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日本人

see styles
běn rén
    ri4 ben3 ren2
jih pen jen
 nihonjin(p); nipponjin
    にほんじん(P); にっぽんじん
Japanese person or people
Japanese person

日本刀

see styles
běn dāo
    ri4 ben3 dao1
jih pen tao
 nihontou(p); nippontou / nihonto(p); nipponto
    にほんとう(P); にっぽんとう
Japanese sword; katana
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

日本學


日本学

see styles
běn xué
    ri4 ben3 xue2
jih pen hsüeh
Japanology
See: 日本学

日本海

see styles
běn hǎi
    ri4 ben3 hai3
jih pen hai
 nihonkai
    にほんかい
Sea of Japan
Sea of Japan; (place-name, surname) Nihonkai

日記本


日记本

see styles
rì jì běn
    ri4 ji4 ben3
jih chi pen
diary (book)

有本事

see styles
yǒu běn shi
    you3 ben3 shi5
yu pen shih
to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by 就[jiu4]) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc; Example: 有本事就打我[you3 ben3 shi5 jiu4 da3 wo3] Hit me if you dare!

有本末

see styles
yǒu běn
    you3 ben3 mo4
yu pen mo
 u honmatsu
there is a beginning and end

有本錢


有本钱

see styles
yǒu běn qián
    you3 ben3 qian2
yu pen ch`ien
    yu pen chien
to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)

本乘經


本乘经

see styles
běn shèng jīng
    ben3 sheng4 jing1
pen sheng ching
 Honjō kyō
Original Vehicle Sūtra

本事經


本事经

see styles
běn shì jīng
    ben3 shi4 jing1
pen shih ching
 Honji kyō
itivṛttaka; ityukta; one of the twelve classes of sutras, in which the Buddha tells of the deeds of his disciples and others in previous lives, cf. 本生經.

本位制

see styles
běn wèi zhì
    ben3 wei4 zhi4
pen wei chih
monetary standard

本位號


本位号

see styles
běn wèi hào
    ben3 wei4 hao4
pen wei hao
(music notation) natural sign, ♮

本位音

see styles
běn wèi yīn
    ben3 wei4 yin1
pen wei yin
(music) natural note

本住法

see styles
běn zhù fǎ
    ben3 zhu4 fa3
pen chu fa
 honjū hō
that which is originally abiding

本來斷


本来断

see styles
běn lái duàn
    ben3 lai2 duan4
pen lai tuan
 honrai dan
originally eliminated

本來有


本来有

see styles
běn lái yǒu
    ben3 lai2 you3
pen lai yu
 honrai u
inherent

本來無


本来无

see styles
běn lái wú
    ben3 lai2 wu2
pen lai wu
 honrai mu
originally inexistent

本來空


本来空

see styles
běn lái kōng
    ben3 lai2 kong1
pen lai k`ung
    pen lai kung
 honrai kū
That all things come from the Void, or Absolute, the 眞如.

本傑明


本杰明

see styles
běn jié míng
    ben3 jie2 ming2
pen chieh ming
Benjamin (person name)

本光瑞

see styles
běn guāng ruì
    ben3 guang1 rui4
pen kuang jui
 honkō zui
a former auspicious portent (indicated) by a ray of light

本內特


本内特

see styles
běn nèi tè
    ben3 nei4 te4
pen nei t`e
    pen nei te
Bennett (surname)

本分人

see styles
běn fèn rén
    ben3 fen4 ren2
pen fen jen
 honbun nin
original share person

本初佛

see styles
běn chū fó
    ben3 chu1 fo2
pen ch`u fo
    pen chu fo
 Honshobutsu
Ādibuddha; Ādi-Buddha

本命年

see styles
běn mìng nián
    ben3 ming4 nian2
pen ming nien
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]

本命星

see styles
běn mìng xīng
    ben3 ming4 xing1
pen ming hsing
 honmyōshō
The life-star of an individual, i. e. the particular star of the seven stars of Ursa Major which is dominant in the year of birth; 本命宿 is the constellation, or star-group, under which he is born; 本命元辰 is the year of birth, i. e. the year of his birth-star.

本因坊

see styles
běn yīn fāng
    ben3 yin1 fang1
pen yin fang
 honinbou / honinbo
    ほんいんぼう
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940); title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
{go} (See 本因坊戦) Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster; (surname) Hon'inbou

本國人


本国人

see styles
běn guó rén
    ben3 guo2 ren2
pen kuo jen
natives of one's own country
See: 本国人

本土化

see styles
běn tǔ huà
    ben3 tu3 hua4
pen t`u hua
    pen tu hua
to localize; localization

本土派

see styles
běn tǔ pài
    ben3 tu3 pai4
pen t`u p`ai
    pen tu pai
local faction; pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)

本土田

see styles
běn tǔ tián
    ben3 tu3 tian2
pen t`u t`ien
    pen tu tien
 hon doden
one's own [original] territory

本地人

see styles
běn dì rén
    ben3 di4 ren2
pen ti jen
native person (of a country)

本地化

see styles
běn dì huà
    ben3 di4 hua4
pen ti hua
localization; adaptation (to foreign environment)

本地身

see styles
běn dì shēn
    ben3 di4 shen1
pen ti shen
 honjishin
    ほんじしん
{Buddh} (See 加持身) (dharma-body of) Vairocana
original body

本地門


本地门

see styles
běn dì mén
    ben3 di4 men2
pen ti men
 honji mon
The uncreated dharmakāya of Vairocana is eternal and the source of all things and all virtue.

本境界

see styles
běn jìng jiè
    ben3 jing4 jie4
pen ching chieh
 hon kyōgai
original realm

本壘打


本垒打

see styles
běn lěi dǎ
    ben3 lei3 da3
pen lei ta
home run (baseball)

本外道

see styles
běn wài dào
    ben3 wai4 dao4
pen wai tao
 hon gedō
originally a non-Buddhist

本尼迪

see styles
běn ní dí
    ben3 ni2 di2
pen ni ti
Benedictus

本幫菜


本帮菜

see styles
běn bāng cài
    ben3 bang1 cai4
pen pang ts`ai
    pen pang tsai
Shanghainese food

本年度

see styles
běn nián dù
    ben3 nian2 du4
pen nien tu
 honnendo
    ほんねんど
this year; the current year
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

本徵值


本征值

see styles
běn zhēng zhí
    ben3 zheng1 zhi2
pen cheng chih
eigenvalue (math.); also written 特徵值|特征值

本性住

see styles
běn xìng zhù
    ben3 xing4 zhu4
pen hsing chu
 honshōjū
innately abiding

本性界

see styles
běn xìng jiè
    ben3 xing4 jie4
pen hsing chieh
 honshō kai
innate germs (kernels, seeds)

本性空

see styles
běn xìng kōng
    ben3 xing4 kong1
pen hsing k`ung
    pen hsing kung
 honshō kū
empty of original nature

本拉登

see styles
běn lā dēng
    ben3 la1 deng1
pen la teng
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

本族語


本族语

see styles
běn zú yǔ
    ben3 zu2 yu3
pen tsu yü
native language; mother tongue

本星期

see styles
běn xīng qī
    ben3 xing1 qi1
pen hsing ch`i
    pen hsing chi
this week

本有家

see styles
běn yǒu jiā
    ben3 you3 jia1
pen yu chia
 hon'u ke
A division of the Dharmalakṣana school 法相宗.

本有說


本有说

see styles
běn yǒu shuō
    ben3 you3 shuo1
pen yu shuo
 hon'u setsu
theory of originally existent seeds

本業經


本业经

see styles
běn yè jīng
    ben3 ye4 jing1
pen yeh ching
 Hongyō kyō
Sūtra of Primary Activities

本溪市

see styles
běn xī shì
    ben3 xi1 shi4
pen hsi shih
Benxi, a prefecture-level city in Liaoning 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China

本溪縣


本溪县

see styles
běn xī xiàn
    ben3 xi1 xian4
pen hsi hsien
Benxi Manchu autonomous county in Benxi 本溪, Liaoning

本無宗


本无宗

see styles
běn wú zōng
    ben3 wu2 zong1
pen wu tsung
 honmu shū
school [advocating] fundamental non-being

本煩惱


本烦恼

see styles
běn fán nǎo
    ben3 fan2 nao3
pen fan nao
 hon bonnō
fundamental afflictions

本瑞應


本瑞应

see styles
běn ruì yìng
    ben3 rui4 ying4
pen jui ying
 honzuiō
former propitious portents

本生圖


本生图

see styles
běn shēng tú
    ben3 sheng1 tu2
pen sheng t`u
    pen sheng tu
 honjō zu
past life image

本生燈


本生灯

see styles
běn shēng dēng
    ben3 sheng1 deng1
pen sheng teng
Bunsen burner

本生經


本生经

see styles
běn shēng jīng
    ben3 sheng1 jing1
pen sheng ching
 honjō gyō
Jātaka sutras 闍陀伽; stories of the Buddha's previous incarnations, one of the twelve classes of sutras.

本生話


本生话

see styles
běn shēng huà
    ben3 sheng1 hua4
pen sheng hua
 honjō wa
accounts of the Buddha's lives

本生說


本生说

see styles
běn shēng shuō
    ben3 sheng1 shuo1
pen sheng shuo
 honshō setsu
The stories told in the Jātaka tales. v. 本事經.

本生譚


本生谭

see styles
běn shēng tán
    ben3 sheng1 tan2
pen sheng t`an
    pen sheng tan
 honjō tan
stories of the Buddha's previous lives

本生鬘

see styles
běn shēng mán
    ben3 sheng1 man2
pen sheng man
 honshōman
versified incarnation stories

本益比

see styles
běn yì bǐ
    ben3 yi4 bi3
pen i pi
P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)

本省人

see styles
běn shěng rén
    ben3 sheng3 ren2
pen sheng jen
 honshoujin / honshojin
    ほんしょうじん
people of this province; (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
(1) (See 外省人・1) person from one's own province (in China); (2) (See 外省人・2) person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave

本科生

see styles
běn kē shēng
    ben3 ke1 sheng1
pen k`o sheng
    pen ko sheng
undergraduate student

本科系

see styles
běn kē xì
    ben3 ke1 xi4
pen k`o hsi
    pen ko hsi
(university education) major

本篤會


本笃会

see styles
běn dǔ huì
    ben3 du3 hui4
pen tu hui
the Benedictines

本行經


本行经

see styles
běn xíng jīng
    ben3 xing2 jing1
pen hsing ching
 Hongyō kyō
(本行集經) A sutra of this title.

本行願


本行愿

see styles
běn xíng yuàn
    ben3 xing2 yuan4
pen hsing yüan
 hon gyōgan
former practices and vows

本覺心


本觉心

see styles
běn jué xīn
    ben3 jue2 xin1
pen chüeh hsin
 hongaku shin
intrinsically enlightened mind

本覺道


本觉道

see styles
běn jué dào
    ben3 jue2 dao4
pen chüeh tao
 hongaku dō
intrinsically enlightened character of the original mind

本質上


本质上

see styles
běn zhì shàng
    ben3 zhi4 shang4
pen chih shang
essentially; inherent

本那比

see styles
běn nà bǐ
    ben3 na4 bi3
pen na pi
see 本那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]

本願力


本愿力

see styles
běn yuàn lì
    ben3 yuan4 li4
pen yüan li
 hongan riki
power of the past vow

本願寺


本愿寺

see styles
běn yuàn sì
    ben3 yuan4 si4
pen yüan ssu
 honganji
    ほんがんじ
(place-name) Honganji
Hongan ji

