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eight
HSK 1
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
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
eighty / 80
8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.
octagon
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat
octopus
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
shape resembling the character or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
octave
quaver / eighth note
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
(sports) top eight / quarterfinals
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
pretty close / very near / about right
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
8-bit (computing)
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
splayfoot
Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
one eighth
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
eighty percent / most probably / most likely
Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
August
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
music box
Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
quarterfinals
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
octoploid
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
eight-hour working day
step with feet splayed outwards
(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳)
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
Yaohan retail group
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
pug (breed of dog)
Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽
Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics
force 8 wind / fresh gale
mustache shaped like character
Babaoshan, a hill in Shijingshan District, Beijing, site of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery 八寶山革命公墓|八宝山革命公墓
the eight points of the compass / all directions
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 in 1961: 調整鞏固充實提高|调整巩固充实提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
alangium
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
octet (musical ensemble)
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
see 草海
octahedron

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