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HSK
already
HSK 2
once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 3
nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
HSK 5
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
finance and economics
HSK 7-9
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
HSK 7-9
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
to experience; to go through
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
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  *经* | 经* | *经
surname Jing
to chant the sutras
menstruation / a woman's period
the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: ,
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
the Heart Sutra
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
sutra / Taoist treatise
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
Nikkei, abbr. for Nikkei Shimbun 日本經濟新聞|日本经济新闻 / abbr. for Nikkei 225 index 日經指數|日经指数
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
amenorrhoea
to pass through / via / by way of
east longitude
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
Yingjing, county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
serious / earnest / real / true
west longitude
politics and the economy (from 政治 and 經濟|经济) / political and economic
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
to pass by / menstruation
compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
absurd / preposterous / ridiculous
the Koran
already
Quran (Islamic scripture)
Kama Sutra
menopause
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经, 尚書|尚书, 書|书
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
form (horse racing)
to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
to explain a sutra / to expound the classics
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
forged scriptures / bogus classic / pseudepigrapha / apocrypha
Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经
exegesis / explanation of classic text
channel tropism (TCM)
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽 between 760-780
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
The Lotus Sutra
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
Credo (section of Catholic mass)
The Lotus Sutra
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
Book of Mormon
vagus nerve
Healing sutra / Bhaisajyaguru sutra
sciatic nerve
sympathetic nervous system
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
uncanny / unbelievable / ridiculous / outrageous
Talmud
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
trigeminal nerve
afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
(coll.) to go crazy / to lose it / demented / unhinged
Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc)
(literary) to hang oneself
Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
twelve channels of TCM
every family has its problems (idiom)
Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese
(TCM) menstruation that comes only once every three months
Book of Mormon
Xiping steles, calligraphic work on carved steles of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD)
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
demure / prudish / hypocritical
efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋

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