八形八卦

八形八卦 Ba Xing Ba Gua

Eight Animals Eight Trigrams
 

 龍形八卦 (震zhen )

Long Xing Ba Gua

(zhen Thunder)

Dragon Eight Trigrams

1火龍翻滾

huo long fan gun

fire dragon turning

2雲龍穿掌

yun long chuan zhang

cloud dragon gliding

3神龍探海

shen long tan hai

water dragon

exploring the ocean

4赤龍入海

chi long ru hai

red dragon

entering the ocean

5黃龍纏抱 

huang long chan bao

yellow dragon coiling

6烏龍擺尾

wu long bai wei

black dragon swinging its tail

7金龍翻身

jin long fan shen

golden dragon rolls over

8青龍探爪

qing long tan zhua

green dragon grasping with its claw

虎形八卦 (坤 kun)

hu xing ba gua 

(kun Earth)

Tiger Eight Trigrams     

1雙虎抱頭

shuang hu bao tou

tiger holds its head

2猛虎出洞

meng hu chu dong

ferocious tiger

comes out of cave

3餓虎撲食

e hu pu shi

  hungry tiger

hunts for food

4黑虎掏心

hei hu tao xin

hungry tiger

attacks heart

5猛虎擒羊

meng hu qin yang

    ferocious tiger catches goat

6白虎開山

bai hu kai shan

white tiger

splits mountain

7白虎坐窩

bai hu zuo wo

white tiger

seated in cave

8猛虎擺尾

meng hu bai wei

ferocious tiger

wags its tail

鳳形八卦(巽 xun)

feng xing ba gua 

(xun Wind)

Phoenix Eight Trigrams     

1鳳凰展翅

feng huang zhan chi

phoenix spreads its wings

2鳳凰點頭

feng huang dian tou

phoenix nods

3鳳凰坐窩

feng huang zuo wo

phoenix is

seated in cave

4丹鳳投巢

dan feng tou chao

red phoenix returns

to nest

5丹鳳朝陽

dan feng chao yang

red phoenix faces the sun

6金鳳撲地

jin feng pu di

golden phenix

flys to the ground

7二鳳爭巢

er feng zheng chao

two phoenixes contend

for one nest

8彩鳳雙飛

cai feng shuang fei

two multicolor phoenixes

fly together