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Simple Dictionary Definition |
法談 法谈 see styles |
fǎ tán fa3 tan2 fa t`an fa tan houdan / hodan ほうだん |
Buddhist sermon dharma discussion |
法論 法论 see styles |
fǎ lùn fa3 lun4 fa lun houron / horon ほうろん |
doctrinal discussion; jurisprudence dharma discussion |
法諱 法讳 see styles |
fǎ huì fa3 hui4 fa hui hōki |
dharma name |
法講 法讲 see styles |
fǎ jiǎng fa3 jiang3 fa chiang hōkō |
a preacher of the Dharma |
法譬 see styles |
fǎ pì fa3 pi4 fa p`i fa pi hōhi |
Similes or illustrations of the Dharma. |
法貌 see styles |
fǎ mào fa3 mao4 fa mao hōbō |
features of the Dharma |
法財 法财 see styles |
fǎ cái fa3 cai2 fa ts`ai fa tsai hōzai |
The riches of the Law, or the Law as wealth. |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin ほっしん; ほうしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
法鈴 法铃 see styles |
fǎ líng fa3 ling2 fa ling hōryō |
The dharma-bell; the pleasing sound of intoning the sutras. |
法鏡 法镜 see styles |
fǎ jìng fa3 jing4 fa ching hōkyō |
The Dharma mirror, reflecting the Buddha-wisdom. |
法障 see styles |
fǎ zhàng fa3 zhang4 fa chang hōshō |
dharma obstructions |
法集 see styles |
fǎ jí fa3 ji2 fa chi hōju |
idem 佛會. |
法雨 see styles |
fǎ yǔ fa3 yu3 fa yü houu / hou ほうう |
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth; (surname) Minori The rain of Buddha-truth which fertilizes all beings. |
法雲 法云 see styles |
fǎ yún fa3 yun2 fa yün houun / houn ほううん |
(given name) Houun dharmamegha. Buddhism as a fertilizing cloud. |
法雷 see styles |
fǎ léi fa3 lei2 fa lei hōrai |
The thunder of dharma, awakening man from stupor and stimulating the growth of virtue, the awful voice of Buddha-truth. 法電 The lightning of the Truth. |
法電 法电 see styles |
fǎ diàn fa3 dian4 fa tien hōden |
dharma lightning |
法音 see styles |
fǎ yīn fa3 yin1 fa yin houon / hoon ほうおん |
{Buddh} sound of sutra chanting; (given name) Houin The sound of the Truth, or of preaching. |
法頌 法颂 see styles |
fǎ sòng fa3 song4 fa sung hōju |
a dharma-hymn |
法類 法类 see styles |
fǎ lèi fa3 lei4 fa lei hōrui |
dharma relative |
法養 法养 see styles |
fǎ yǎng fa3 yang3 fa yang hōyō |
dharma-offerings |
法鼓 see styles |
fǎ gǔ fa3 gu3 fa ku hōko |
The drum of the Law, stirring all to advance in virtue. |
淺臘 浅腊 see styles |
qiǎn là qian3 la4 ch`ien la chien la senrō |
Of few years, i.e. youthful in monastic years. |
滅法 灭法 see styles |
miè fǎ mie4 fa3 mieh fa meppou / meppo めっぽう |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; awfully; unreasonably; absurdly; (adjectival noun) (2) (dated) extraordinary; outrageous; absurd; unreasonable; (3) {Buddh} unconditioned dharma The unconditioned dharma, the ultimate inertia from which all forms come, the noumenal source of all phenomena. |
滿散 满散 see styles |
mǎn sàn man3 san4 man san mansan |
concluding day of a dharma assembly |
無爲 无为 see styles |
wú wéi wu2 wei2 wu wei mui |
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu. |
爲法 为法 see styles |
wéi fǎ wei2 fa3 wei fa ihō |
for the dharma |
玄奘 see styles |
xuán zàng xuan2 zang4 hsüan tsang genjou / genjo げんじょう |
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 (given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664) Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year. |
生法 see styles |
shēng fǎ sheng1 fa3 sheng fa shōbō |
