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yang

yang

37 8.9
A bright, active, positive force in Chinese thought like sunlight and warmth
  • noun
  • /jɑŋ/
: yang
  • In Chinese culture, yin and yang have never been associated with moral values.
  • yin and yang
  • yang (masculine)
  • the yang principle

This is what means yin and Yang cannot be separated.

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Examples

  • They were the yin and yang to each other.

  • Yin and Yang are sort of like the light and dark sides of a mountain.

    Academic text (2001)
  • So, Charles, this thing about yin and Yang and comment on that.

  • I'm clearly the yin to your yang.

  • Interestingly, too much is a Yang thing, so too much Yang leads to Yin.

    Blog text (19)
  • Traditionally, the aggressive third chakra is considered a yang, or masculine, phase of life.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Dialectics is not foreign to the Chinese people; the Yin-Yang principles and five elements are the most salient examples.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In view of this patriarchal bias, the frequent association of yin with passivity and yang with activity is particularly dangerous.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And in a way, if you can trace it, the relationship between Bale and Crowe in this film has this kind of yin and yang, in and out...

  • In Chinese philosophy, yang represents the bright, active force that balances the passive, dark energy of yin.

Antonyms

yin
29 8.9

The dark, passive, feminine side in Chinese thought that balances yang

Idioms

1 9.9

In very large amounts

Compounds

24 7.3

Two opposite forces that are connected and balance each other

Surface Forms

yang singular
yangs plural

Etymology

Yang comes from the Chinese word 陽, which once meant the 'sunny side' of a hill. That's why yang now means bright, active, and 'masculine' energy, the opposite of yin.