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Simple Dictionary Definition |
堪 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan tan たん |
More info & calligraphy: Kane(personal name) Tan To bear, sustain, be adequate to. |
忍 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen nin にん |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things. |
五行 see styles |
wǔ xíng wu3 xing2 wu hsing gogyou / gogyo ごぎょう |
More info & calligraphy: Five Elements(1) (See 五大・ごだい・1) the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; (2) {Buddh} five practices of the Bodhisattvas; (3) (See 六信五行) the five pillars of Islam; (surname, given name) Gogyou The five lines of conduct. I. According to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith they are almsgiving; keeping the commandments; patience under insult; zeal or progress; meditation. II. According to the 涅槃經 Nirvana Sutra they are saintly or bodhisattva deeds; arhat, or noble deeds; deva deeds; children's deeds (i. e. normal good deeds of men, devas, and Hinayanists); sickness conditions, e. g. illness, delusion, etc.; — into all these lines of conduct and conditions a Bodhisattva enters. III. The five elements, or tanmātra— wood, fire, earth, metal, and water; or earth, water, ire, air, and ether (or space) as taught by the later Mahāyāna philosophy; idem 五大. |
克服 see styles |
kè fú ke4 fu2 k`o fu ko fu kokufuku こくふく |
More info & calligraphy: Overcome(noun, transitive verb) conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control |
凌ぐ see styles |
shinogu しのぐ |
More info & calligraphy: Endure and Survive |
堅忍 坚忍 see styles |
jiān rěn jian1 ren3 chien jen kennin けんにん |
More info & calligraphy: Perseverance / Fortitude(n,vs,vt,vi) perseverance |
寬容 宽容 see styles |
kuān róng kuan1 rong2 k`uan jung kuan jung |
More info & calligraphy: Tolerance |
忍法 see styles |
rěn fǎ ren3 fa3 jen fa ninpou / ninpo にんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Ninpo(忍法位) The method or stage of patience, the sixth of the seven stages of the Hīnayāna in the attainment of arhatship, or sainthood: also the third of the four roots of goodness. |
忍耐 see styles |
rěn nài ren3 nai4 jen nai nintai にんたい |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance / To Endure / Tolerant(noun, transitive verb) endurance; perseverance; patience forbearance |
我慢 see styles |
wǒ màn wo3 man4 wo man gaman がまん |
More info & calligraphy: Gamanabhimāna, ātma-mada. Egoism exalting self and depreciating others; self-intoxication, pride. |
毅力 see styles |
yì lì yi4 li4 i li |
More info & calligraphy: Perseverance / Will-Power |
淨土 净土 see styles |
jìng tǔ jing4 tu3 ching t`u ching tu jōdo |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land / JodoSukhāvatī. The Pure Land, or Paradise of the West, presided over by Amitābha. Other Buddhas have their Pure Lands; seventeen other kinds of pure land are also described, all of them of moral or spiritual conditions of development, e.g. the pure land of patience, zeal, wisdom, etc. |
正精進 正精进 see styles |
zhèng jīng jìn zheng4 jing1 jin4 cheng ching chin shoushoujin / shoshojin しょうしょうじん |
More info & calligraphy: 6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effortsamyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith. |
堅忍不抜 see styles |
kenninfubatsu けんにんふばつ |
More info & calligraphy: Kenninfubatsu - Indomitable Perseverance |
滴水穿石 see styles |
dī shuǐ chuān shí di1 shui3 chuan1 shi2 ti shui ch`uan shih ti shui chuan shih |
More info & calligraphy: Dripping Water Penetrates Stone |
任 see styles |
rèn ren4 jen makoto まこと |
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) obligation; duty; charge; responsibility; (given name) Makoto Bear, endure, let; office; it is used to connote laisser-faire; one of the 四病, as 任運 implies laisser-aller; it is intp. by let things follow their own course, or by 自然 naturally, without intervention. |
怕 see styles |
pà pa4 p`a pa ha |
