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8 Powers, 5 Directions, Principles and Aspects

Eight Powers

ChinesePinyinEnglish
1 掤/崩 bīng/bēng Up/ward off
2 履/捋 lǚ/lè Side/roll back
3 jǐ Forward/push against
4 àn Down/press down
5 采/摘 cǎi/zhāi Lever/collect
6 挒/列/捩 liè/liè/liè Spiral/split
7 zhǒu Elbow
8 kào Shoulder/lean on

Five Directions

ChinesePinyinEnglish
1 进步 jìn bù Forward step
2 退步 tuì bù Back step
3 左顾 zuǒ gù Left look
4 右盼 yòu pàn Right look
5 中定 zhōng dìng In the middle settle

Principles

ChinesePinyinEnglish
1 nián Adherence (stickiness)
2 lián Continuous
3 mián Soft (like cotton)
4 suí Follow
5 不丢顶 bù diū dǐng Do not reject oppose
6 tiē Stick to

Aspects

ChinesePinyinEnglish
1 shǒu Hand
2 yǎn Eye
3 shēn Body
4 bù Step
5 xīn Heart

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