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HSK
flexible / nimble / agile
HSK 6
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
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quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
HSK 7-9
soul / spirit
HSK 7-9
inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
HSK 7-9
smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp
HSK 7-9
clever / quick-witted
HSK 7-9
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
HSK 7-9
deft / nimble / ingenious
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
capable / clever / dexterous
HSK 7-9
Charismatic Movement
lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
soulmate
kindred spirits
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
spirit / fairy / elf / sprite / genie
departed spirit
mental rapport / likeness of mind / spiritual link
Torino / Turin (Italy)
elf
specter / apparition / ghost
(level of) sensitivity
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
tongues (spiritual gift)
deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural
Wellington, capital of New Zealand
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
spirit of a martyr; spirit of the brave departed / (literary) person of remarkable talent
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
flexibility
spiritual influence (of mountains etc) / cleverness / ingeniousness
to be quick-witted
god / spirit / demon / occult or supernatural entities in general
divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good!
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
well-informed source; person with inside information
to quiver
spiritual world
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
Lingshan county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州, Guangxi
efficacious / effective / (of a prediction) accurate / correct
Lingtai county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉, Gansu
(of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous
in the depth of one's soul
crown of the head
mourning hall / funeral hall
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
quick and skillful / agile
sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick
(idiom) pigheaded
dishwashing liquid
to keep watch beside a coffin
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
spirit medium
quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy
Lingchuan county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
Guangling county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
coffin containing a corpse
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
memorial tablet
Lingbi, a county in Suzhou 宿州, Anhui
skylark
spirit tablet / memorial tablet
Lingbao, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽市|三门峡市, Henan
(Tw) (loanword) aspirin
Lingshou county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
a goblin / a spirit
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
soul / mind / idea
soul and spirit of the deceased
Lingqiu county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
hearse
Lingqiu county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Lingwu, county-level city in Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市, Ningxia
Guangling county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Lingchuan county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
Lingtai county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉, Gansu
(of senses, mind etc) alert / keen / clear-minded
to torment the people (idiom)
bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive
Lingbi, a county in Suzhou 宿州, Anhui
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
Lingshan county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州, Guangxi
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
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)
panacea
long life and prosperity
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
soul
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
wonderful; ingenious; clever

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