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps to dread |
恒 see styles |
héng heng2 heng wataru わたる |
variant of 恆|恒[heng2] (given name) Wataru Constant; perseverance, persistence; translit. ga, ha. |
懺 忏 see styles |
chàn chan4 ch`an chan sen |
(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama") kṣamayati, "to ask pardon"; to seek forgiveness, patience or indulgence, kṣamā meaning patience, forbearance, tr. as 悔過 repentance, or regret or error; also as confession. It especially refers to the regular confessional service for monks and for nuns. |
挨 see styles |
ái ai2 ai |
to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle |
擱 搁 see styles |
gé ge2 ko |
to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1] |
熬 see styles |
áo ao2 ao |
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure |
經 经 see styles |
jīng jing1 ching tsune つね |
classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] (female given name) Tsune A warp, that which runs lengthwise; to pass through or by, past; to manage, regulate; laws, canons, classics. Skt. sūtras; threads, threaded together, classical works. Also called 契經 and 經本. The sūtras in the Tripiṭaka are the sermons attributed to the Buddha; the other two divisions are 律 the Vinaya, and 論 the śāstras, or Abhidharma; cf. 三藏. Every sūtra begins with the words 如是我聞 'Thus did I hear', indicating that it contains the words of Śākyamuni. |
耐 see styles |
nài nai4 nai tsuyoshi つよし |
(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand (prefix) (See 耐アルカリ性) -proof; -resistant; (male given name) Tsuyoshi To endure, bear. |
茹 see styles |
rú ru2 ju |
to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant) |
三忍 see styles |
sān rěn san1 ren3 san jen sannin |
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience. |
三軌 三轨 see styles |
sān guǐ san1 gui3 san kuei sanki |
The three rules 三法 (三法妙) of the Tiantai Lotus School: (a) 眞性軌 The absolute and real, the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā; (b) 觀照軌meditation upon and understanding of it; (c) 資成軌 the extension of this understanding to all its workings. In the 三軌弘經 the three are traced to the 法師品 of the Lotus Sutra and are developed as: (a) 慈悲室 the abode of mercy, or to dwell in mercy; (b) 忍辱衣 the garment of endurance, or patience under opposition; (c) 法空座 the throne of immateriality (or spirituality), a state of nirvāṇa tranquility. Mercy to all is an extension of 資成軌 , patience of 觀照軌 and nirvāṇa tranquility of 眞性軌 . |
下忍 see styles |
xià rěn xia4 ren3 hsia jen shimooshi しもおし |
low-ranking ninja; (place-name) Shimooshi inferior patience |
不堪 see styles |
bù kān bu4 kan1 pu k`an pu kan fukan ふかん |
cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely (noun or adjectival noun) (rare) incompetence unable to endure |
不支 see styles |
bù zhī bu4 zhi1 pu chih |
to be unable to endure |
中忍 see styles |
zhōng rěn zhong1 ren3 chung jen chuunin / chunin ちゅうにん |
(manga slang) ninja commander middling patience |
二忍 see styles |
èr rěn er4 ren3 erh jen ninin |
The two patiences or endurances: 衆生忍 patience towards all under all circumstances; 無生(法)忍 calm rest, as a bodhisattva、in the assurance of no (re-) birth, i.e. in immortality. Also 安受苦忍 patience under suffering, and 觀察法忍 imperturbable examination of or meditation in the law or of all things. Also, physical and mental patience, or endurance. |
五度 see styles |
wǔ dù wu3 du4 wu tu godo ごど |
five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) {music} fifth (interval) The five means of transportation over the sea of mortality to salvation; they are the five pāramitās 五波羅蜜— almsgiving, commandment-keeping, patience under provocation, zeal, and meditation. |
五忍 see styles |
wǔ rěn wu3 ren3 wu jen gonin |
