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)
TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英语专业八级考试[yīng yǔ zhuān yè bā jí kǎo shì])
15th August, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
(slang) alcohol; liquor (euphemistic substitute for 酒[jiǔ], from 8+1=9, 九[jiǔ] being a homophone of 酒[jiǔ])
1.shape resembling the character 八 or 82.V-shape3.splayed4.figure of eight+1 条 1.Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions2.(slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [bā jiā jiǔ]
(Shandong dialect) octopus
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
1.grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)2.top-grade worker
1.force 8 wind2.fresh gale
traditional-style canopy bed
MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
(bird species of China) common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
1.the twenty-eight constellations2.also written 二十八宿[èr shí bā xiù]
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
1.to have one's fortune read2.system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
(bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
1.intoeing2.pigeon toes3.knock-knees
six pack (abdominal muscles)
1."the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]2.abbr. to 八老[bā lǎo]
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
1.a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan2.(esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[lǐ fù chūn] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、调整、巩固、充实、提高[tiáo zhěng gǒng gù chōng shí tí gāo] "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
mustache shaped like character 八
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·威廉·福克纳[wēi lián fú kè nà])
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)