灵

quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin

pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

departed spirit

not work / be ineffective

stupid / stubborn / pigheaded

panacea / cure-all

illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son

see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiao1 xi5 ling2 tong1]

Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2]

weird / bizarre

to have a cash flow problem

Harlingen, the Netherlands

to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead

four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky

Alan Turing (1912-1954), English mathematician, considered as the father of computer science

panacea

All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)

(bird species of China) crested lark (Galerida cristata)

Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"

soul / spirit

(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)

(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)