八
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- 1. eight; 8
Words Containing 八
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
myriad
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[yì jīng]
in all directions
in disorder
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
almost
see 七嘴八舌[qī zuǐ bā shé]
see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]
at sixes and sevens
distant relatives
misshapen
confused
in one's seventies (age)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
assembled at random
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
twisting and turning
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
bits and pieces
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
38th parallel
38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
International Women's Day (March 8)
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
16
the twenty-eight constellations
all the trades
(bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
an octave lower (music)
to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy)
intoeing
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
see 建軍節|建军节[jiàn jūn jié]
pretty close
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
see 草海[cǎo hǎi]
see 八仙過海，各顯神通|八仙过海，各显神通[bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng]
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
8-bit (computing)
Yaohan retail group
octoploid
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
one eighth
quaver
eighty
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[rú lè · fán ěr nà]
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
eight-trigram battle array
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
pug (breed of dog)
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
six pack (abdominal muscles)
\the Eight Great Eminent Officials\ of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陳雲|陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī]
meddling woman
the character 8 or 八
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
shape resembling the character 八 or 8
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
step with feet splayed outwards
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] (idiom)
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for \eight\",2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46035,30970,splayfoot,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46036,30971,lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] has been written (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46037,30971,fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46038,30972,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46039,30973,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46040,30974,Ba Jia Jiang
(slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as \8+9\, [bā jiā jiǔ]
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
eight-hour working day
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
octopus
octave
Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
(sports) top eight
quarterfinals
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
eighty percent
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
palanquin with eight carriers
sworn brotherhood
the eight points of the compass
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility)
the eight influential points (acupuncture)
August
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[wēi lián · fú kè nà])
August
Ba Ji Quan \Eight Extremes Fist\ - Martial Art
Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市[hè zhōu shì], Guangxi
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市[hè zhōu shì], Guangxi
\eight pieces of brocade
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
Ba Fa Quan \Eight Methods\ - Martial Art
octopus
eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)
eight grade wage scale (system)
force 8 wind
\eight principles
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Bamei or Bamay township in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
an essay in eight parts
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
(TCM) eight kinds of \head wind\ (headache)
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)
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
anise
traditional-style canopy bed
octagon
alangium
Chinese anise
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[bā kuò jiē]
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
(fig.) a long time
octal
Badaojiang district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
Badaojiang district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
octagon
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
octet (musical ensemble)
octavo
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
octahedron
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)
musical box
see 八風穴|八风穴[bā fēng xué]
\eight wind points\, name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
Liuhe Bafa - \Six Harmonies
most likely
eighteen
most likely
light-years (apart)
not much to choose between the two
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gǔ wén yùn dòng], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[liǔ zōng yuán], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū], the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[sān sū], Wang Anshi 王安石[wáng ān shí], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[zēng gǒng]
sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
the whole neighborhood
splayed feet
bow legs
Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[jīn yōng] and its TV and screen adaptations
completely mixed up
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
(bird species of China) common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Ivy League
the twenty-eight constellations
see 王八[wáng bā]
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
of great talent (idiom)
to have one's fortune read
to play mahjong
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
(bird species of China) rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
earnest
serious
see 正經八百|正经八百[zhèng jīng bā bǎi]
very serious
the eight methods of bonesetting
\Jiang Zemin's eight-point formula\ (for resuming a dialogue with Taiwan)
everything in disorder (idiom)
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
tortoise
see 王八羔子[wáng bā gāo zi]
son of a bitch
bastard (insult)