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spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
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  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
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  *鬼* | 鬼* | *鬼
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
HSK 5
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
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  *灵* | 灵* | *灵
quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
HSK 7-9
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  *注* | 注* | *注
(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject / (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate / (bound form) stake (in gambling) / classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light / variant of 註|注
HSK 7-9
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  *魂* | 魂* | *魂
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
HSK 7-9
ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit
HSK 7-9
spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude
HSK 7-9
unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone
HSK 7-9
soul / spirit
HSK 7-9
spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent / drained / washed out
HSK 7-9
will to fight / fighting spirit
HSK 7-9
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
(of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
civility; public spirit
soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with
spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
demon; evil spirit
alcoholic spirit / strong white rice wine
methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
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  *魔* | 魔* | *魔
(bound form) evil spirit; devil / (prefix) supernatural; magical
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
(lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity
ghost / spirit
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) / legendary mountain spirit
ghost / spirit (of the dead)
feast; banquet / (fig.) a treat; a grand experience (for the senses, mind, or spirit)
evil spirit / alluring woman
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  *振* | 振* | *振
to shake / to flap / to vibrate / to resonate / to rise up with spirit / to rouse oneself
evil spirit / devil
lofty quality / mettle / spirit
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
departed spirit
similar in expression and spirit / to bear a remarkable resemblance to
to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike
spirit of a martyr; spirit of the brave departed / (literary) person of remarkable talent
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword) / (fig.) ferocious-looking person
Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio
spirit of devotion; dedication
evil spirit
fox-spirit / vixen / witch / enchantress
Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
soul of the deceased / departed spirit
two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent / drained / washed out
expression / spirit / vigor
sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
spirit lamp
earth spirit
the spirit or character of a political party
vast spirit / nobility of spirit
occult force / the power of a God or spirit
evil spirit
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  *禛* | 禛* | *禛
to receive blessings in a sincere spirit
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
having high fighting spirit
spirit / mood / (linguistics) modal
magnanimous / generous (in spirit)
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated
spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture)
supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)
acute spirit / dash / drive
evil spirit / sneaky / secretive
fair-mindedness / public spirit
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
reborn (of departed spirit) / to be reincarnated / to leave home for a new life
treacherous person / evil spirit
spirit / soul
spirit reaches to the rainbow / full of noble aspiration and daring
soul and spirit of the deceased
a goblin / a spirit
spirit tablet / memorial tablet
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
lit. spirit and marrow / the essential character
to pour or inject (a liquid or substance) into sth / (fig.) to concentrate (one's energy, spirit etc) on sth / (medicine) to perfuse
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  *羵* | 羵* | *羵
spirit
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  *醝* | 醝* | *醝
liquor / spirit
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
spirit medium
(of an animal or tree etc) to become a spirit or goblin / (fig.) to be amazingly skillful, smart or evil etc
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  *祅* | 祅* | *祅
evil spirit / goblin / witchcraft / variant of / common erroneous variant of Ormazda
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited
body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit
blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit)
group mentality / collectivism / solidarity / team spirit
centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit

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