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- Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
Trad. 八沖
- eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
Trad. 八綱
- (TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction
- Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
- "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
- 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)
- ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
- the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories
- music
Trad. 專八
- TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])
- International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March
- foolish
- stupid
- the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- gossip
- gossipy
- shape resembling the character 八 or 8
- V-shape
- splayed
- figure of eight
Trad. 八家將
- 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]
Trad. 八寶山
- Babaoshan, a hill in Shijingshan District, Beijing, site of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery 八寶山革命公墓|八宝山革命公墓[Ba1 bao3 shan1 Ge2 ming4 Gong1 mu4]
Trad. 八寶粥
- rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Trad. 八寶飯
- Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
- Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
Trad. 八步區
- Babu, a district of Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 八段錦
- eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
Trad. 八珍湯
- eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
Trad. 八目鰻
- lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
Trad. 八級工
- grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)
- top-grade worker
- eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
Trad. 八角籠
- MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
- Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1]
Trad. 八路軍
- Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Trad. 八達嶺
- Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
Trad. 八達通
- Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)
Trad. 八里鄉
- Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- (bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Trad. 八風穴
- "eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
Trad. 八點檔
- 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.
Trad. 臘八節
- Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
Trad. 臘八粥
- Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
- the twenty-eight constellations
- also written 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4]
Trad. 三八線
- 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
- to have one's fortune read
- system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
Trad. 豬八戒
- Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
- Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
- 15th August, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945
Trad. 八卦陣
- eight-trigram battle array
- (fig.) mystifying tactics
Trad. 江八點
- Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech
Trad. 黨八股
- drab, stereotypical Communist Party writing style
- (bird species of China) common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
Trad. 八字方針
- a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
- (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
- most likely
- mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
- vast majority
Trad. 八字鬍鬚
- mustache shaped like character 八
Trad. 四平八穩
- everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
- Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
Trad. 八抬大轎
- palanquin with eight carriers
- (fig.) lavish treatment
- Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
Trad. 秦淮八艷
- the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[Qin2 huai2 He2] in the late Ming or early Qing
- almost
- nearing completion
- bits and piece
- of all kinds
- child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility)
- (fig.) privileged brat
- at sixes and sevens
- perturbed state of mind
- in a mess
- Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4])
Trad. 八榮八恥
- Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
- lively discussion with everybody talking at once
Trad. 仙八色鶇
- (bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
- the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
Trad. 半斤八兩
- not much to choose between the two
- tweedledum and tweedledee
Trad. 正經八擺
- variant of 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3]
Trad. 正經八板
- see 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3]
Trad. 七彎八拐
- (idiom) twisting and turning
- (idiom) tricky and complicated
Trad. 八綱辨證
- pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
Trad. 八聲杜鵑
- (bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Trad. 七手八腳
- (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
Trad. 八般頭風
- (TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
- lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
- fig. greatly reduced
- substantially scaled back
Trad. 七拼八湊
- assembled at random
- a motley collection
Trad. 白領八哥
- (bird species of China) collared myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)
- Chinese anise
- star anise
- Fructus Anisi Stellati
- most likely
- mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
- vast majority
Trad. 八達通卡
- Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
Trad. 七灣八拐
- variant of 七彎八拐|七弯八拐[qi1 wan1 ba1 guai3]
Trad. 七爺八爺
- term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]
Trad. 八面玲瓏
- be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
Trad. 天龍八部
- Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations
- in one's seventies (age)
- very old (of people)
Trad. 四通八達
- roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
Trad. 千兒八百
- (coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
Trad. 朝鮮八道
- the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
- the eight methods of bonesetting
- Chinese osteopathy
- ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
Trad. 亂七八糟
- (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
- one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
Trad. 塊兒八毛
- one yuan or less
- around 80 cents or one dollar
- Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
Trad. 胡謅八扯
- to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
Trad. 橫七豎八
- in disorder
- at sixes and sevens (idiom)
Trad. 萬兒八千
- ten thousand or almost ten thousand
Trad. 三八大蓋
- (coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
- (bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
- all the trades
- people of all trades and professions
Trad. 烏七八糟
- everything in disorder (idiom)
- in a hideous mess
- obscene
- dirty
- filthy
Trad. 零八憲章
- Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008
Trad. 雜七雜八
- an assortment
- a bit of everything
- lots of different (skills)