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因果 is a label that is used inside and outside of the Buddhist faith to speak of Karma.
Along with the meaning of Karma, this word can be translated as “retribution” or “chain of cause and effect.”
萬事皆因果 means “Everything happens for a reason” in Chinese.
The first two characters mean “all things” or “everything.”
The middle character kind of means “in all cases.”
The last two characters create a complex word that can be defined in many ways, such as “karma,” “cause and effect,” “fate,” and “every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause.”
Keep in mind that Chinese grammar is a bit different than English, so trust me that this makes a natural-sounding proverb in Chinese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 因果 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
因果 see styles |
yīn guǒ yin1 guo3 yin kuo inga いんが |
More info & calligraphy: Karma - Cause and Effect(1) cause and effect; causality; (2) {Buddh} karma; fate; (adjectival noun) (3) unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated Cause and effect; every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause. |
因果律 see styles |
ingaritsu いんがりつ |
law of cause and effect; principle of causality |
因果性 see styles |
yīn guǒ xìng yin1 guo3 xing4 yin kuo hsing ingasei / ingase いんがせい |
causality causality |
因果經 因果经 see styles |
yīn guǒ jīng yin1 guo3 jing1 yin kuo ching Inga kyō |
Scripture on Causes and Effects |
因果者 see styles |
ingamono いんがもの |
unlucky person |
無因果 无因果 see styles |
wú yīn guǒ wu2 yin1 guo3 wu yin kuo mu inka |
no [law of] cause and effect |
觀因果 观因果 see styles |
guān yīn guǒ guan1 yin1 guo3 kuan yin kuo kan inga |
to scrutinize cause and effect |
非因果 see styles |
fēi yīn guǒ fei1 yin1 guo3 fei yin kuo |
not causality |
三世因果 see styles |
sān shì yīn guǒ san1 shi4 yin1 guo3 san shih yin kuo sanzeinga / sanzenga さんぜいんが |
{Buddh} retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future) causality spanning the three periods |
不昧因果 see styles |
bù mèi yīn guǒ bu4 mei4 yin1 guo3 pu mei yin kuo fumai inga |
not ignoring the law of cause and effect |
不落因果 see styles |
bù luò yīn guǒ bu4 luo4 yin1 guo3 pu lo yin kuo furaku inga |
not falling under the law of cause and effect |
世間因果 世间因果 see styles |
shì jiān yīn guǒ shi4 jian1 yin1 guo3 shih chien yin kuo seken inga |
mundane causation |
二種因果 二种因果 see styles |
èr zhǒng yīn guǒ er4 zhong3 yin1 guo3 erh chung yin kuo nishuinka |
Two aspects of cause and effect, a division of the 四諦 "four noble truths" (a) 世間因果 in the present life, the 苦諦 being the effect, and the 集諦 the cause; (b) 出世間因果 in the future life, the 滅諦, extinction (of passion, or mortality) being the fruit, and the 道諦 the " eightfold noble path " the cause. |
互為因果 互为因果 see styles |
hù wéi yīn guǒ hu4 wei2 yin1 guo3 hu wei yin kuo |
mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined; interdependent |
五周因果 see styles |
wǔ zhōu yīn guǒ wu3 zhou1 yin1 guo3 wu chou yin kuo goshū inka |
The five circuits or areas of cause and effect, i. e. the five main subjects of the Huayan sutra. |
因果因縁 see styles |
ingainnen いんがいんねん |
(yoji) cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect |
因果報應 因果报应 see styles |
yīn guǒ bào yìng yin1 guo3 bao4 ying4 yin kuo pao ying |
(Buddhism) retribution; karma |
因果差別 因果差别 see styles |
yīn guǒ chā bié yin1 guo3 cha1 bie2 yin kuo ch`a pieh yin kuo cha pieh inga no shabetsu |
distinctions of cause and effect |
因果応報 see styles |
ingaouhou / ingaoho いんがおうほう |
(yoji) retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior |
因果應報 因果应报 see styles |
yīn guǒ yìng bào yin1 guo3 ying4 bao4 yin kuo ying pao inga ōhō |
Cause and effect in the moral realm have their corresponding relations, the denial of which destroys all moral responsibility. |
因果撥無 因果拨无 see styles |
yīn guǒ bō wú yin1 guo3 bo1 wu2 yin kuo po wu inga hatsumu |
to deny the law of cause and effect |
因果比量 see styles |
yīn guǒ bǐ liáng yin1 guo3 bi3 liang2 yin kuo pi liang inka hiryō |
inference from cause and effect |
因果法則 see styles |
ingahousoku / ingahosoku いんがほうそく |
law of causality |
因果相續 因果相续 see styles |
yīn guǒ xiāng xù yin1 guo3 xiang1 xu4 yin kuo hsiang hsü inka sōzoku |
the stream; continuity of cause and result |
因果覿面 see styles |
ingatekimen いんがてきめん |
(yoji) the swiftness of retributive justice |
因果関係 see styles |
ingakankei / ingakanke いんがかんけい |
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality |
撥無因果 拨无因果 see styles |
bō wú yīn guǒ bo1 wu2 yin1 guo3 po wu yin kuo batsumu inga |
To dispense with, or deny the law of karma, one of the five heresies. |
無邊因果 无边因果 see styles |
wú biān yīn guǒ wu2 bian1 yin1 guo3 wu pien yin kuo muhen inga |
unlimited causes and effects |
異熟因果 异熟因果 see styles |
yì shóu yīn guǒ yi4 shou2 yin1 guo3 i shou yin kuo ijuku inka |
ripening of causes into effects |
自類因果 自类因果 see styles |
zì lèi yīn guǒ zi4 lei4 yin1 guo3 tzu lei yin kuo jirui inka |
Cause and effect of the same order. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Karma - Cause and Effect | 因果 | inga | yīn guǒ / yin1 guo3 / yin guo / yinguo | yin kuo / yinkuo |
Everything Happens for a Reason | 萬事皆因果 万事皆因果 | wàn shì jiē yīn guǒ wan4 shi4 jie1 yin1 guo3 wan shi jie yin guo wanshijieyinguo | wan shih chieh yin kuo wanshihchiehyinkuo |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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