Synonyms for yin
yɪnyin

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1. yinnoun

   the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology

   "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"

   Antonyms:
   yang

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1. List of paraphrases for "yin":

   yoon, yun, xian, hien, john, yam, overcast, eun, hyun, yan, hyon, hyun-jin, shang, hyeon, kui, hsien

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1. Thierry Chow:

   Gui Mao Rabbit The Year of Water Rabbit is quite a special year – when all the elements in a year are yin, it’s also uncommon to have the combination of water and rabbit. The rabbit represents wood. Water nurtures wood( according to Chinese geomancy).

2. Thierry Chow:

   Generally, it means a tougher year, but when there is yin, there is always yang, too. So remember, it never really is all bad.

3. Christine Matthews:

   It's the opposite of the Ronald Reagan approach, as much as these candidates like to compare themselves to Ronald Reagan, they have Ronald Reagan yang, without Ronald Reagan yin. Reagan's yin was optimism. With Ronald Reagan it always was, things are good. I can make them better.

4. Geoffrey Neighor:

   I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else.

5. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Feinstein:

   It’s one thing to talk about human rights here. It’s another to walk in to Yin Tai and Zhongnanhai and talk about it with the president of China, pounding the desk here isn’t going to make China change. China is changing. And it’s the Western influence in China that’s helping the change.