1． Original meaning: north of a hill or south of water [north of a hill or south of river]
Yin means 达. To the north of the mountains is to the south of the water. From Fu, from Qian. ——"Shuowen" by Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty
The crane is in the shade. ——"Yi Zhongfu". According to it, the second one is in Duize and under Gen Mountain, so it is called Yin.
There are red and yin feathers on the waist. ——"Book of Zhou·Wang Hui"
Compare the yin and yang. ——"Poetry·Daya·Gongliu"
The tube of Yin Bamboo. ——"Zhou Li·Da Si Yue"
Order to peel off the shady wood and water it. ——"Zhou Li·Zhashi"
It reaches Hanyin (south bank of Han River). ——"Liezi·Tang Wen"
The Yin of Dongting. ——Tang Dynasty Li Chaowei's "The Biography of Liu Yi"
All the Yin Valleys enter Ji. ——Qing Dynasty Yao Nai's "Record of Climbing Mount Tai"
The yin is the water flowing eastwards. (Yin: the north side of Mount Tai.) - Qing Dynasty Yao Nai's "Climbing Mount Tai"
Another example: behind Yin Mountain (a remote and desolate place); Yinmu (trees in the north of the mountain. It is said that they grow in autumn and winter) trees); Yin bamboo (bamboo growing in the north of the mountain); Yin Bin (the south bank of the river); Yin Lu (the north foot of the mountain); Yin Po (the north slope)
2. Generally speaking, it refers to the north [north]
Dong Xia Piao Su Lian, with moss murals on the shaded windows. ―Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, "Poem of Viewing the East Room on the Sun"
Another example: Yin window (north window); Yin window (north window); Yin corner (northwest); Yin column (northmost) a mountain range)
3. The yang behind is yin [in the shade; shady]
The snow on the shady cliff is still frozen, and the smoke floating on the distant trees has already brought spring. ――"Journey to the West"
Another example: dry in the shade (put it in a place with the back of the sun and blow dry); Yinya (a cliff with the back of the sun); Yindi (a place with the back of the sun); Yinyang Walong (tile-roofed house) The tiles on the top are arranged in a row with the convex side facing down and the concave side facing up. The convex side is yang and the concave side is yin. The rows of convex and concave sides are called tiles.)
4. Genitals [genitals]
Narong Fen said that the strong men caught up and kicked the bandit to the ground. ――"Journey to the West"
Another example: Yin punishment (the punishment of cutting off the genitals); Yin impotence (the name of the disease. That is, impotence. Usually refers to the inability of male genitals to erect). Also refers to the female genitals. For example: clitoris (physiological and anatomical term. Also called clitoris or clitoris. It is a part of the genitals of female mammals)
5. Refers to the autumn and winter seasons [autumn and winter]
The moon is the mirror of autumn at night, and the cold is the source of loneliness. ――A Letter to Lu Zimeng on an Early Cold Night by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty.
Another example: Yinqiu (autumn); Yinquan (water of autumn and winter); Yinbar (trees still green in autumn and winter); Yinshi ( Autumn and winter); Yin period (autumn and winter)
6. Sun shadow; shadow [shadow]
The shadow under the hall. ——"Lu's Spring and Autumn Period·Cha Jin"
White sand embankment in the shade of green poplar trees. ——Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "Spring Tour at Qiantang Lake"
The woods are dark. ——Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu's "The Drunkard's Pavilion"
Another example: Yinying (shade of trees); Yinwei (luxuriant and dense trees forming shade) gloomy (thick and dense trees forming shade); Yinlin (luxuriant trees) Lin)
7. Rain [rain]
In the west, the scenery will be cloudy. ——"Zhou Li·Da Situ". Shu: "It's rain."
Another example: Yinlang (rainy and sunny); Yinxie (yinyin); Yinguan (rain master; water god)
8. Water [water]
The Yin Pool flows quietly, and the Xuanquan is clear and refreshing. ――"Selected Works·Zhang Heng·Tokyo Fu"
Another example: Yin Zhu (young frog in the water); Yin tribe (water tribe)
9. The underworld
Old superstition refers to the underworld [the nether world]. For example: Yinshan (referring to the name of the so-called underworld mountain in the world. If a ghost is driven here, it will not be reincarnated): Yinling'er (ghost.
