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bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
flexible / nimble / agile
HSK 6
smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp
HSK 7-9
specter / apparition / ghost
evil spirits
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
mourning hall / funeral hall
inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of a sick person or disease) to be incurable
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
HSK 7-9
Turing Award
soul / spirit
HSK 7-9
clever / quick-witted
HSK 7-9
god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general
Alan Turing (1912-1954), English mathematician, considered as the father of computer science
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quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
HSK 7-9
Lingbao, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽市|三门峡市, Henan
fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
Charismatic Movement
deft / nimble / ingenious
HSK 7-9
capable / clever / dexterous
HSK 7-9
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
departed spirit
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
the Smurfs
to torment the people (idiom)
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
(idiom) pigheaded
panacea / cure-all
(Tw) (loanword) aspirin
Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
efficacious / effective / (of a prediction) accurate / correct
to be quick-witted
deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
(level of) sensitivity
soul and spirit of the deceased
panacea
Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit
Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安, Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江 to the Pearl River 珠江
Lingqiu county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
to have a cash flow problem
out-of-body experience
kindred spirits
long life and prosperity
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
Guangling county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
(of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous
well-informed source; person with inside information
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
spiritual
coffin containing a corpse
soul
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead
quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
spiritual world
Charismatic Christianity
to keep watch beside a coffin
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
hearse
not work / be ineffective
scenic, with verdant hills and crystal-clear waters
(bird species of China) singing bush lark (Mirafra javanica)
spiritual
flexibility
Lingbi, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市, Anhui
telepathy
Wellington, capital of New Zealand
spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie
Reiki (palm healing)
rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds
a goblin / a spirit
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
clever / bright / quick-witted
bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive
soul / mind / idea
albuterol, kind of chemical used in treating asthma
to be well-informed
Pentecost
spirit medium
Elvish (language of elves)
Torino / Turin (Italy)
divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good!
Lingchuan, a county in Guilin City 桂林市, Guangxi
spirit tablet / memorial tablet

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