grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
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eight grade wage scale (system)
force 8 wind / fresh gale
(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
traditional-style canopy bed
octagon
alangium
MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
(fig.) a long time
octal
octagon
octet (musical ensemble)
octavo
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
octahedron
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
music box
see 八風穴|八风穴[]
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
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.
almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
see 七上八下[]
see 七嘴八舌[]
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
distant relatives
(idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
assembled at random / a motley collection
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