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大誓

see styles
dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daisei / daise
    だいせい
(given name) Daisei
great vow

大論


大论

see styles
dà lùn
    da4 lun4
ta lun
 Dairon
idem 大智度論.

大財


大财

see styles
dà cái
    da4 cai2
ta ts`ai
    ta tsai
 ootakara
    おおたから
(place-name, surname) Ootakara
great wealth

大賢


大贤

see styles
dà xián
    da4 xian2
ta hsien
 taiken
    たいけん
great sage; (given name) Daiken
Daxian (Jap. Daiken), a Korean monk who lived in China during the Tang dynasty, of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa school, noted for his annotations on the sūtras and styled 古迹記 the archaeologist.

大身

see styles
dà shēn
    da4 shen1
ta shen
 taishin
    たいしん
person of high rank or income; (place-name) Oomi
The great body, i.e. the nirmāṇakāya, or transformable body 化身 of a Buddha. Also, Mahākāya, a king of garuḍas.

大車


大车

see styles
dà chē
    da4 che1
ta ch`e
    ta che
 ooguruma
    おおぐるま
(surname) Ooguruma
The great bullock-cart in the parable of the burning house, i.e. Mahāyāna, v. Lotus Sutra.

大通

see styles
dà tōng
    da4 tong1
ta t`ung
    ta tung
 daitsuu / daitsu
    だいつう
Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2nan2 Shi4], Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1ning2], Qinghai
(surname) Daitsuu
大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7.

大過


大过

see styles
dà guò
    da4 guo4
ta kuo
 taika
    たいか
serious mistake; major demerit
serious error; gross mistake
great error

大道

see styles
dà dào
    da4 dao4
ta tao
 daidou(p); taidou / daido(p); taido
    だいどう(P); たいどう
main street; avenue
main street; avenue; (surname, given name) Masamichi
great way

大遠


大远

see styles
dà yuǎn
    da4 yuan3
ta yüan
 daien
    だいえん
(given name) Daien
Great Yuan

大邦

see styles
 taihou / taiho
    たいほう
large country; great nation; major power; great power; (personal name) Hirokuni

大都

see styles
dà dū
    da4 du1
ta tu
 taito; daito
    たいと; だいと
for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
great city; large city; metropolis; (female given name) Yamato

大量

see styles
dà liàng
    da4 liang4
ta liang
 tairyou / tairyo
    たいりょう
great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
(adj-na,adj-no,n) large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

大金

see styles
 taikin(p); oogane
    たいきん(P); おおがね
large amount of money; great cost; (personal name) Daikin

大錯


大错

see styles
dà cuò
    da4 cuo4
ta ts`o
    ta tso
 daisaku
blunder
great error

大鐘


大钟

see styles
dà zhōng
    da4 zhong1
ta chung
 oogane
    おおがね
(surname) Oogane
The great bell in the bell tower of a large monastery.

大鑑

see styles
dà jiàn
    da4 jian4
ta chien
 taikan
    たいかん
encyclopedia
great mirror

大雄

see styles
dà xióng
    da4 xiong2
ta hsiung
 hiroo
    ひろお
great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple)
(given name) Hiroo
The great hero— a Buddha's title, indicating his power over demons.

大集

see styles
dà jí
    da4 ji2
ta chi
 ooshuu / ooshu
    おおしゅう
(surname) Ooshuu
great collection

大雪

see styles
dà xuě
    da4 xue3
ta hsüeh
 ooyuki(p); taisetsu
    おおゆき(P); たいせつ
Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
(1) heavy snow; heavy snowfall; (2) (たいせつ only) (See 二十四節気) "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7); (place-name, surname) Daisetsu

大頌


大颂

see styles
dà sòng
    da4 song4
ta sung
 daiju
the Great Hymn of Praise

大願


大愿

see styles
dà yuàn
    da4 yuan4
ta yüan
 taigan
    たいがん
{Buddh} ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people); (given name) Taigan
The great vow, of a Buddha, or bodhisattva, to save all the living and bring them to Buddhahood.