Refers to the soul of a person after death); Yin people (souls of the dead); Yin and Yang houses (in the past, the Yang house where people lived was the Yang house, and the place where the coffin was parked or the cemetery was the Yin house); Yinsi (superstition refers to the government in the underworld); Yinqian (underworld money. Folk customs It is thought to be used in the underworld after death)
10. The moon [the moon]
The sun is yang and the moon is yin. ――"Su Wen"
Another example: Yinguang (moonlight); Yintu (an alias for the moon)
11. Woman [woman]
Bi Zuo Wang Feng, Kerou Yin. ——Mr. Jiang of the Sui Dynasty, "Thanks to Chen Liugong"
Another example: Yinjiao (the education of women); Yinhua (the education of women); Yinde (female virtue); Yindi (referring to Nuwa)
12. Grave [grave; tomb]
The writing is dark and the soil is dark, and the common people hope to live forever. ——Song Dynasty Su Shunqin's "Inscription of the Taijun of Guangling County"
Another example: Yin soil (cemetery); Yin house (grave; tomb); Yin (tomb door)
13. Refers to menstruation [menses]
For women, seventy-seven and forty-nine, the vagina is extinct. ——Wang Yun's "Yutang Jiahua"
14. Weather phenomenon
More than eight-tenths of the sky is occupied by medium and low clouds, which is called overcast sky
It is cloudy, rainy and wet. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "War Chariots"
The sky is dark and overcast. ——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian·Tang Ji"
The sun shines brightly in the evening. ——Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty, "Yueyang Tower"
The floating clouds are my shadow, and the sad wind is swirling for me. ——Guan Hanqing of the Yuan Dynasty, "Dou E's Injustice"
Another example: Yin Ai (fog and dust); gloomy (clouds cover the sunlight, the weather is gloomy); Yin Ningbing Jian (Yin Qi begins to condense) It is frost and gradually accumulates into ice); gloomy (the mountains are dim); rainy (the sky is cloudy and rainy)
15. Cloud [cloud]
It is still gloomy. ——Dong Zhongshu of Han Dynasty, "Spring and Autumn Dew". Ling Shu's note: "Cai Yong's "Yue Ling Zhang Ju" said: 'Yin refers to dense clouds; heavy clouds refer to heavy clouds.'"
Another example: Yinxia (cloud clouds)
16． Ghosts and monsters
The mountains are surrounded by mountains, the sky is clear at dusk, and evil spirits are lurking. ――Jin·Qiu Chuji's "Wuxian Nian·Shu Ming"
Another example: Yin Mei (ghost); Yin Bing (ghost weapon; divine weapon); Yin Li (power of ghosts and gods); Yin Mei (charm) Fire; will-o'-the-wisp)
17. Ancient Chinese philosophy believes that one of the two opposites (opposite to "yang") in the universe connects matter and human affairs [yin, (in Chinese philosophy, medicine, etc.) the feminine or negative principle in nature]. Relative names for Yang
One Yin and one Yang are called Tao. ――"Book of Changes·Xici"
The harmony of Yin and Yang brings about the harmony of all things. ——"Book of Rites: Characteristics of Suburbs"
The changes in heaven and earth, the transformation of yin and yang. ——"Xunzi·Tian Lun"
Another example: Yin and Yang do not general (called auspicious days for marriage by the Yin and Yang family); Yin and Yang officials (officials specializing in astrology, divination, house fortune-telling, tomb planning, etc.) ); yin and yang (yin and yang people. Refers to people whose profession is astrology, divination, house planning, feng shui, etc.)
