yin
noun/jɪn/
/jɪn/
[uncountable] (from Chinese)- (in Chinese philosophy) the dark, not active, female principle of the universe compare yangWord Originfrom Chinese yīn ‘feminine’, ‘moon’, ‘shade’.
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