term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
trad. 正邪相爭
Also written 正邪相爭【zhèng xié xiāng zhēng】
Characters in this word
4正
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first month of the lunar year
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 588 of 2500
邪
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old variant of 邪[xie2]
- Pinyin
- xié
- Traditional
- 衺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 9302 of 2500
相
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surname Xiang
- Pinyin
- Xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5022 of 2500
争
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to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Traditional
- 爭
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13204 of 2500