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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
tǎn
    tan3
t`an
    tan
 tan
to bare
bare one's chest


see styles
zhàn
    zhan4
chan
unadorned but elegant dress
See:

袒免

see styles
tǎn miǎn
    tan3 mian3
t`an mien
    tan mien
to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow

袒庇

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tǎn bì
    tan3 bi4
t`an pi
    tan pi
to shield; to harbor; to cover up

袒縛


袒缚

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tǎn fù
    tan3 fu4
t`an fu
    tan fu
to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind

袒胸

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tǎn xiōng
    tan3 xiong1
t`an hsiung
    tan hsiung
to bare the breast

袒膊

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tǎn bó
    tan3 bo2
t`an po
    tan po
to strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist

袒衣

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tǎn yī
    tan3 yi1
t`an i
    tan i
to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing

袒裼

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tǎn xī
    tan3 xi1
t`an hsi
    tan hsi
to bare the upper body

袒護


袒护

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tǎn hù
    tan3 hu4
t`an hu
    tan hu
to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side

袒露

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tǎn lù
    tan3 lu4
t`an lu
    tan lu
to expose; to bare

偏袒

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piān tǎn
    pian1 tan3
p`ien t`an
    pien tan
 hendan
to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
Bare on one side, i. e. to wear the toga, or robe, over the right shoulder, baring the other as a mark of respect.

右袒

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yòu tǎn
    you4 tan3
yu t`an
    yu tan
to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

左袒

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zuǒ tǎn
    zuo3 tan3
tso t`an
    tso tan
 satan
    さたん
to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
(n,vs,vi) (archaism) friendship; allegiance; support

肉袒

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ròu tǎn
    rou4 tan3
jou t`an
    jou tan
to make a humble apology (formal writing)

膝袒

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xī tǎn
    xi1 tan3
hsi t`an
    hsi tan
to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)

裸袒

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luǒ tǎn
    luo3 tan3
lo t`an
    lo tan
naked; bare

露袒

see styles
lù tǎn
    lu4 tan3
lu t`an
    lu tan
exposed; uncovered; naked

左右袒

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zuǒ yòu tǎn
    zuo3 you4 tan3
tso yu t`an
    tso yu tan
to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side

偏袒右肩

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piān tǎn yòu jiān
    pian1 tan3 you4 jian1
p`ien t`an yu chien
    pien tan yu chien
 hendan uken
to bare the right shoulder and turn it toward (the Buddha)

摩訶袒特


摩诃袒特

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mó hē tǎn tè
    mo2 he1 tan3 te4
mo ho t`an t`e
    mo ho tan te
 makatantoku
Mahātantra (dhāraṇī), great spell power for overcoming the evil and cleaving to the good.

不為左右袒


不为左右袒

see styles
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
    bu4 wei4 zuo3 you4 tan3
pu wei tso yu t`an
    pu wei tso yu tan
to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

摩訶袒持陀羅尼


摩诃袒持陀罗尼

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mó hē tǎn chí tuó luó ní
    mo2 he1 tan3 chi2 tuo2 luo2 ni2
mo ho t`an ch`ih t`o lo ni
    mo ho tan chih to lo ni
 makatanji darani
Mahā t'an-ch'ih dhāraṇī

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

This page contains 23 results for "袒" 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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