The living and things, i. e. 人法, 我法 men and things, the self and things; the 有情 sentient, or those with emotions, i. e. the living; and 非情 those without, i. e. insentient things. |
眞如 see styles |
zhēn rú zhen1 ru2 chen ju shinnyo しんにょ |
(surname) Shinnyo bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra. |
眞法 see styles |
zhēn fǎ zhen1 fa3 chen fa shinbō |
The real or absolute dharma without attributes, in contrast to phenomena which are regarded as momentary constructs. |
知法 see styles |
zhī fǎ zhi1 fa3 chih fa chihō |
To know the Buddha-law, or the rules; to know things; in the exoteric sects, to know the deep meaning of the sutras; in the esoteric sects, to know the mysteries. |
破法 see styles |
pò fǎ po4 fa3 p`o fa po fa hahō |
To break the (Buddha-) law e.g. by the adoption of heresy. |
示轉 示转 see styles |
shì zhuǎn shi4 zhuan3 shih chuan jiten |
indicative aspect of the turning [of the wheel of the dharma] |
稱法 称法 see styles |
chēng fǎ cheng1 fa3 ch`eng fa cheng fa shōhō |
accord with the dharma |
空法 see styles |
kōng fǎ kong1 fa3 k`ung fa kung fa kūhō |
(1) To regard everything as unreal, i.e. the ego, things, the dynamic, the static. (2) The nirvana of Hīnayāna. |
立正 see styles |
lì zhèng li4 zheng4 li cheng tatsumasa たつまさ |
to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) (personal name) Tatsumasa establishing the correct dharma |
竺乾 竺干 see styles |
zhú qián zhu2 qian2 chu ch`ien chu chien chiku ken |
Buddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) India |
竺法 see styles |
zhú fǎ zhu2 fa3 chu fa |
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic); Buddhist doctrine |
系脈 系脉 see styles |
xì mài xi4 mai4 hsi mai keimyaku |
dharma transmission |
系譜 系谱 see styles |
xì pǔ xi4 pu3 hsi p`u hsi pu keifu / kefu けいふ |
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree dharma lineage |
素法 see styles |
sù fǎ su4 fa3 su fa sohō |
pure dharma(s) |
義要 义要 see styles |
yì yào yi4 yao4 i yao giyō |
the essence of the meaning (of the Dharma) |
聽聞 听闻 see styles |
tīng wén ting1 wen2 t`ing wen ting wen chōmon |
to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard To hear; to hear and obey. |
能通 see styles |
néng tōng neng2 tong1 neng t`ung neng tung yoshimichi よしみち |
(personal name) Yoshimichi insight (into the dharma) |
至法 see styles |
zhì fǎ zhi4 fa3 chih fa shihō |
the ultimate, paramount Dharma |
舍利 see styles |
shè lì she4 li4 she li shari |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food. |
藏法 see styles |
zàng fǎ zang4 fa3 tsang fa zōhō |
true dharma |
衣法 see styles |
yī fǎ yi1 fa3 i fa ehō |
The robe and the Buddha-truth. |
衣鉢 衣钵 see styles |
yī bō yi1 bo1 i po ihatsu; ehatsu; ehachi いはつ; えはつ; えはち |
(1) mysteries of one's master's art; (2) {Buddh} (original meaning) robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen) Cassock and almsbowl. |
見法 见法 see styles |
jiàn fǎ jian4 fa3 chien fa kenbō |
to see the dharma |
解法 see styles |
jiě fǎ jie3 fa3 chieh fa kaihou / kaiho かいほう |
solution (to a math problem); method of solving (key to) solution to understand the dharma |
說法 说法 see styles |
shuō fa shuo1 fa5 shuo fa seppō |
way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation To tell or expound the law, or doctrine; to preach. |
誼法 谊法 see styles |
yí fǎ yi2 fa3 i fa gihō |