18. Last name
19. Something recessed [in intaglio]
There is still a stone plaque with a negative pattern on the forehead of the courtyard gate. ―Ru Zhijuan's "Tall White Poplar Tree"
Another example: Yin Shi (the indented characters on ancient artifacts are Yin characters. The protruding characters are called Yang characters); Yin patterns ( Concave texture)
20. Dark; dim [dark]
Red peaches fall on the dark path, and white stones grow on the autumn altar. ―Yao He of the Tang Dynasty, "You Haotian Xuandu View"
Another example: haze (the phenomenon of turbidity caused by a large amount of smoke, dust and other particles suspended in the air); Yinsha (darkness); gloomy Rainbow (dim rainbow.
Metaphor of evil deeds); Yin Zhu (a phoenix with light black wings); Yintang (a dark room; a tomb)
21. Insidious [sinister; insidious]
The organic nature is sinister and enjoys misfortunes, and is cruel and ungrateful. ――"Old Tang Book·Cui Qi Biography"
Another example: Yin Sniper (insidious and cunning); Yin Ke (insidious and vicious); Yin Cunning (insidious and cunning); Yin Xiao (sneer; sly smile); Sinister (insidious and vicious)
22. Cold, cold [cold]
The wind is howling, and the turbid waves are emptying. ——Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower"
Another example: Yin Qi (cold air, chilling air); Yin Qi (the desert outside the Great Wall. It is very cold outside the Great Wall, so it is called); Yin Palace (deep palace; cool palace)
23. Damp; moist [moist]
Huizhou has a long history of ink craftsmen, and there are many excellent inks. If the ink is placed in ashes, it will be moist and cannot be damaged. ——Zhuang Jiyu of the Song Dynasty, "Chicken Ribs"
Another example: Yinrun (moist and moist); Yintu (moisturizing soil)
24. Even numbers [even]
Yu cast nine tripods, the fifth number is in response to the Yang method, and the fourth number is in the form of the Yin number. He ordered the engineers to use female gold as the yin cauldron and male gold as the yang cauldron. ——Jin Dynasty Wang Jia's "Supplementary Notes"
Another example: Yingan (located in the even-numbered heavenly stems); Yinchen (refers to the even-numbered Chou, Mao, Si, Wei, You, etc. of the earthly branches in the calendar of the stems and branches). Hai 6th day); Yin Ding (the even-numbered tripods)
25. Female [female]. Such as: Yin Ni (female Ni, deputy rainbow)
26. Hidden, not exposed to the outside [hidden]
The Yin and Blood Zhouzuo. ――"Zuo Zhuan·The Fifteenth Year of Duke Xi"
Another example: Yinshi (secret matters); Yinchen (private ministers. One refers to women); Yinfu (private affairs, secret matters) . Refers to unknown evil); Yin Gong (retreat in private, no longer participate in. Metaphor of standing aside); Yin evil (secret unknown evil; insidious and vicious); Yin Yin (hidden); Yin Zhiwen ( Old articles dedicated to advising people to be kind, do good deeds, and accumulate negative virtues); Yin Fu (a metaphor for military strategies, deployments and other secrets)
27. Negative [negative]. Such as: cathode
28. Secretly, secretly [in secret; in private]
General Qing Yiyin received the above command. ——"Historical Records: Biography of General Li"
Insidious plots and conspiracy. ——"Book of Han: Biography of Li Guang and Su Jian"
Knowing the name of the traitorous party in secret, he was able to take advantage of him for a while. ——"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Zhang Heng"
Yin Zongzhi. ——Ming Dynasty Gao Qi's "Shu Bo Ji Zhe Shi"
The government officials and apprentices are good at yin and yang, and the superior officials are deceived by Baixiang, so the teacher Lu Gong is the public (Yuan Keli) to take care of it. ——Ming Dynasty Dong Qichang's "Jiehuan Yuan Gong's Behavior"
The ruling is Yinju. ——Zhang Tingyu of the Qing Dynasty, "History of the Ming Dynasty"
Another example: Yinsha (injury); Yinxi (smiling secretly); Yinyu (dull; hoarse); Yinsha (hidden harm); Yinzhong (secret frame-up) )