yin
1(in Chinese philosophy and religion) the negative, dark, and feminine principle, the counterpart of yang.
Origin of yin
1- See also yin and yang 1.
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How to use yin in a sentence
Victoria and Zoe yin, who hail from Boston, were both deemed child prodigies at young ages.
You just have to find that yin of decency and locate the gestures and words that smother the yang of fear.
Nu Nu yin, 30, left her accounting job in August to open Fantastic Inle Travel & Tours with her lover.
“Last year fishermen were real fishermen, now they are just for show, for tourists in the lake,” yin says.
She was the yin to Indy's yang, the pepper to his salt, and the chemistry between them was palpable.
An' yet, mind ye, Smillie seemed to me to be a straight-forret man an' yin that was sincere.
The Underworld | James C. WelshShe sells hersel' an' it's no worth while complainin' if the bargain turns oot a rotten yin.
The Underworld | James C. WelshMag ay cried that it was best to mak' a splash aboot the things you did; but, by sirs, she has made yin this time.
The Underworld | James C. WelshHe's a corker, wi' a face like yin o' they pented cupids that the lasses send to the young men on picture postcards.
The Underworld | James C. WelshThough his father was only a poor military officer, he could trace his descent from the imperial house of yin.
The Sayings Of Confucius | Confucius
British Dictionary definitions for yin
/ (jɪn) /
a Scot word for one
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