the righteous Dharma |
誼要 谊要 see styles |
yí yào yi2 yao4 i yao giyō |
the essence of the meaning (of the Dharma) |
諸法 诸法 see styles |
zhū fǎ zhu1 fa3 chu fa shohou / shoho しょほう |
{Buddh} all existing things (formed and formless) sarvadharma; sarvabhāva; all things; every dharma, law, thing, method, etc. |
謗法 谤法 see styles |
bàng fǎ bang4 fa3 pang fa houbou; bouhou / hobo; boho ほうぼう; ぼうほう |
(1) {Buddh} slandering Buddhism; denigrating the Dharma; (2) unreasonable demand; impossible thing To slander the Truth. |
證轉 证转 see styles |
zhèng zhuǎn zheng4 zhuan3 cheng chuan shōten |
evidential aspect of the turning [of the wheel of the dharma] |
輕法 轻法 see styles |
qīng fǎ qing1 fa3 ch`ing fa ching fa kyōhō |
disdain for the dharma |
遍照 see styles |
biàn zhào bian4 zhao4 pien chao benshou / bensho べんしょう |
(noun/participle) (See 法身) universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body); (surname) Benshou to universally illumine |
達摩 达摩 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma だるま |
Dharma, the teaching of Buddha; Bodhidharma (surname) Daruma (Skt. dharma) |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma(p); daruma だるま(P); ダルマ |
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc. |
達祖 达祖 see styles |
dá zǔ da2 zu3 ta tsu Tasso |
Ancestor Dharma |
邪法 see styles |
xié fǎ xie2 fa3 hsieh fa jahou / jaho じゃほう |
(1) heresy; heretical teachings; (2) black magic Heterodoxy, false doctrines or methods. |
開法 开法 see styles |
kāi fǎ kai1 fa3 k`ai fa kai fa kaihō かいほう |
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution To found a sect or teaching, e.g. as Buddha founded Buddhism; the method of opening, or beginning. |
隨法 随法 see styles |
suí fǎ sui2 fa3 sui fa zuihō |
follow the dharma |
雙傳 双传 see styles |
shuāng chuán shuang1 chuan2 shuang ch`uan shuang chuan sōden |
dharma collective |
非法 see styles |
fēi fǎ fei1 fa3 fei fa hihō |
illegal non-dharma |
音教 see styles |
yīn jiào yin1 jiao4 yin chiao |
Vocal teaching, Buddha's preaching. |
馱摩 see styles |
tuó mó tuo2 mo2 t`o mo to mo |
(Skt. dharma) |
駄摩 see styles |
tuó mó tuo2 mo2 t`o mo to mo |
v. 達 dharma. |
體法 体法 see styles |
tǐ fǎ ti3 fa3 t`i fa ti fa |
The universality of substance and the unreality of dharmas or phenomena, the view of the 通教 as contrasted with that of the 藏教. |
七法財 七法财 see styles |
qī fǎ cái qi1 fa3 cai2 ch`i fa ts`ai chi fa tsai shichi hōzai |
The seven riches, or seven ways of becoming rich in the Law : 信 faith, 進 zeal, 戒 moral restraint, 漸愧 shame, 聞 obedient hearing (of the Law), 捨 abnegation, and 定慧 wisdom arising from meditation. |
三寶物 三宝物 see styles |
sān bǎo wù san1 bao3 wu4 san pao wu san bōmotsu |
The things appertaining to the triratna, i.e. to the Buddha— temples and images, etc.; to the dharma— the scriptures; to the saṅgha— cassock, bowl, etc. |
三歸依 三归依 see styles |
sān guī yī san1 gui1 yi1 san kuei i san kie |
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3] three refuges |
三法印 see styles |
sān fǎ yìn san1 fa3 yin4 san fa yin sanbouin / sanboin さんぼういん |
Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self) idem 三印. |
三法妙 see styles |
sān fǎ miào san1 fa3 miao4 san fa miao san bōmyō |
v. 三軌. |
三法輪 三法轮 see styles |
sān fǎ lún san1 fa3 lun2 san fa lun san bōrin |
