meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
Headword or pronunciation八婆
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divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
Headword or pronunciation八字命理
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"
Headword or pronunciation八字方针
step with feet splayed outwards
Headword or pronunciation八字步
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
Headword or pronunciation八字眉
splayfoot
Headword or pronunciation八字脚
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", []
Headword or pronunciation八家将
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八宝丹
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八宝眼药
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Headword or pronunciation八宝粥
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
Headword or pronunciation八宝饭
eight-hour workday system
Headword or pronunciation八小时工作制
(Shandong dialect) octopus
Headword or pronunciation八带蛸
octopus
Headword or pronunciation八带鱼
(sports) top eight / quarterfinals
Headword or pronunciation八强
quarterfinals
Headword or pronunciation八强赛
eighty percent / most probably / most likely
Headword or pronunciation八成
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
Headword or pronunciation八戒
palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
Headword or pronunciation八抬大轿
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
Headword or pronunciation八拜之交
the eight points of the compass / all directions
Headword or pronunciation八方
80 years / one's eighties / 80 days
Headword or pronunciation八旬
the eight influential points (acupuncture)
Headword or pronunciation八会穴
August
Headword or pronunciation八月份
Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
Headword or pronunciation八极拳
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
Headword or pronunciation八正道
eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
Headword or pronunciation八段锦
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
Headword or pronunciation八冲
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八法
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
Headword or pronunciation八法拳
octopus
Headword or pronunciation八爪鱼
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
Headword or pronunciation八珍汤
eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八疸
eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八疸身面黄
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
Headword or pronunciation八目鳗
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
Headword or pronunciation八相成道
(coll.) unrelated / lacking any connection
Headword or pronunciation八竿子打不着
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
Headword or pronunciation八级工
eight grade wage scale (system)
Headword or pronunciation八级工资制
force 8 wind / fresh gale
Headword or pronunciation八级风
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