大驚


大惊

see styles
dà jīng
    da4 jing1
ta ching
with great alarm

大體


大体

see styles
dà tǐ
    da4 ti3
ta t`i
    ta ti
 daitai
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
great essence

大鴇


大鸨

see styles
dà bǎo
    da4 bao3
ta pao
(bird species of China) great bustard (Otis tarda)

大鷺

see styles
 daisagi
    だいさぎ
great (white) egret; (surname) Oosagi

天王

see styles
tiān wáng
    tian1 wang2
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
(1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou
Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler.

天虛


天虚

see styles
tiān xū
    tian1 xu1
t`ien hsü
    tien hsü
 tenko
great void

天親


天亲

see styles
tiān qīn
    tian1 qin1
t`ien ch`in
    tien chin
 amachika
    あまちか
one's flesh and blood
(surname) Amachika
Vasubandhu, 伐蘇畔度; 婆藪槃豆 (or 婆修槃豆) (or 婆修槃陀) 'akin to the gods ', or 世親 'akin to the world'. Vasubandhu is described as a native of Puruṣapura, or Peshawar, by Eitel as of Rājagriha, born '900 years after the nirvana', or about A. D. 400; Takakusu suggests 420-500, Peri puts his death not later than 350. In Eitel's day the date of his death was put definitely at A. D. 117. Vasubandhu's great work, the Abhidharmakośa, is only one of his thirty-six works. He is said to be the younger brother of Asaṅga of the Yogācāra school, by whom he was converted from the Sarvāstivāda school of thought to that of Mahāyāna and of Nāgārjuna. On his conversion he would have 'cut out his tongue' for its past heresy, but was dissuaded by his brother, who bade him use the same tongue to correct his errors, whereupon he wrote the 唯識論 and other Mahayanist works. He is called the twenty-first patriarch and died in Ayodhya.

天鼓

see styles
tiān gǔ
    tian1 gu3
t`ien ku
    tien ku
 tenko
    てんこ
(given name) Tenko
The deva drum— in the 善法 Good Law Hall of the Trayas-triṃśas heavens, which sounds of itself, warning the inhabitants of the thirty-three heavens that even their life is impermanent and subject to karma: at the sound of the drum Indra preaches against excess. Hence it is a title of Buddha as the great law-drum, who warns, exhorts, and encourages the good and frightens the evil and the demons.

太公

see styles
tài gōng
    tai4 gong1
t`ai kung
    tai kung
great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father

太婆

see styles
tài pó
    tai4 po2
t`ai p`o
    tai po
great-grandmother

太祖

see styles
tài zǔ
    tai4 zu3
t`ai tsu
    tai tsu
 taiso
    たいそ
Great Ancestor (posomethingumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
founder; progenitor; emperor
great ancestor

太虚

see styles
 taikyo
    たいきょ
(1) the sky; the universe; (2) taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)

太虛


太虚

see styles
tài xū
    tai4 xu1
t`ai hsü
    tai hsü
 taiko
great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos
great voidness

奎星

see styles
kuí xīng
    kui2 xing1
k`uei hsing
    kuei hsing
Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations

奔流

see styles
bēn liú
    ben1 liu2
pen liu
 honryuu / honryu
    ほんりゅう
to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream

奔茶

see styles
bēn chá
    ben1 cha2
pen ch`a
    pen cha
 honcha
great lotus

奔荼

see styles
bēn tú
    ben1 tu2
pen t`u
    pen tu
 honda
(奔荼利迦) puṇḍarīka, the white lotus, v. 分 or 芬; also the last of the eight great cold hells, v. 地獄.

委悉

see styles
wěi xī
    wei3 xi1
wei hsi
 ishitsu
in great detail

娑婆

see styles
suō pó
    suo1 po2
so p`o
    so po
 shaba; shaba
    しゃば; シャバ
(1) this world; this life; (2) (kana only) (colloquialism) the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); (3) {Buddh} this corrupt world; present world
sahā; that which bears, the earth, v. 地; intp. as bearing, enduring; the place of good and evil; a universe, or great chiliocosm, Where all are subject to transmigration and which a Buddha transforms; it is divided into three regions 三界 and Mahābrahmā Sahāmpati is its lord. Other forms: 娑婆世界; 娑界; 娑媻; 娑訶; 沙訶; 索訶.

安慧

see styles
ān huì
    an1 hui4
an hui
 anne
    あんね
(female given name) Anne
Settled or firm resolve on wisdom; established wisdom; tr. of 悉耻羅末底 Sthiramati, or Sthitamati, one of the ten great exponents of the 唯識論 Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi śāstra, a native of southern India.