The five stages of bodhisattva-kṣānti, patience or endurance according to the 別教: (1) 伏忍the causes of passion and illusion controlled but not finally cut off, the condition of 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (2) 信忍 firm belief, i. e. from the 初地 to the 三地; (3) 順忍 patient progress towards the end of all mortality, i. e. 四地 to 六地; (4) 無生忍 patience for full apprehension, of the truth of no rebirth, 七地 to 九地; and (5) 寂滅忍 the patience that leads to complete nirvana, 十地 to 妙覺; cf. 五位. |
人因 see styles |
rén yīn ren2 yin1 jen yin ninin |
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation. |
仁厚 see styles |
rén hòu ren2 hou4 jen hou masaatsu / masatsu まさあつ |
kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous (personal name) Masaatsu |
伏忍 see styles |
fú rěn fu2 ren3 fu jen buku nin |
The first of the 五忍 five forms of submission, self-control, or patience. |
保つ see styles |
tamotsu(p); motsu(ik) たもつ(P); もつ(ik) |
(transitive verb) (1) to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain; (v5t,vi) (2) to last; to endure; to keep well (food term); to wear well; to be durable |
信忍 see styles |
xìn rěn xin4 ren3 hsin jen shinnin |
Faith-patience, faith-endurance: (1) To abide patiently in the faith and repeat the name of Amitābha. (2) To believe in the Truth and attain the nature of patient faith. (3) According to Tiantai the 別教 meaning is the unperturbed faith of the Bodhisattva (that all dharma is unreal). |
假借 see styles |
jiǎ jiè jia3 jie4 chia chieh |
to make use of; to use something as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan |
六度 see styles |
liù dù liu4 du4 liu tu rokudo ろくど |
(surname) Rokudo The six things that ferry one beyond the sea of mortality to nirvana, i. e. the six pāramitās 波羅蜜 (波羅蜜多): (1) 布施 dāna, charity, or giving, including the bestowing of the truth on others; (2) 持戒 śīla, keeping the command rents; (3) 忍辱 kṣānti, patience under insult; (4) 精進 vīrya, zeal and progress; (5) 闡定 dhyāna, meditation or contemplation; (6) 智慧 prajñā; wisdom, the power to discern reality or truth. It is the last that carries across the saṃsāra (sea of incarnate life) to the shores of nirvana. The opposites of these virtues are meanness, wickedness, anger, sloth, a distracted mind, and ignorance. The 唯識論 adds four other pāramitās: (7) 方便 upāya, the use of appropriate means; (8) 願 praṇidhāna, pious vows; (9) 力 bala, power of fulfillment; (10) 智 jñāna knowledge. |
勘忍 see styles |
kannin かんにん |
(noun/participle) (1) patience; patient endurance; forbearance; tolerance; (2) forgiveness; pardon |
勘能 see styles |
kannou / kanno かんのう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (Buddhist term) patience; perseverance; fortitude |
包涵 see styles |
bāo han bao1 han5 pao han |
to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant |
包荒 see styles |
bāo huāng bao1 huang1 pao huang |
to be tolerant; to be forgiving; to conceal; to cover |
十德 see styles |
shí dé shi2 de2 shih te jittoku |
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness. |
受罪 see styles |
shòu zuì shou4 zui4 shou tsui |
to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance |
口忍 see styles |
kǒu rěn kou3 ren3 k`ou jen kou jen kunin |
Patience of the mouth, uttering no rebuke under insult or persecution; there are similarly 身忍 and 意忍. |
可堪 see styles |
kě kān ke3 kan1 k`o k`an ko kan |
how can one endure?; to be able to endure |
含忍 see styles |
hán rěn han2 ren3 han jen |
to bear; to endure; to tolerate |
喜忍 see styles |
xǐ rěn xi3 ren3 hsi jen ki nin |
The 'patience' of joy, achieved on beholding by faith Amitābha and his Pure Land; one of the 三忍. |
四法 see styles |
sì fǎ si4 fa3 ssu fa shihō |
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures. |
固窮 固穷 see styles |
gù qióng gu4 qiong2 ku ch`iung ku chiung |
to endure poverty stoically |
堪る see styles |
tamaru たまる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to bear (often adds emphasis); to endure |
堪忍 see styles |
kān rěn kan1 ren3 k`an jen kan jen kannin かんにん |
(noun/participle) (1) patience; patient endurance; forbearance; tolerance; (2) forgiveness; pardon sahā; to bear, patiently endure. |
