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打(Da): to strike, usually refers to the fighting with fists, palms or arms.

大腸 large intestine; colon

大乘(DaChen): Great conveyance,  a high level of  Buddhist study

大道(DaDao): 1)broad path; 2)great nature

達到高層次(DaDaoGaoChenCi): to achieve high level

大定(DaDing): great steadiness, high level of steadiness both in mind and in physical body

大架(DaJia): large posture, large frame

大捋(DaLu): large rollback

大運動量 heavy training load

打擊力量 hitting power

搭橋 (DaQiao): to bridge, to build a bridge. Refers to connecting the governor channel and conception channel by touching the upper palate with the tip of tongue.

大腿骨(DaTuiGu): thighbone, femur

打穴(DaXue): to strike cavity

大周天(DaZhouTian): the big heavenly circle, the grand circulation. The Qigong practice that is to have Qi circulate through the whole body without smallest hindrance.

大椎(DaZhui): big vertebra cavity

打坐(DaZuo): engaging sitting, Daoism’s term for meditation

帶脈(DaiMai): belt vessel; girdle vessel

奇經八脈之一 One of the eight extraordinary Qi vessels.

帶脈息(DaiMaiXi): Girdle Vessel Breathing, which is a special Qigong breathing technique.

膽管 bile duct

膽囊 gall bladder

丹爐(DanLu): elixir furnace, where the Qi can be produced and refined.

單純(DanChun): pure and simple

單方(DanFang): single side

襠(Dang): inner thigh; groin

搗 pounding; to pound

道家(DaoJia): the Dao family, Daoism. Created by老子Lao Zi during the Zhou Dynasty(1123~255B.C.). Later, it was mixed with Buddhism to become the Daoist religion.

道教(DaoJiao): Dao religion. Created by張道陵(Zhang Dao Ling who combined the traditional Daoist principles with Buddhism during東漢the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty(25~220A.D.)

丹田(DanTian): elixir field

道(Dao): the way, refers to “the natural way”

刀 broadsword; saber

刀術 broadsword play

刀的使用 the use of broadsword

刀的實用技法 practical application of broadsword

道德(DaoDe): Morality

道家(DaoJia): the Dao family, Daoism or Daoism family

道教(DaoJiao): the Daoist religion, Daoism

道學(DaoXue): scholar Daoism, refers to the philosophy and ideology of 道德經 DaoDeJin

導引(DaoYin): direct and lead. Another name for Qigong

德(De): virtue, the manifestation of the Dao

得機得勢(DeJiDeShi): to gain the advantageous situation and obtain the proper position

得失(DeShi): gaining or losing

得其重心(DeQiZhongXin): to catch (or gain) the opponent’s center

抵(Di): to butt; to stiffen against

敵(Di): enemy; opponent

地(Di): earth

低層次(DiChenCi): low level

地理(DiLi): Geomancy

地理師(DiLiShi):also called 風水師Feng Shui Shi, who analyzes geographic locations according to the formulas in the易經Yi Jing (Book of Changes).

地氣(DiQi): the Qi or the energy of the earth

低熱 low fever

低血壓病 hypotension

低勢(DiShi): low stance, low posture

低水平(DiSuiPing): low level

敵意(DiYi): hostile, hostility, sense of enemy

點(Dian): to point or to press

顛簸(DianBo): slant and crumble

點脈(DianMai): Dim Mak; meridian press; vein and artery press; to press the blood vessel or Qi channel

電氣(TianQi): electricity, electrical energy

點法 digital-pressing

點穴(DianXue): cavity press; to point and exert pressure on cavities

點穴按摩(DianXueAnMo): Dian Xue Massages or acupressure

刁(Diao): to hook; hooking

定(Ding): to stabilize; to firm

定(Ding): steady; equilibrium; balanced; rooted

頂(Ding): to resist or butt; resisting or butting

頂勁(DingJin): the Jin of leading head upward

定神(DingShen): to stabilize the spirit

頂頭懸(DingTouXuan): to suspend the head upward; the head is suspended (from above)

丟(Diu): to lose contact; losing

丟頂(DiuDing): to lose contact and resist

動(Dong): to move; moving

動觸(DongChu): moving touch, refers to the unusual, automatic movements or sensations sometimes experienced during Qigong practice.

動作(DongZuo): movement

懂(Dong): to understand;  understanding

懂勁(DongJin): understanding the Jin; the comprehension of Jin; to understand Jin

動靜(DongJin): movement and stillness; movements and calmness

冬眠息(DongMianXi): hibernation breathing

抖 shaking; to shake

獨立步 single-legged stance

督脈(DuMai): governor vessel or channel

短(Duan): short

短勁(DuanJin): short Jin, which is used in short range fighting

斷 (Duan): to break or to seal

斷開(DuanKai): to break; break up; broken

斷勁(DuanJin): the broken Jin

斷脈(DuanMai): to break or to seal blood or Qi vessels.

斷續(DuanXu): breaking and continuing; break and continuity

兌(Dui): lake; one of the eight trigrams, which corresponds to lake

對側的 contra lateral

對面的 opposite

對齊(DuiQi): to align with; alignment

對不齊(DuiBuQi): out of alignment

蹲(Dun): to squat

蹲下(DunXia): to squat down

動作要領 key to the movement