宏大

see styles
hóng dà
    hong2 da4
hung ta
 hiroo
    ひろお
great; grand
(adjectival noun) huge; very large; vast; extensive; magnificent; grand; (given name) Hiroo

宏願


宏愿

see styles
hóng yuàn
    hong2 yuan4
hung yüan
great aspiration; great ambition

宗師


宗师

see styles
zōng shī
    zong1 shi1
tsung shih
 shūshi
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
an eminent monk

定鼎

see styles
dìng dǐng
    ding4 ding3
ting ting
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty; used in advertising

富含

see styles
fù hán
    fu4 han2
fu han
to contain in great quantities; rich in

尊豪

see styles
zūn háo
    zun1 hao2
tsun hao
 songō
a great lord

小橋


小桥

see styles
xiǎo qiáo
    xiao3 qiao2
hsiao ch`iao
    hsiao chiao
 kobayashi
    こばやし
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
(surname) Kobayashi

尸利

see styles
shī lì
    shi1 li4
shih li
 shiri
Sri. 師利; 室利; 室離; 室哩; 修利; 昔哩; 悉利 (1) Fortune, prosperity; high rank, success, good fortune, virtues, these four are named as its connotation. (2) The wife of Viṣṇu. (3) An honorifc prefix or affix to names of gods, great men, and books. (4) An exclamation at the head of liturgies. (5) An abbreviation for Mañjuśrī.

属望

see styles
 shokubou / shokubo
    しょくぼう
(noun/participle) (having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on

山程

see styles
 yamahodo
    やまほど
(adv,n) a heap; great amount of

川震

see styles
chuān zhèn
    chuan1 zhen4
ch`uan chen
    chuan chen
Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people; same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]

川鵜

see styles
 kawau
    かわう
(kana only) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

巨匠

see styles
jù jiàng
    ju4 jiang4
chü chiang
 kyoshou / kyosho
    きょしょう
great master (of literature, music etc)
master; masterhand; maestro

巨富

see styles
jù fù
    ju4 fu4
chü fu
 kyofu
    きょふ
enormous sum; millionaire; very rich
great riches

巨悪

see styles
 kyoaku
    きょあく
(1) great evil; (2) scum of the earth; monster; fiend

巨星

see styles
jù xīng
    ju4 xing1
chü hsing
 kyosei / kyose
    きょせい
(astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
(1) {astron} (See 矮星・わいせい) giant star; (2) great person; giant; superstar; big-shot; (female given name) Miki

巨海

see styles
jù hǎi
    ju4 hai3
chü hai
 komi
    こみ
(surname) Komi
great sea

巨益

see styles
jù yì
    ju4 yi4
chü i
 koyaku
Great benefit.

巨篇

see styles
 kyohen
    きょへん
great (literary) work; long novel or film

巨編

see styles
 kyohen
    きょへん
great (literary) work; long novel or film

巨變


巨变

see styles
jù biàn
    ju4 bian4
chü pien
great changes

巨費

see styles
 kyohi
    きょひ
great cost

巻煎

see styles
 kenchan
    けんちん
    kenchiin / kenchin
    けんちゃん
(1) fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; (2) (abbreviation) Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (3) (archaism) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed

巻繊

see styles
 kenchan
    けんちん
    kenchiin / kenchin
    けんちゃん
(1) fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; (2) (abbreviation) Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (3) (archaism) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed

希求

see styles
xī qiú
    xi1 qiu2
hsi ch`iu
    hsi chiu
 motomu
    もとむ
(noun/participle) longing; great desire; aspiration; (female given name) Motomu
to strive for

帝嚳


帝喾

see styles
dì kù
    di4 ku4
ti k`u
    ti ku
Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]

廣大


广大

see styles
guǎng dà
    guang3 da4
kuang ta
 koudai / kodai
    こうだい
(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
(personal name) Kōdai
Broad and great.