本願行


本愿行

see styles
běn yuàn xíng
    ben3 yuan4 xing2
pen yüan hsing
 hongan gyō
to practice in keeping with a former vow

本體論


本体论

see styles
běn tǐ lùn
    ben3 ti3 lun4
pen t`i lun
    pen ti lun
ontology

李時珍


李时珍

see styles
lǐ shí zhēn
    li3 shi2 zhen1
li shih chen
Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]

杜本內


杜本内

see styles
běn nèi
    du4 ben3 nei4
tu pen nei
Dubonnet (name); Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine)

根本依

see styles
gēn běn
    gen1 ben3 yi1
ken pen i
 konpon e
fundamental basis

根本句

see styles
gēn běn
    gen1 ben3 ju4
ken pen chü
 konpon ku
fundamental basis

根本因

see styles
gēn běn yīn
    gen1 ben3 yin1
ken pen yin
 konpon'in
fundamental cause

根本定

see styles
gēn běn dìng
    gen1 ben3 ding4
ken pen ting
 konpon jō
根本禪; 根本等至 The stages of dhyāna in the formless or immaterial realm.

根本心

see styles
gēn běn xīn
    gen1 ben3 xin1
ken pen hsin
 konpon shin
Root or fundamental mind.

根本惑

see styles
gēn běn huò
    gen1 ben3 huo4
ken pen huo
 konpon waku
根本煩惱 The fundamental illusions, passions, or afflictions-desire, hate, delusion (moha), pride, doubt, bad views (or false opinions); the first five are the 五鈍使; the last represents 五利使 q.v.

根本智

see styles
gēn běn zhì
    gen1 ben3 zhi4
ken pen chih
 konpon chi
Fundamental, original, or primal wisdom, source of all truth and virtue; knowledge of fundamental principles; intuitive knowledge or wisdom, in contrast with acquired wisdom.

根本法

see styles
gēn běn
    gen1 ben3 fa3
ken pen fa
fundamental law; body of basic laws

根本禪


根本禅

see styles
gēn běn chán
    gen1 ben3 chan2
ken pen ch`an
    ken pen chan
 konpon zen
fundamental concentration

根本蘊


根本蕴

see styles
gēn běn yùn
    gen1 ben3 yun4
ken pen yün
 konpon un
root aggregate

根本識


根本识

see styles
gēn běn shì
    gen1 ben3 shi4
ken pen shih
 konpon shiki
Original or fundamental mind or intelligence, a name for the ālayavijñāna.

標本蟲


标本虫

see styles
biāo běn chóng
    biao1 ben3 chong2
piao pen ch`ung
    piao pen chung
spider beetle

殖德本

see styles
zhí dé běn
    zhi2 de2 ben3
chih te pen
 sho kudoku hon
to plant roots of virtue

烷基苯

see styles
wán jī běn
    wan2 ji1 ben3
wan chi pen
alkyl benzene; dodecylbenzene C18H30

熊本縣


熊本县

see styles
xióng běn xiàn
    xiong2 ben3 xian4
hsiung pen hsien
Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan

爲根本


为根本

see styles
wéi gēn běn
    wei2 gen1 ben3
wei ken pen
 i konpon
[regarded as] fundamental

牙本質


牙本质

see styles
běn zhì
    ya2 ben3 zhi4
ya pen chih
dentin; dentine

生詞本


生词本

see styles
shēng cí běn
    sheng1 ci2 ben3
sheng tz`u pen
    sheng tzu pen
vocabulary notebook

田格本

see styles
tián gé běn
    tian2 ge2 ben3
t`ien ko pen
    tien ko pen
exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)

留言本

see styles
liú yán běn
    liu2 yan2 ben3
liu yen pen
guestbook

留言簿

see styles
liú yán bù
    liu2 yan2 bu4
liu yen pu
visitor's book; CL:本[ben3]

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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