Positive_Lullaby Chakra is inner energy, its a cardinal term from Sanatana dharma(is a way of life not religion) and all of the derived religions from it like for example Buddhism or Jainism. SO its not meridian.
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This is what chakra is.

      GoGo i learned what chakara was back in the old days watching naruto😂😂😂

          GoGo At the same time though, in chinese novels, more often than not they mean to say meridians because that is more closely related to chinese culture. They are similar, but still completely different.

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              Jzrrztt_ BrokenLake I understand where you are coming from, even I don't have that much understanding of chakra energy that much, all my knowledge comes from the shows I used to watch as kid on television. But Meridian and Chakra are totally different things, qi=chakra is possible(but chakra has more varieties{in name only}, of can be called a collection different subgroups).

              Jzrrztt_ It doesn't work that way, the definition of chakra was not much fleshed out besides it was the fuel for doing all sorts of crazy jutsu's in the anime or naruto universe, but after reading a bit about it recently(Cause of these novels) I found something much more different.
              And in naruto they do get the point right with Chakra = energy, but here they are(the op) saying chakra = meridian which is mostly the nerve points that is responsible for the flow of chakra or energy.

                      GoGo ok.... i think I understood most of that....

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                          All my yes to this. Stuff like this makes novels painful to read :fire::books::fire: :head_bandage:

                            Pizza You will have to tell me which translators do that. There are more than a hundred books out there so I won't know who are the offending ones.

                                Correct me if I'm wrong, is meridian different from an acupoint?

                                  Veldora Different things.

                                  Acupoint: short for acupuncture point, a specific point on the surface of the body located on a meridian (line of energy flow) into which an acupuncture needle may be inserted for treatment

                                      CKtalon Well, one of them would be Imperfectluck. He uses 'senpai' & 'junior'. If he's going with 'senpai', then why's he not using 'kouhai'. Another thing, he keeps on using 'missus' while referring to young ladies for some reason. Those ladies aren't married. I've pointed it out to him but I don't know if he's changed that or not

                                          Pizza I just checked, it's for NEET Receives a Dating Sim System, right?
                                          The characters are Japanese, so it makes sense to use senpai. I'll feedback on changing Junior to Kouhai.

                                              CKtalon i have no problem when japanese characters in chinese novel use their own prefix, but some translators like the translator for that novel that has the main characters from other popular series use senpai. There is that red haired chick that keeps calling the mc senpai. I remember seeing it and just hitting the wall. As for chakra, it is from japanese lore not Chinese, no Chinese novel has chakra they have Qi or something else the writer came up with. The novel that uses chi and chakra is strongest abandoned son, most xianxia terms are google translated and of course the infamous fetus stage... its just creepy af.

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