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Definition of yang noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yang

noun
 
/jæŋ/
 
/jæŋ/
[uncountable] (from Chinese)
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  1. (in Chinese philosophy) the bright active male principle of the universe compare yin
    Word Originfrom Chinese yáng ‘male genitals’, ‘sun’, ‘positive’.
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