wài​dān​gōng

Waidangong (health exercise)

  • created sense approved 外丹功 · wài​dān​gōng · Waidangong (health exercise) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外丹功

    wài​dān​gōng

    Waidangong (health exercise)

    A traditional Chinese health exercise involving rhythmic shaking of the body and controlled breathing to improve blood circulation and vitality

    外丹 (literal) → 外丹 · wài​dān · external alchemy 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · skill

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  • created sense approved 外丹功 · wài​dān​gōng · Waidangong (Daoist alchemy) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外丹功

    wài​dān​gōng

    Waidangong (Daoist alchemy)

    (literary) A Daoist practice for refining essence, energy, and spirit, originally referring to the preparation of alchemical elixirs using cinnabar and other minerals

    外丹 (literal) → 外丹 · wài​dān · external alchemy 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · skill

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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