Class 305 Five Elements 03

Question 1

液体

Answer 1

yè tǐ
liquid

Question 2

液

Answer 2

yè
liquid; fluid

Question 3

体

Answer 3

tǐ
body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

Question 4

固体

Answer 4

gù tǐ
solid

Question 5

固

Answer 5

gù
hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly

Question 6

气体

Answer 6

qì tǐ
gas (i.e., gaseous substance)

Question 7

气

Answer 7

qì
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi

Question 8

等离子体

Answer 8

děng lí zí tǐ
plasma (physics)

Question 9

等离子

Answer 9

děng lí zǐ
plasma (physics)

Question 10

离子

Answer 10

lí zǐ
ion

Question 11

安徽宏村

Answer 11

ān huī hóng cūn
Anhui Great Village (at the foot of Huang Shan)

Question 12

中央

Answer 12

zhōng yāng
central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)

Question 13

热情

Answer 13

rè qíng
cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately

Question 14

热

Answer 14

rè
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

Question 15

情

Answer 15

qíng
feeling; emotion; passion; situation

Question 16

热烈

Answer 16

rè liè
enthusiastic; ardent; warm (used of a situation)

Question 17

烈

Answer 17

liè
ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one’s life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements

Question 18

大地

Answer 18

dà dì
earth; mother earth

Question 19

稳重

Answer 19

wěn zhòng
steady; earnest; staid

Question 20

稳定

Answer 20

wěn dìng
steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify (used of a thing, situation, etc.)

Question 21

纯洁

Answer 21

chún jié
pure; clean and honest; to purify

Question 22

纯

Answer 22

chún
pure; simple; unmixed; genuine

Question 23

洁

Answer 23

jié
clean

Question 24

杂质

Answer 24

zá zhì
impurity

Question 25

杂

Answer 25

zá mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix

Question 26

质

Answer 26

zhì character; nature; quality; plain; to question

Question 27

收敛

Answer 27

shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one’s mirth, arrogance, etc.); to astringe; (math.) to converge

Question 28

收

Answer 28

shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)

Question 29

敛

Answer 29

liǎn to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect

Question 30

清爽

Answer 30

qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed

Question 31

清

Answer 31

qīng clear; distinct; quiet; just and honest; pure; to settle or clear up; to clean up or purge; Qing or Ch’ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); (Chinese surname)

Question 32

爽

Answer 32

shuǎng bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate

Question 33

宁静

Answer 33

níng jìng tranquil; tranquility; serenity

Question 34

宁

Answer 34

níng peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one’s parents, etc.); abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区; abbr. for Nanjing 南京; (Chinese surname)

Question 35

静

Answer 35

jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving

Question 36

沉稳

Answer 36

chén wěn steady; calm; unflustered

Question 37

沉

Answer 37

chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy

Question 38

命运

Answer 38

mìng yùn fate; destiny

Question 39

命

Answer 39

mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title, etc.

Question 40

运

Answer 40

yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

Question 41

气场

Answer 41

qì chǎng n aura, personal presence; qi field (qigong); aura; atmosphere

Question 42

气

Answer 42

qì gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi

Question 43

场

Answer 43

chǎng threshing floor; measure word for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout

Question 44

运势

Answer 44

yùn shì n. fortune, luck; horoscope; one’s fortune

Question 45

运

Answer 45

yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

Question 46

势

Answer 46

shì power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals

Question 47

抑制

Answer 47

yì zhì v. inhibit, suppress; to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress

Question 48

抑

Answer 48

yì to restrain; to restric; to keep down; or

Question 49

制

Answer 49

zhì system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製

Question 50

布局

Answer 50

bù jú v. arrange, lay out; n. layout; arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)

Question 51

布

Answer 51

bù to announce; to spread; to make known

Question 52

局

Answer 52

jú office; situation; measure word for games: match, set, round, etc.

Question 53

调和

Answer 53

tiáo hé v. reconcile, harmonize; harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; to compromise; mediation; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate

Question 54

调

Answer 54

tiáo to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite

Question 55

辟邪

Answer 55

bì xié v. to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅)

Question 56

吉祥

Answer 56

jí xiáng adj. auspicious, lucky; propitious

Question 57

祥

Answer 57

xiáng auspicious; propitious

Question 58

旺盛

Answer 58

wàng shèng adj. vigorous, thriving; exuberant

Question 59

旺

Answer 59

wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring

Question 60

盛

Answer 60

shèng flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively; (Chinese surname)

Question 61

驱邪避凶

Answer 61

qū xié bì xiōng v. exorcise and avert misfortune

Question 62

驱邪

Answer 62

qū xié to drive out devils; exorcism

Question 63

驱

Answer 63

qū to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly

Question 64

邪

Answer 64

xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal

Question 65

避

Answer 65

bì to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from

Question 66

凶

Answer 66

xiōng fierce; terrible; fearful

Question 67

辟邪纳吉

Answer 67

bì xié nà jí v. ward off evil and welcome good fortune

Question 68

纳

Answer 68

nà to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax, etc.); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing; (Chinese surname)

Question 69

吉

Answer 69

jí lucky; giga- (meaning billion); (Chinese surname); abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省

Question 70

实践

Answer 70

shí jiàn v. practice, implement; to put into practice; to live up to (a promise); to carry out (a project)

Question 71

实

Answer 71

shí real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely

Question 72

践

Answer 72

jiàn to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk

Question 73

匹配

Answer 73

pǐ pèi v. match, pair; to mate or marry; to match; matching; compatible

Question 74

匹

Answer 74

pǐ measure word for horses, mules, etc.; ordinary person; measure word for cloth: bolt; horsepower

Question 75

配

Answer 75

pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate

Question 76

山脉

Answer 76

shān mài n. mountain range

Question 77

山

Answer 77

shān mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; (Chinese surname)

Question 78

脉

Answer 78

mài arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing, etc.)

Question 79

和谐

Answer 79

hé xié adj. harmonious, harmony; (euphemism) to censor

Question 80

和

Answer 80

hé and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; Taiwan pr. hàn when it means “and” or “with”; (Chinese surname); Japanese (food, clothes, etc.)

Question 81

谐

Answer 81

xié harmonious; humorous

Question 82

统一

Answer 82

tǒng yī v. unify, adj. unified; to unify; to unite; to integrate

Question 83

统

Answer 83

tǒng to gather; to unite; to unify; whole

Question 84

一

Answer 84

yī one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; “one” radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit