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(in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things; (in Chinese philosophy and religion), of the two principles (yin and yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things, the principle that is positive, bright, and masculine; (in Chinese philosophy and religion), of the two principles (yin and yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things, the principle that is negative, dark, and feminine

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  • You know, all the police are wired out the yin-yang.
  • Aggregators out the yin-yang | Evil Genius Chronicles
  • The male-female, yin-yang was in flux for both of them.
  • Like the yin-yang, an interconnected web of consciousness.
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