Sentence examples for qi from inspiring English sources
'qi' is a correct and usable word in written English
It refers to a Chinese concept of life energy and is commonly used in Chinese philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, qigong, and East Asian martial arts. An example sentence might be: "Practicing qigong helps to regulate the flow of qi throughout the body."
proper noun
An ancient Chinese duchy, viscounty, and kingdom under the Zhou dynasty
After all, the state body in charge of qi gong says Falun Dafa cannot be officially recognised.
The first is Mr Kissinger's insight that Chinese strategists think like players of wei qi or Go, which means that, in the long term, they wish to avoid encirclement.
Even before Mr Kissinger joins the game, the metaphor is pulled into service to analyse, among other things, Chinese policy in the Korean war, the Taiwan Strait crises of the 1950s (where, of course, "both sides were playing by wei qi rules"), the 1962 war with India ("wei qi in the Himalayas").
"Chess produces single-mindedness; wei qi generates strategic flexibility".This conceit has been used by other authors.
She explained that Hanoi's location, fixed by 11th-century feng shui masters working for the emperor Ly Thai To, was based on the powerful circulation of qi between the mountains of Ba Vi, to the city's west, and a dragon-like spirit who lives at the bottom of lake Ho Tay, in the city's centre.
Still, the Communist Party, with 60m members, must be wrestling with the implications: until now it thought it had a lock on social mobilisation.It was criticism of qi gong by Mr He in a Tianjin publication that appears to have prompted the march on Beijing.
More than 180 events ranged from table tennis and chess to traditional Chinese activities such as dragon-boat racing, tai-qi and lion dancing, and more exotic sports, such as food-carrying, kite-flying and tyre-pushing.The games provide a way for the authorities to honour farmers' collective toil.
What the Laozi calls the "One," according to Heshanggong, refers to the purest and most potent form of qi-energy that brings forth and continues to nourish all beings.
Nourishing one's vital qi-energy through meditation and other practices remains the key to attaining "long life" and ultimately to forming a spiritual body devoid of the blemishes of mundane existence (Rao 1991; see also Puett 2004).
The dominant interpretation in traditional China is that Dao represents the source of the original, undifferentiated, essential qi-energy, the "One," which in turn produces the yin and yang cosmic forces.
"China realises that if it wants to move up the ladder in technology, the first thing it needs to do is fix the IP problem," says Qi Wang of UBS, an investment bank.The start of something bigBut is there sufficient incentive for India and China to innovate?
