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spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
vigor; vitality / spirited / good-looking
HSK 3
magical / mystical / miraculous
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
legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
HSK 4
look; expression
HSK 5
mysterious / mystery
HSK 4
nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
HSK 5
expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious
HSK 7-9
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
goddess / nymph
full of vigor (idiom) / lively / in high spirits
troublesome / bothersome
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁
medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
lit. divine pen / fig. outstanding writing
expression / look
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 and creator of agriculture
(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
depressed / dispirited / dejected
to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
HSK 7-9
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force
enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *神* | 神* | *神
God
jumpy / nervous / oversensitive
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person
HSK 7-9
occult force / the power of a God or spirit
(idiom) absent-minded; in a trance
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life / radiating health and vigor
psychoanalysis
god / deity
spirit of devotion; dedication
psychiatry
lit. vitality a hundredfold (idiom); refreshed / one's vigor thoroughly restored
who's this big shot?
group mentality / collectivism / solidarity / team spirit
deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰
neurology department
sympathetic nervous system
mental health
to take care / to be careful
HSK 7-9
Sun God / Apollo
"The Return of the Condor Heroes" (1959-61 wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸)
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
glial cell (provide support to neuron) / neuroglia
pep talk
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc
antipsychotic (drug)
to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
HSK 7-9
in great spirits / to have great vitality
to make divine / apotheosis
sacred / inviolable
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
perturbed (idiom)
vivid / lifelike
thoughts wandering far away
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
to be enthralled / to be entranced
ecstatic / enraptured
Gods and Buddhas
The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by 吳永剛|吴永刚
goddess / (old) prostitute
veil of mystery
central nervous system, CNS
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
divine / hallow / holy / sacred
HSK 7-9
mental disorder / psychosis
HSK 7-9
mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death
atheist
shrine
god / deity
to feel ill at ease
mountain god
sacred mountain
demon personifying pestilence
theological / theology
neurosis
mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case
neuralgia (medicine)
(idiom) full of vitality / relaxed and alert
Godhead
supernatural beings
child prodigy
trigeminal nerve
to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom) / to have an incredible foresight
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of

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