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HSK
flexible / nimble / agile
HSK 6
smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp
HSK 7-9
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
soul / spirit
HSK 7-9
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  *灵* | 灵* | *灵
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
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
Charismatic Movement
deft / nimble / ingenious
HSK 7-9
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
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)
out-of-body experience
kindred spirits
long life and prosperity
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
coffin containing a corpse
soul
quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
spiritual world
Charismatic Christianity
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
hearse
flexibility
Lingbi, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市, Anhui
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
clever / bright / quick-witted
bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive
spirit medium
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
spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness
Lingtai, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市, Gansu
Lingwu, a county-level city in Yinchuan City 銀川市|银川市, Ningxia
key figure / the linchpin of sth
in the depth of one's soul
wonderful; ingenious; clever
mental rapport / likeness of mind / spiritual link
tongues (spiritual gift)
(of senses, mind etc) alert / keen / clear-minded
Lingqiu county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
the will of Heaven / the will of God
agile / quick
mind map
sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
Linggu temple (Nanjing)
soulmate
nimble / agile
a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
Lingshan, a county in Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市, Guangxi
civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
a Daoist talisman
columbarium
memorial pagoda
Lingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
a bier / a catafalque (memorial platform) / a coffin
memorial tablet


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