The three law-wheels, or periods of the Buddha's preaching, according to Paramārtha, to 嘉祥 Jiaxiang of the 三論 school, and to 玄奘 Xuanzang of the 法相 school. |
上妙法 see styles |
shàng miào fǎ shang4 miao4 fa3 shang miao fa jōmyō hō |
most sublime dharma |
不動法 不动法 see styles |
bù dòng fǎ bu4 dong4 fa3 pu tung fa fudō hō |
Prayer for the aid of 不動明王 to end calamity and cause prosperity. |
不動講 不动讲 see styles |
bù dòng jiǎng bu4 dong4 jiang3 pu tung chiang fudō kō |
An assembly for preaching and praising the virtues of 不動尊. |
不壞法 不坏法 see styles |
bù huài fǎ bu4 huai4 fa3 pu huai fa fue hō |
Two kinds of arhats practice the 白骨觀 skull meditation, the dull who consider the dead as ashes, the intelligent who do not, but derive supernatural powers from the meditation. |
不正法 see styles |
bù zhèng fǎ bu4 zheng4 fa3 pu cheng fa fushōbō |
not the true Dharma |
不順法 不顺法 see styles |
bù shùn fǎ bu4 shun4 fa3 pu shun fa fujunhō |
resisting the dharma |
二法身 see styles |
èr fǎ shēn er4 fa3 shen1 erh fa shen ni hosshin |
Contrasted types of the Dharmakāya; five pairs are given, 理法身 and 智法身; 果極 and 應化法身 ; 自性法身 and 應化法身 ; 法性法身 and 方便法身 ; 理法身 and 事法身 ; cf. 法身. |
五十法 see styles |
wǔ shí fǎ wu3 shi2 fa3 wu shih fa gojū hō |
Fifty modes of meditation mentioned in the 大品般若; i. e. the 三十七品 bodhi paksika dharma, the 三三昧, four 禪, four 無量心, four 無色定, eight 背捨, eight 勝處, nine 次第定, and eleven 切處. |
五法身 see styles |
wǔ fǎ shēn wu3 fa3 shen1 wu fa shen go hosshin |
idem 五分法身. |
仏法僧 see styles |
buppousou; buppousou / bupposo; bupposo ぶっぽうそう; ブッポウソウ |
(1) (ぶっぽうそう only) {Buddh} (See 三宝・さんぼう) Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; (2) (kana only) Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis); (3) (kana only) roller (any bird of family Coraciidae); (4) (See コノハズク) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) |
但三衣 see styles |
dàn sān yī dan4 san1 yi1 tan san i dan sanne |
wearing the three dharma robes |
住內法 住内法 see styles |
zhùn ei fǎ zhun4 ei4 fa3 chun ei fa jūnaihō |
abides in the dharma |
佛法藏 see styles |
fó fǎ zàng fo2 fa3 zang4 fo fa tsang buppō zō |
The storehouse of Buddha-law, the bhūtatathatā as the source of all things. |
佛法身 see styles |
fó fǎ shēn fo2 fa3 shen1 fo fa shen butsu hosshin |
buddha's dharma-body |
佛說法 佛说法 see styles |
fó shuō fǎ fo2 shuo1 fa3 fo shuo fa bussetsu hō |
dharma taught by the Buddha |
佛道法 see styles |
fó dào fǎ fo2 dao4 fa3 fo tao fa butsu dōhō |
the Dharma of the Buddha |
來末世 来末世 see styles |
lái mò shì lai2 mo4 shi4 lai mo shih rai masse |
the (third and) last period (of the Dharma) in the future |
俗正法 see styles |
sú zhèng fǎ su2 zheng4 fa3 su cheng fa zoku shōbō |
conventional true dharma |
健法幢 see styles |
jiàn fǎ chuáng jian4 fa3 chuang2 chien fa ch`uang chien fa chuang ken pōdō |
to raise the dharma flag |
傳法師 传法师 see styles |
chuán fǎ shī chuan2 fa3 shi1 ch`uan fa shih chuan fa shih denbō shi |
dharma transmitter |
入法界 see styles |
rù fǎ jiè ru4 fa3 jie4 ju fa chieh nyū hokkai |
to enter the dharma-realm |
勝妙法 胜妙法 see styles |
shèng miào fǎ sheng4 miao4 fa3 sheng miao fa shōmyō hō |
superb dharma (teaching) |
勝義法 胜义法 see styles |
shèng yì fǎ sheng4 yi4 fa3 sheng i fa shōgi hō |
The superlative dharma, nirvāṇa. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "dharma" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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