yīn

'female' principle; dark; secret

DEFINITIONS

陰 yīn
  • surname Yin
  • overcast (weather)
  • cloudy
  • shady
  • Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
  • negative (electric.)
  • feminine
  • moon
  • implicit
  • hidden
  • genitalia
  • variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

WORDS

一命歸 yī mìng guī yīn see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一寸光一寸金 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom); fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光一寸金,寸金難買寸光 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom); fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
交叉影線 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
guāng yīn time available
似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
卡到 kǎ dào yīn (Tw) to be possessed; to be bewitched
wài yīn vulva
tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
nǚ yīn vulva; pudenda
寸金難買寸光 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious.
cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
shān yīn Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi
縣 shān yīn xiàn Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi
píng yīn Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong
縣 píng yīn xiàn Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong
惜寸 xī cùn yīn to cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
huì yīn perineum
有意栽花花不發,無心插柳柳成 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree; fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect; well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
影 yǒu yīn yǐng shadowy
大道 lín yīn dà dào boulevard; tree-lined avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]
路 lín yīn lù see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
道 lín yīn dào see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
格蘭氏性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (of bacteria); also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
shù yīn shade (of a tree)
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