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Ying Yang

Chinese world view also rested heavily on yinyang principles. Yinyang was a philosophical view in Chinese society of a unity of opposites, each representing the greater and lesser of similar concepts, which one found in the universe. An example would be the yinyang representation of husband and wife. Yang are the dominant principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, Heaven, dominance, and so on. Under yin are the submissive principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission and etc… This unity of one greater principle over a lesser one moves in cyclical path so that no single one is all dominant. These yinyang principles were part of a larger philosophical view of a cosmos (our universe) that was “self-contained, self-operating, spontaneously generating and perpetually in motion.” The Chinese viewed everything in this cosmos as a series of interrelating objects and forces that worked and “resonated” with one another, creating harmony and order. This proceeded off of the Taoist principles of a natural and unified cosmetic pattern.
Ying Yang Examples:
Husband-Wife
Sun-Moon
Fire-Water
Father-Son
Mother-Daughter
Light-Darkness
Heaven-Earth
by Cameron Mulick September 18, 2008
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yangchen

a person who can do anything and everything. someone with a biracial back round, and who loves to party
"were you at that party last night? It rocked!"
"it was SO yangchen"
by Elly Cloridue February 19, 2009
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yana

A beautiful name ment for something beautiful, usually a girl with a big booty and a nice figure, as well as a beautiful face. the name is also used to describe a stong desire
That girl Yana is gorgoues, i want to go out with her
by Noi June 11, 2006
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yangachi

a Korean subculture; similar to the Japanese yanki.

Yangachi is a hard-to-define persona, but can be said to include various outcasts in school, in social groups, or in all kinds of modern people's entities made by usual interactions. Yangachis intentionally decline to assimilate to major trends, and strictly follow their own ways. They will be involved with sleazy crimes, like blackmarketing, drug packaging, extorting from small business owners, protecting whores from 'naughty clients', even meddling with local gangster ('Jopok' in Korea) business. Most Korean youngsters have some fantasy towards becoming a yangachi, but are totally banned from becoming one by their schools, or by their parents.
The yangachi was labeled a hoodlum by some and a menace by others.
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Yann'ing

When your listening to lots of Yann Tiersen music.
Person 1: 'I'm Yann'ing it up today'
Person 2: 'Oh what, playing lots of Yann Tiersen music, right?'
Person 1: 'Yup'
by Rosskowilko January 27, 2009
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Yang Shen

Yang Shen is a Russian-born Indian boy who is extremely skilled in the art of camel-top basket weaving. He has competed many times in the World Champion Camel-Top Basket Weavers Tournament, and has won in 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2011.
'Dude, did you see how fast Yang Shen weaved that basket?'

'Ye man i wanna like marry him!'
by ILoveYangShen October 9, 2011
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yank

simple really..
a word used to describe american people
that man is from america.. he is a yank
by -Willy- July 10, 2005
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