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There are 13 total results for your 大意 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

大意

see styles
dà yi
    da4 yi5
ta i
 taii / tai
    たいい
careless
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline; (personal name) Masamoto
The general meaning or summary of a sutra or śāstra. Also, the name of a youth, a former incarnation of the Buddha : to save his nation from their poverty, he plunged into the sea to obtain a valuable pearl from the sea-god who, alarmed by the aid rendered by Indra, gave up the pearl ; v. 大意經.

大意經


大意经

see styles
dà yì jīng
    da4 yi4 jing1
ta i ching
 Daii kyō
tr. by Gunabhadra of the Liu Sung dynasty, 1 chuan.

大意華


大意华

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dà yì huā
    da4 yi4 hua1
ta i hua
 daii ke
a Big-Mind-flower

大意香

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dà yì xiāng
    da4 yi4 xiang1
ta i hsiang
 daii kō
the scent of a Big-Mind-flower

大意音華


大意音华

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dà yì yīn huā
    da4 yi4 yin1 hua1
ta i yin hua
 daii onke
a Big-Mind-Sound-flower

八教大意

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bā jiào dà yì
    ba1 jiao4 da4 yi4
pa chiao ta i
 Hakkyō daii
Gist of the Eight Teachings

疏忽大意

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shū hu dà yì
    shu1 hu5 da4 yi4
shu hu ta i
oversight; negligence; careless; negligent; not concentrating on the main point

粗心大意

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cū xīn dà yì
    cu1 xin1 da4 yi4
ts`u hsin ta i
    tsu hsin ta i
negligent; careless; inadvertent

麻痺大意


麻痹大意

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má bì dà yì
    ma2 bi4 da4 yi4
ma pi ta i
unwary; negligent

大意失荊州


大意失荆州

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dà yi shī jīng zhōu
    da4 yi5 shi1 jing1 zhou1
ta i shih ching chou
lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence

佛說大意經


佛说大意经

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fó shuō dà yì jīng
    fo2 shuo1 da4 yi4 jing1
fo shuo ta i ching
 Bussetsu daii kyō
Foshuo dayij ing

天台八教大意

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tiān tái bā jiào dà yì
    tian1 tai2 ba1 jiao4 da4 yi4
t`ien t`ai pa chiao ta i
    tien tai pa chiao ta i
 Tendai hakkyō daii
Tiantai bajiao dayi

大方廣佛華嚴經中卷卷大意略敍


大方广佛华严经中卷卷大意略敍

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dà fāng guǎng fó huā yán jīng zhōng juǎn juǎn dà yì lüè xù
    da4 fang1 guang3 fo2 hua1 yan2 jing1 zhong1 juan3 juan3 da4 yi4 lve4 xu4
ta fang kuang fo hua yen ching chung chüan chüan ta i lve hsü
 Daihōkō butsu kegonkyō chūkenken daii ryakujo
Dafangguang fo huayan jingzhong juanjuan dayi lueshou

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

This page contains 13 results for "大意" 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

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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).



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