廣誼


广谊

see styles
guǎng yí
    guang3 yi2
kuang i
 kōgi
a great meaning

弘妙

see styles
hóng miào
    hong2 miao4
hung miao
 kōmyō
great and wonderful

弘意

see styles
hóng yì
    hong2 yi4
hung i
 kōi
a great will

弘教

see styles
hóng jiào
    hong2 jiao4
hung chiao
 hironori
    ひろのり
(given name) Hironori
the Great Teaching

弘茂

see styles
hóng mào
    hong2 mao4
hung mao
 hiroshige
    ひろしげ
(surname, given name) Hiroshige
great

弘誓

see styles
hóng shì
    hong2 shi4
hung shih
 guzei / guze
    ぐぜい
Buddha's great vows; (personal name) Kōsei
弘誓願 vast or universal vows of a Buddha, or Bodhisattva, especially Amitābha's forty-eight vows.

弘願


弘愿

see styles
hóng yuàn
    hong2 yuan4
hung yüan
 kougan / kogan
    こうがん
variant of 宏願|宏愿[hong2 yuan4]
(given name) Kōgan
great vow

張衡


张衡

see styles
zhāng héng
    zhang1 heng2
chang heng
 choukou / choko
    ちょうこう
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
(personal name) Chōkou

強か

see styles
 shitataka
    したたか
(adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) tough; stubborn; determined; hard; (adverb) (2) (kana only) severely; heavily; hard; a great deal; much

強國


强国

see styles
qiáng guó
    qiang2 guo2
ch`iang kuo
    chiang kuo
powerful country; great power

強忍


强忍

see styles
qiǎng rěn
    qiang3 ren3
ch`iang jen
    chiang jen
to resist (with great difficulty)

強的

see styles
 gouteki / goteki
    ごうてき
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) great; grand

影訓


影训

see styles
yǐng xùn
    ying3 xun4
ying hsün
 yōkun
the great teaching

径庭

see styles
 keitei / kete
    けいてい
great difference

急速

see styles
jí sù
    ji2 su4
chi su
 kyuusoku / kyusoku
    きゅうそく
hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development)
(noun or adjectival noun) rapid (e.g. progress)
rapid

恢大

see styles
huī dà
    hui1 da4
hui ta
 kaidai
great

恩人

see styles
ēn rén
    en1 ren2
en jen
 onjin
    おんじん
a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

悉に

see styles
 tsubusani
    つぶさに
(adverb) (kana only) in detail; with great care; completely; again and again

悉心

see styles
xī xīn
    xi1 xin1
hsi hsin
to put one's heart (and soul) into something; with great care

悠悠

see styles
yōu yōu
    you1 you1
yu yu
 yuuyuu / yuyu
    ゆうゆう
lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive
(adj-t,adv-to) quiet; calm; leisurely; easy

悲願


悲愿

see styles
bēi yuàn
    bei1 yuan4
pei yüan
 higan
    ひがん
(1) one's dearest wish; (2) {Buddh} Buddha's vow to save humanity
The great pitying vow of Buddhas and bodhisattvas to save all beings.

愛唱

see styles
 aishou / aisho
    あいしょう
(noun, transitive verb) loving to sing (a song); singing with great fondness; (personal name) Aishou

愛書

see styles
 aisho
    あいしょ
(1) great love of books; (2) favorite book (favourite)

愛誦

see styles
 aishou / aisho
    あいしょう
(noun, transitive verb) (See 愛唱) loving to recite (e.g. a poem); reciting with great fondness

慌忙

see styles
huāng máng
    huang1 mang2
huang mang
in a great rush; in a flurry

慢惑

see styles
màn huò
    man4 huo4
man huo
 manwaku
One of the ten great delusions, that of pride.

憚る

see styles
 habakaru
    はばかる
(v5r,vt,vi) (1) (kana only) to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) to lord it over; to have great influence

憾事

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hàn shì
    han4 shi4
han shih
a matter for regret; something that is a (great) pity

懸絶

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 kenzetsu
    けんぜつ
(n,vs,vi) great difference

折角

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zhé jiǎo
    zhe2 jiao3
che chiao
 sekkaku
    せっかく
to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear
(adv,n) (1) (kana only) with trouble; at great pains; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; (can be adjective with の) (3) (kana only) kind; generous; (adverb) (4) (kana only) specially; especially; expressly

抬舉


抬举

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tái ju
    tai2 ju5
t`ai chü
    tai chü
to lift something up; to elevate sb; to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc); to show great regard; to speak highly; Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]

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

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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.

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