| 正气 | zhèng qì | healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) |
| 邪气 | xié qì | evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) |
| 正邪 | zhèng xié | opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) |
| 正邪相争 | zhèng xié xiāng zhēng | term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] |
| 病邪 | bìng xié | pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM / as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] |