精 华 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul 灵 魂 líng hún soul / spirit 魂 魄 hún pò soul 心 扉 xīn fēi inner heart / soul 魂 灵 hún líng soul / mind / idea 神 deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing 魂 soul / spirit / immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body 魄 soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body 灵 体 líng tǐ soul 一 灵 真 性 yī líng zhēn xìng soul / spirit 精 魂 jīng hún spirit / soul 一 心 yī xīn wholeheartedly / heart and soul 反 省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul 全 心 全 意 quán xīn quán yì heart and soul / wholeheartedly 无 常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die 知 音 zhī yīn intimate friend / soul mate 全 心 quán xīn with heart and soul 鸡 汤 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul &ndash / i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 自 问 zì wèn to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter 常 住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 全 身 心 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul 魂 飞 魄 散 hún fēi pò sàn lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken 孤 魂 gū hún lonely soul 亡 魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit 超 度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace 在 天 之 灵 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased 见 利 忘 义 jiàn lì wàng yì to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul for gain 魂 不 附 体 hún bù fù tǐ lit. body and soul separated (idiom) / fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself 形 单 影 只 xíng dān yǐng zhī lonely soul / solitary 神 交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with 赤 胆 忠 心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom) / wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul 高 行 健 Gāo Xíng jiàn Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山 灵 quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin 身 心 交 瘁 shēn xīn jiāo cuì worn out in body and soul (idiom) 仰 屋 著 书 yǎng wū zhù shū lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom) / to put one's whole body and soul into a book 出 卖 灵 魂 chū mài líng hún to sell one's soul 神 魂 颠 倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom) / infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated 身 心 交 病 shēn xīn jiāo bìng worn out in body and soul (idiom) 阴 魂 不 散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 空 无 一 人 kōng wú yī rén not a soul in sight (idiom) 招 魂 zhāo hún to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc) 天 前 配 tiān qián pèi soul mates / before heaven match 少 说 为 佳 shǎo shuō wéi jiā Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit. 常 住 论 cháng zhù lùn eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda) 形 神 xíng shén body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit 断 灭 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 断 灭 论 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) 简 洁 是 智 慧 的 灵 魂 jiǎn jié shì zhì huì de líng hún Brevity is the soul of wit (from Polonius' 波洛涅斯 / speech in Hamlet II:2 哈姆雷特). 维 持 生 活 wéi chí shēng huó to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together 追 荐 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 灵 魂 深 处 líng hún shēn chù in the depth of one's soul 观 落 阴 guān luò yīn a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey 全 情 投 入 quán qíng tóu rù to put one's heart and soul into
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