traditional Chinese medicine; TCM
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
large intestine; large bowel; colon
urinary bladder; urinary cyst; vesica urinaria; bladder
internal organ; viscera; gut
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
being ruined; being spoiled; coming to nothing; complete loss of face
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
counter for choices, options, etc.
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
fat; tallow; lard; grease
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action)
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony