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跨界

see styles
kuà jiè
    kua4 jie4
k`ua chieh
    kua chieh
to go beyond the border; to be transboundary; (fig.) to transition to a new field of endeavor; to be interdisciplinary

跳脫


跳脱

see styles
tiào tuō
    tiao4 tuo1
t`iao t`o
    tiao to
(Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc); to move beyond; to transcend

過ぐ

see styles
 sugu
    すぐ
(v2g-k,vi) (1) (archaism) (See 過ぎる・1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (v2g-k,vi) (2) (archaism) (See 過ぎる・2) to pass (of time); to elapse; (v2g-k,vi) (3) (archaism) (See 過ぎる・3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (v2g-k,vi) (4) (archaism) (See 過ぎる・4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above

過期


过期

see styles
guò qī
    guo4 qi1
kuo ch`i
    kuo chi
 kaki
to be overdue; to exceed the time limit; to expire (as in expiration date)
Beyond the time.

過物

see styles
 sugimono
    すぎもの
someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

過者

see styles
 sugimono
    すぎもの
someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

邪僻

see styles
xié pì
    xie2 pi4
hsieh p`i
    hsieh pi
abnormal; improper; beyond the pale

重空

see styles
chóng kōng
    chong2 kong1
ch`ung k`ung
    chung kung
 jūkū
The double space, i.e. the space beyond space, the void beyond the void.

門外


门外

see styles
mén wài
    men2 wai4
men wai
 mongai
    もんがい
outside the door
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise; (place-name) Kadoke
outside the gate

開外


开外

see styles
kāi wài
    kai1 wai4
k`ai wai
    kai wai
over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)

關外


关外

see styles
guān wài
    guan1 wai4
kuan wai
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both

隱土


隐土

see styles
yǐn tǔ
    yin3 tu3
yin t`u
    yin tu
legendary land of hermits; secret land; the back of beyond

離言


离言

see styles
lí yán
    li2 yan2
li yen
 rigon
That which cannot be described in words, e.g. the bhūtatathatā, which is beyond definition.

雲程


云程

see styles
yún chéng
    yun2 cheng2
yün ch`eng
    yün cheng
 untei
beyond the clouds

非心

see styles
fēi xīn
    fei1 xin1
fei hsin
Apart from mind, without mind, beyond mentation.

非想

see styles
fēi xiǎng
    fei1 xiang3
fei hsiang
Beyond the condition of thinking or not-thinking, of active consciousness or unconsciousness; an abbrev. for 非想非非想天 or 非想非非想處.

いけん

see styles
 iken
    いけん
(expression) (1) (colloquialism) (See いけない・1) bad; wrong; naughty; (expression) (2) (colloquialism) (after the -te form of a verb or adjective) must not (do, be); should not; ought not to; (expression) (3) (colloquialism) useless; no good; bad; (expression) (4) (colloquialism) hopeless; beyond hope; (expression) (5) (colloquialism) (used to express sympathy) unfortunate; a shame; a pity; (expression) (6) (colloquialism) unable to drink (alcohol)

オーバ

see styles
 ooba
    オーバ
(1) (abbreviation) overcoat; (n,vs,adj-f) (2) exceeding; going over; going beyond; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) exaggerated; over the top; overdrawn; overreaction; (4) (sports) (abbreviation) over par; (5) overexposure; (place-name) Oba (Canada)

きせ分

see styles
 kisebun
    きせぶん
excess of fold beyond the stitching seam

この上

see styles
 konoue / konoe
    このうえ
(exp,adv) furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

この先

see styles
 konosaki
    このさき
(n-adv,adj-no) beyond this point; from now on; after this

その先

see styles
 sonosaki
    そのさき
(expression) beyond that point; after that

三福業


三福业

see styles
sān fú yè
    san1 fu2 ye4
san fu yeh
 san fukugō
The three things that bring a happy lot— almsgiving, impartial kindness and Iove, pondering over the demands of the life beyond.

