(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
Headword or pronunciation八纲
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pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
Headword or pronunciation八纲辨证
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Headword or pronunciation八声杜鹃
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
Headword or pronunciation八股
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
Headword or pronunciation八股文
(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
Headword or pronunciation八般头风
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)
Headword or pronunciation八苦
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
Headword or pronunciation八行书
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
Headword or pronunciation八角
traditional-style canopy bed
Headword or pronunciation八角床
octagon
Headword or pronunciation八角形
alangium
Headword or pronunciation八角枫
MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
Headword or pronunciation八角笼
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
Headword or pronunciation八角茴香
(fig.) a long time
Headword or pronunciation八辈子
octal
Headword or pronunciation八进制
octagon
Headword or pronunciation八边形
octet (musical ensemble)
Headword or pronunciation八重奏
octavo
Headword or pronunciation八开
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
Headword or pronunciation八面玲珑
octahedron
Headword or pronunciation八面体
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
Headword or pronunciation八音
music box
Headword or pronunciation八音盒
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
Headword or pronunciation八风穴
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.
Headword or pronunciation八点档
Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
Headword or pronunciation六合八法
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
Headword or pronunciation十万八千里
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
Headword or pronunciation千儿八百
(idiom) sprawled out on one's back
Headword or pronunciation四仰八叉
everything steady and stable (idiom) / overcautious and unimaginary
Headword or pronunciation四平八稳
roads open in all directions (idiom) / accessible from all sides
Headword or pronunciation四通八达
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
Headword or pronunciation四邻八舍
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
Headword or pronunciation块儿八毛
splayed feet
Headword or pronunciation外八字脚
bow legs / bandy legs
Headword or pronunciation外八字腿
completely mixed up / in a muddle
Headword or pronunciation夹七夹八
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
Headword or pronunciation女大十八变
(bird species of China) common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Headword or pronunciation家八哥
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
Headword or pronunciation尺八
the twenty-eight constellations / also written 二十八宿[]
Headword or pronunciation廿八躔
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