved steles of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD)
exegesis / explanation of classic text
Credo (section of Catholic mass)
Kama Sutra
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经
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
Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon
classic book / sutra

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