太极拳英文基本术语

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基本术语

掤、捋、挤、按、採、挒、肘、靠、进、退、顾、盼、定

Peng

(warding

off),

Lv

(rolling

back),

Ji

(pressing),

An

(pushing),

Cai

(pulling

down), Lie (splitting), Zhou (elbowing), Kao (body stroke), Jin

(advancing),

Tui

(retreating),

Gu

(shifting

left),

Pan

(shifting

right) and Ding (central equilibrium)

不丢不顶

no releasing and resisting directly

不解之谜

mystery

不偏不倚

impartiality

缠丝

twining

沉肩坠肘

lowering the shoulders and elbows

沉着

heavy and steady

撑掌

unfolding palm

成语之都

Hometown of Chinese Idioms

抽丝

taking out the thread

丹田

Dantian (pubic region)

弹簧力

springy force

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导引术

guidance

道

Tao;Dao

道法自然

Taoism following the nature

敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌

疲我打，敌退我追

retreating

as

the

enemy

advances, disturbing as the enemy camps, attacking as the enemy

fatigues, advancing as the enemy retreats

第五代传人

fifth-generation successor

顶头悬

suspending the head and relaxing the neck

懂劲

comprehending force

动与静

motion and stillness

动中寓静

stillness with motion

动作

action

动作／招式／招术

movement/action

对立统一

the unity of opposites

对立与统一

contradition and unfication;unity of the opposites

耳提面命

whispering

into

disciples

’

ears

and

talking

face

to

face

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发劲

discharging force

法道修身

self-cultivation with Tao

法道治国

state-governing by Tao

反者道之动，弱者道之用

The application

of

Dao

is

using

mildness

rather than violence, softness rather than hardness

非圆即弧

either circle or arc

刚柔相济

combining hardness with softness

根于脚，

主 宰于腰，

行于手指

rooting

with

feet,

leading

with

waist,

and moving with fingers

弓步

stance; forward

功夫

Gongfu; Kungfu;fighting art;fighting skills

攻防

attack and defense; offense and defense

攻防搏击

offensive and defensive fighting

贯串之意

Yi of permeating

国术馆

National Martial Arts Gyms

含胸拔背

contracting the chest and lengthening the back

合中有开

closing with opening

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后发制人

striking only after being struck

呼、发、伸、进、起、仰、往、出 、放、打、击、刚、动、实、开、升、

上、左

breathing

out,

attacking,

extending,

advancing,

raising,

facing upward, going, sending, releasing, hitting,striking,

hardness,

moving,

solidness,

opening,

lifting,

ascending,turning

left

呼与吸

breathing out and breathing in

化劲

dispersing force

技击术

art of attack and defense

节节贯串

joints

’

coordinating

借力打力

transforming the coming force to attack the opponent

劲整

integrating force

经络

Jingluo (main and collateral channels)

经络中通行的气

Qi (air) in Jingluo

精神

mind

静中寓动

motion with /in stillness

卷（蓄）与放

storing and discharging

开胯屈膝

separating the thighs and bending the knees

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开与合

opening and closing

开中有合

opening with closing

快与慢

rapidness and slowness

老子学说

Laozi

’

s Doctrines

砺练品格

morality training

练劲

building up power

练巧

mastering techniques

练顺

smoothing out the frame

螺旋

volution

螺旋缠绕

spiral enwinding

落点（劲点）

attacking points

（

positions

）

门规戒条

doctrines, regulations and restrictions

内不动，外不发

no internal Yi (mind), no external movements

内劲

Neijin (inner power)

内劲潜换

inner power exchanging

内气

Neiqi

(inner air)

内外皆修

internal and external cultivation

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内外统一

uniting mind with body

偏心距

eccentric distance

平和安静，谦和大度，博爱真诚，感恩包容

gentleness and peace,

modesty and generosity, love and sincerity, gratitude and

tolerance

平心静气

calming mind

气沉丹田

Qi Chen Dantian (storing qi in the pubic region

）

气敛

Storing Qi (spirit;air)

牵一发而动全身

a slight move in one part may affect the whole

situation

乾坤

Qiankun (heaven and earth, the universe)

强身健体

body building and physical fitness

窍

aperture

轻灵

agile

轻与沉

lightness and heaviness

全国武术锦标赛

Championship of National Martial Arts

拳法

boxing method

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