三論宗


三论宗

see styles
sān lùn zōng
    san1 lun4 zong1
san lun tsung
 sanronshuu / sanronshu
    さんろんしゅう
Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
The Sanlun, Mādhyamika, or Middle School, founded in India by Nāgārjuna, in China by 嘉祥 Jiaxiang during the reign of 安帝 An Di, Eastern Jin, A.D. 397-419. It flourished up to the latter part of the Tang dynasty. In 625 it was carried to Japan as Sanron. After the death of Jiaxiang, who wrote the 三論玄義, a northern and southern division took place. While the Mādhyamika denied the reality of all phenomenal existence, and defined the noumenal world in negative terms, its aim seems not to have been nihilistic, but the advocacy of a reality beyond human conception and expression, which in our terminology may be termed a spiritual realm.

不中用

see styles
bù zhōng yòng
    bu4 zhong1 yong4
pu chung yung
unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope

不像樣


不像样

see styles
bù xiàng yàng
    bu4 xiang4 yang4
pu hsiang yang
in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition

不可得

see styles
bù kě dé
    bu4 ke3 de2
pu k`o te
    pu ko te
 fukatoku
    ふかとく
{Buddh} the unobtainable (that which cannot be known)
ampalabhya; alabhya. Beyond laying hold of, unobtainable, unknowable, unreal, another name for 空 the void. See 三世心不可得.

不思議


不思议

see styles
bù sī yì
    bu4 si1 yi4
pu ssu i
 fushigi
    ふしぎ
unbelievable; [a concept that] cannot be comprehended; unimaginable; unfathomable.
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious; (adverb taking the "to" particle) (2) strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously; (female given name) Mirakuru
Beyond thought and words or linguistic expression, beyond conception, baffling description, amazing, "supraconceptual", inconceivable, non-conceptual, something that cannot be conceptualized or compared to anything worldly.
Analogous to Acintya (阿軫帝也).

不退相

see styles
bù tuì xiàng
    bu4 tui4 xiang4
pu t`ui hsiang
    pu tui hsiang
 futai sō
One of the nine 無學 aśaikṣa, i. e. the stage beyond study, where intuition rules. Name of one of the twenty-seven sages.

世も末

see styles
 yomosue
    よもすえ
(exp,n) the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

九類生


九类生

see styles
jiǔ lèi shēng
    jiu3 lei4 sheng1
chiu lei sheng
 kurui shō
The nine kinds of birth; the four from the womb, egg, moisture, transformation are common to devas, earth, and the hells; the five others are birth into the heavens of form, of non-form, of thought, of non-thought, and of neither (i.e. beyond either).

以遠権

see styles
 ienken
    いえんけん
(aeronautical) beyond right

佛向上

see styles
fó xiàng shàng
    fo2 xiang4 shang4
fo hsiang shang
 butsukōjō
beyond Buddhahood

倦ねる

see styles
 aguneru
    あぐねる
(Ichidan verb) (kana only) to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

其の先

see styles
 sonosaki
    そのさき
(expression) beyond that point; after that

出世間


出世间

see styles
chū shì jiān
    chu1 shi4 jian1
ch`u shih chien
    chu shih chien
 shusseken
    しゅっせけん
monastic life
To go out of the world; the world (or life) beyond this; the supra-mundane; the spiritual world.

出出世

see styles
chū chū shì
    chu1 chu1 shi4
ch`u ch`u shih
    chu chu shih
 shutsu shusse
beyond the supramundane

卒原発

see styles
 sotsugenpatsu
    そつげんぱつ
(See 卒・そつ・2,脱原発) moving beyond nuclear energy (e.g. to renewable energy)

向こう

see styles
 mukou / muko
    むこう
(1) opposite side; other side; opposite direction; (2) over there; that way; far away; beyond; (3) the other party; the other person; (4) future (starting now)

四不見


四不见

see styles
sì bù jiàn
    si4 bu4 jian4
ssu pu chien
 shi fuken
The four invisibles— water to fish, wind (or air) to man, the nature (of things) to the deluded, and the 空 'void'to the 悟 enlightened, because he is in his own element, and the Void is beyond conception.

外外道

see styles
wài wài dào
    wai4 wai4 dao4
wai wai tao
 ge gedō
Outside outsiders, those of other cults.

夢の夢

see styles
 yumenoyume
    ゆめのゆめ
(exp,n) dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

廣大智


广大智

see styles
guǎng dà zhì
    guang3 da4 zhi4
kuang ta chih
 kōdai chi
The vast wisdom of Buddha beyond measure.

得無上


得无上

see styles
dé wú shàng
    de2 wu2 shang4
te wu shang
 toku mujō
attaining the level beyond which there is nothing higher

想定外

see styles
 souteigai / sotegai
    そうていがい
(adj-no,n) beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

橋頭堡


桥头堡

see styles
qiáo tóu bǎo
    qiao2 tou2 bao3
ch`iao t`ou pao
    chiao tou pao
 kyoutouhou / kyotoho
    きょうとうほう
    kyoutouho / kyotoho
    きょうとうほ
bridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory; bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge); (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it); bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
bridgehead; beachhead

此の上

see styles
 konoue / konoe
    このうえ
(exp,adv) furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

此の先

see styles
 konosaki
    このさき
(n-adv,adj-no) beyond this point; from now on; after this

無學心


无学心

see styles
wú xué xīn
    wu2 xue2 xin1
wu hsüeh hsin
 mugaku shin
mental state beyond training

無生門


无生门

see styles
wú shēng mén
    wu2 sheng1 men2
wu sheng men
 mushō mon
The doctrine of reality as beyond birth, or creation, i.e. that of the bhūtatathatā; the gate or school of immortality.

由不得

see styles
yóu bu de
    you2 bu5 de5
yu pu te
cannot help; to be beyond control of

界外惑

see styles
jiè wài huò
    jie4 wai4 huo4
chieh wai huo
 kaige waku
mental disturbances that lie beyond the (three) realms

界外教

see styles
jiè wài jiào
    jie4 wai4 jiao4
chieh wai chiao
 kaige (no) kyō
The two schools of 界外事教 and 界外理教.

縁遠い

see styles
 endooi
    えんどおい
(adjective) (1) unconnected; weakly related; alien; far beyond (one's means, ability); (adjective) (2) having little prospect of marriage

背のび

see styles
 senobi
    せのび
(noun/participle) (1) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; (2) overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

背伸び

see styles
 senobi
    せのび
(noun/participle) (1) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; (2) overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

背延び

see styles
 senobi
    せのび
(noun/participle) (1) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; (2) overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

行かん

see styles
 ikan
    いかん
(expression) (1) (kana only) not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); (expression) (2) (kana only) bad; not good; (expression) (3) (kana only) (See いけない・4) hopeless; beyond hope; (expression) (4) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb or adjective) (See いけない・2) must not (do, be); should not; ought not to

被せ分

see styles
 kisebun
    きせぶん
excess of fold beyond the stitching seam

覺悟智


觉悟智

see styles
jué wù zhì
    jue2 wu4 zhi4
chüeh wu chih
 kakugochi
Enlightened wisdom; wisdom that extends beyond the limitations of time and sense; omniscience.

超聲頻


超声频

see styles
chāo shēng pín
    chao1 sheng1 pin2
ch`ao sheng p`in
    chao sheng pin
ultrasonic; beyond human hearing

越三界

see styles
yuè sān jiè
    yue4 san1 jie4
yüeh san chieh
 otsu sangai
Beyond the Threefold World

跨越式

see styles
kuà yuè shì
    kua4 yue4 shi4
k`ua yüeh shih
    kua yüeh shih
breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward; unusual new development

過ぎる

see styles
 sugiru
    すぎる
(v1,vi) (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (v1,vi) (2) to pass (of time); to elapse; (v1,vi) (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (v1,vi) (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above; (v1,vi) (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ...; (v1,vi,suf) (6) (kana only) (often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

過ぎ物

see styles
 sugimono
    すぎもの
someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

過ぎ者

see styles
 sugimono
    すぎもの
someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

過於人


过于人

see styles
guō yú rén
    guo1 yu2 ren2
kuo yü jen
 ka o nin
beyond the ability of human beings

過稱量


过称量

see styles
guō chēng liáng
    guo1 cheng1 liang2
kuo ch`eng liang
    kuo cheng liang
 ka shōryō
beyond measure

離言法


离言法

see styles
lí yán fǎ
    li2 yan2 fa3
li yen fa
 ri gon hō
the dharma that is beyond language

離言詮


离言诠

see styles
lí yán quán
    li2 yan2 quan2
li yen ch`üan
    li yen chüan
 ri gonsen
beyond explanation.

離言說


离言说

see styles
lí yán shuō
    li2 yan2 shuo1
li yen shuo
 ri gonzetsu
beyond language

非安立

see styles
fēi ān lì
    fei1 an1 li4
fei an li
The unestablished, or undetermined; that which is beyond terminology. 非安立諦 The doctrine of 非安立眞如 the bhūtatathatā, the absolute as it exists in itself, i.e. indefinable, contrasted with the absolute as expressible in words and thought, a distinction made by the 唯識論.

馬返し

see styles
 umagaeshi
    うまがえし
point along a (mountain) pass beyond which a horse cannot travel; (place-name) Umagaeshi

イヨイヨ

see styles
 iyoiyo
    イヨイヨ
(adverb) (1) (kana only) more and more; all the more; increasingly; (2) (kana only) at last; finally; beyond doubt; (3) (kana only) (at the) last moment; worst possible time

オーバー

see styles
 oobaa / ooba
    オーバー
(1) (abbreviation) overcoat; (n,vs,adj-f) (2) exceeding; going over; going beyond; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) exaggerated; over the top; overdrawn; overreaction; (4) (sports) (abbreviation) over par; (5) overexposure; (personal name) Ober

はみ出す

see styles
 hamidasu
    はみだす
(v5s,vi) to protrude; to stick out; to hang out; to jut out; to bulge out; to overflow; to be forced out; to be crowded out; to be pushed out; to exceed; to go over; to go beyond

めためた

see styles
 metameta
    めためた
(adjectival noun) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) beyond repair

もて余す

see styles
 moteamasu
    もてあます
(transitive verb) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

もて扱う

see styles
 moteatsukau
    もてあつかう
(transitive verb) (1) (archaism) to take care of; (2) (archaism) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

一團漆黑


一团漆黑

see styles
yī tuán qī hēi
    yi1 tuan2 qi1 hei1
i t`uan ch`i hei
    i tuan chi hei
pitch-dark; (fig.) completely in the dark; totally ignorant of; (fig.) grim; beyond salvation

一念不生

see styles
yī niàn bù shēng
    yi1 nian4 bu4 sheng1
i nien pu sheng
 ichinen fushō
Not a thought arising; beyond the necessity of thinking, as in the case of a Buddha.

一相法門


一相法门

see styles
yī xiàng fǎ mén
    yi1 xiang4 fa3 men2
i hsiang fa men
 issō hōmon
The unitary or monistic method is interpreted in more than a dozen ways; in general it means to reach a stage beyond differentiation where all is seen as a unity.

一眞法界

see styles
yī zhēn fǎ jiè
    yi1 zhen1 fa3 jie4
i chen fa chieh
 isshinhokkai
The dharma realm of the one reality, i.e. of the bhūtatathatā, complete in a speck of dust as in a universe; such is the dharmakāya, or spiritual body of all Buddhas, eternal, above terms of being, undefinable, neither immanent nor transcendent, yet the one reality, though beyond thought. It is the fundamental doctrine of the 華嚴宗. The 法界 is 諸佛平等法身, 從本以來不生不滅, 非空非有, 離名離相, 無內無外, 惟一眞實, 不可思議, 是名一眞法界; see 三藏法數 4.

不勝其煩


不胜其烦

see styles
bù shèng qí fán
    bu4 sheng4 qi2 fan2
pu sheng ch`i fan
    pu sheng chi fan
to be pestered beyond endurance

不可估量

see styles
bù kě gū liàng
    bu4 ke3 gu1 liang4
pu k`o ku liang
    pu ko ku liang
inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure

不可勝言


不可胜言

see styles
bù kě shèng yán
    bu4 ke3 sheng4 yan2
pu k`o sheng yen
    pu ko sheng yen
inexpressible (idiom); beyond description

不可名狀


不可名状

see styles
bù kě míng zhuàng
    bu4 ke3 ming2 zhuang4
pu k`o ming chuang
    pu ko ming chuang
indescribable; beyond description

不可得空

see styles
bù kě dé kōng
    bu4 ke3 de2 kong1
pu k`o te k`ung
    pu ko te kung
 fu katoku kū
One of the eighteen 空; it is the 言亡慮絕之空, the 'void' that is beyond words or thought.

不可思議


不可思议

see styles
bù kě sī yì
    bu4 ke3 si1 yi4
pu k`o ssu i
    pu ko ssu i
 fukashigi
    ふかしぎ
inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (yoji) (See 不思議・1) mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); (numeric) (3) 10^64 (or 10^80)
Beyond thought or description, v. 不思議.

不可救藥


不可救药

see styles
bù kě jiù yào
    bu4 ke3 jiu4 yao4
pu k`o chiu yao
    pu ko chiu yao
incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless

不可稱智


不可称智

see styles
bù kě chēng zhì
    bu4 ke3 cheng1 zhi4
pu k`o ch`eng chih
    pu ko cheng chih
 fukashō chi
The Buddha wisdom that in its variety is beyond description.

不思議界


不思议界

see styles
bù sī yì jiè
    bu4 si1 yi4 jie4
pu ssu i chieh
 fushigi kai
acintyadhātu. The realm beyond thought and words, another name for the bhūtatathatā, 眞如.

不思議空


不思议空

see styles
bù sī yì kōng
    bu4 si1 yi4 kong1
pu ssu i k`ung
    pu ssu i kung
 fu shigi kū
第一義空 The Void beyond thought or discussion, a conception of the void, or that which is beyond the material, only attained by Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

不成樣子


不成样子

see styles
bù chéng yàng zi
    bu4 cheng2 yang4 zi5
pu ch`eng yang tzu
    pu cheng yang tzu
shapeless; deformed; ruined; beyond recognition; (of a person) reduced to a shadow

不能超過


不能超过

see styles
bù néng chāo guō
    bu4 neng2 chao1 guo1
pu neng ch`ao kuo
    pu neng chao kuo
 fu nō chōka
nothing beyond

九有情居

see styles
jiǔ yǒu qíng jū
    jiu3 you3 qing2 ju1
chiu yu ch`ing chü
    chiu yu ching chü
 ku ujō ko
(or 九有情處), 九衆生居, 九居, 九門, see also 九有, 九地, 九禪 and 九定; the nine happy abodes or states of sentient beings of the 長阿含經 9; they are the 七識住seven abodes or stages of perception or consciousness to which are added the fifth and ninth below: (1) 欲界之人天 the world and the six deva-heavens of desire in which there is variety of bodies (or personalities) and thinking (or ideas); (2) 梵衆天the three brahma heavens where bodies differ but thinking is the same, the first dhyāna heaven; (3) 極光淨天 the three bright and pure heavens where bodies are identical but thinking diners, the second dhyāna heaven; (4) 遍淨天the three universally pure heavens where bodies and thinking are the same, the third dhyāna heaven; (5) 無想天 the no-thinking or no-thought heaven, the highest of the four dhyāna heavens; (6) 空無邊處 limitless space, the first of the formless realms; (7) 識無邊處 limitless percepton, the second ditto; (8) 無所有處 nothingness, the place beyond things, the third ditto; and (9) 非想非非想beyond thought or non-thought, the fourth ditto.

九次第定

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jiǔ cì dì dìng
    jiu3 ci4 di4 ding4
chiu tz`u ti ting
    chiu tzu ti ting
 kyū shidai jō
The samādhi of the nine degrees, i.e. the four dhyānas 四禪, the four realms beyond form 四無色, and the samādhi beyond sensation and thought 滅受想定; see 九有情居 and 九地.

九霄雲外


九霄云外

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jiǔ xiāo yún wài
    jiu3 xiao1 yun2 wai4
chiu hsiao yün wai
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away

事理明白

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 jirimeihaku / jirimehaku
    じりめいはく
(yoji) facts being beyond dispute; logic being indisputable

人命關天


人命关天

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rén mìng guān tiān
    ren2 ming4 guan1 tian1
jen ming kuan t`ien
    jen ming kuan tien
human life is beyond value (idiom)

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

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