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  *八* | 八* | *八
eight; 8
HSK 1
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
eighty percent / most probably / most likely
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing
the eight points of the compass / all directions
eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市, Guangxi
eighty / 80
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
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
Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati
meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese)
palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
Yaohan retail group
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
mustache shaped like character
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
August / eighth month (of the lunar year)
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal , stone , clay , leather , silk 絲|丝, wood , gourd , bamboo ) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
musical box
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
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)
quarterfinals
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
one eighth
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati
(sports) top eight / quarterfinals
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老
octal
Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
six pack (abdominal muscles)
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
pretty close / very near / about right
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
octagon
octagon
step with feet splayed outwards
quaver / eighth note
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"
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街
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.
(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
splayfoot
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
eight-hour working day
the eight influential points (acupuncture)
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳)
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳
octopus
Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
octopus
octoploid
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
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", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
(fig.) a long time
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
see 草海
8-bit (computing)
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
erhua variant of 八哥
pug (breed of dog)

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