堪耐 see styles |
kān nài kan1 nai4 k`an nai kan nai kantai |
to endure |
堪能 see styles |
kān néng kan1 neng2 k`an neng kan neng kannō たんのう |
(ateji / phonetic) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) proficient; skillful; (noun/participle) (2) enjoying; satisfaction; satiation; having one's fill (of); (noun or adjectival noun) (1) proficient; skillful; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (Buddhist term) patience; perseverance; fortitude Ability to bear, or undertake. |
姑息 see styles |
gū xī gu1 xi1 ku hsi kosoku こそく |
excessively tolerant; to overindulge (sb); overly conciliatory; to seek appeasement at any price (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (colloquialism) underhanded; unfair; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (orig. meaning) makeshift; stopgap |
安忍 see styles |
ān rěn an1 ren3 an jen annin |
patience |
定忍 see styles |
dìng rěn ding4 ren3 ting jen jōnin |
Patience and perseverance in meditation. |
容錯 容错 see styles |
róng cuò rong2 cuo4 jung ts`o jung tso |
(of a system) fault-tolerant |
寂忍 see styles |
jí rěn ji2 ren3 chi jen jakunin |
Calmness and endurance, quiet patience. |
寛大 see styles |
hiroto ひろと |
(noun or adjectival noun) tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous; (personal name) Hiroto |
寬厚 宽厚 see styles |
kuān hòu kuan1 hou4 k`uan hou kuan hou |
tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice) |
忍ぶ see styles |
shinobu しのぶ |
(v5b,vi) (1) to conceal oneself; to hide; (transitive verb) (2) to endure; to bear; to stand; to put up with |
忍仙 see styles |
rěn xiān ren3 xian1 jen hsien ninsen |
The patient ṛṣi, or immortal of patience, i.e. the Buddha. |
忍位 see styles |
rěn wèi ren3 wei4 jen wei nin'i |
The stage of patience. |
忍受 see styles |
rěn shòu ren3 shou4 jen shou ninju にんじゅ |
to bear; to endure (noun/participle) enduring and accepting; submitting (to) experienced |
忍土 see styles |
rěn tǔ ren3 tu3 jen t`u jen tu nindo |
The place of patience or endurance, this world. |
忍地 see styles |
rěn dì ren3 di4 jen ti ninji |
The stage of patience, i.e. of enlightenment separating from the chain of transmigration. |
忍恥 忍耻 see styles |
rěn chǐ ren3 chi3 jen ch`ih jen chih |
to endure humiliation |
忍攝 忍摄 see styles |
rěn shè ren3 she4 jen she ninshō |
patience |
忍智 see styles |
rěn zhì ren3 zhi4 jen chih ninchi |
Patience and wisdom. In the Hīnayāna, patience is cause, wisdom effect; in Mahāyāna, the two are merged, though patience precedes wisdom. |
忍水 see styles |
rěn shuǐ ren3 shui3 jen shui ninsui |
Patience in its depth and expanse compared to water. |
忍界 see styles |
rěn jiè ren3 jie4 jen chieh ninkai |
sahā, or sahāloka, or sahālokadhātu. The universe of persons subject to transmigration, the universe of endurance. |
忍辱 see styles |
rěn rù ren3 ru4 jen ju ninniku にんにく |
(1) {Buddh} forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.); (2) (rare) (See にんにく) garlic 羼提波羅蜜多 (or 羼底波羅蜜多) kṣānti pāramitā; patience, especially bearing insult and distress without resentment, the third of the six pāramitās 六度. Its guardian Bodhisattva is the third on the left in the hall of space in the Garbhadhātu. |
忍鎧 忍铠 see styles |
rěn kǎi ren3 kai3 jen k`ai jen kai ningai |
(忍辱鎧) Patience as armour, protecting against evils; also the kaṣāya, monk's robe. |
忍門 忍门 see styles |
rěn mén ren3 men2 jen men ninmon |
the approach [to liberation] of patience |
恆心 恒心 see styles |
héng xīn heng2 xin1 heng hsin |
perseverance See: 恒心 |
悟忍 see styles |
wù rěn wu4 ren3 wu jen gonin |
The patience of enlightenment, obtained by Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, 'on her vision of Amitābha,' also known as Joy-perseverance, or Faith-perseverance; one of the ten stages of faith. |
慈忍 see styles |
cí rěn ci2 ren3 tz`u jen tzu jen jinin じにん |
(personal name) Jinin Compassion and patience, compassionate tolerance. |
慧忍 see styles |
huì rěn hui4 ren3 hui jen enin |
Wisdom-patience, one of the 十忍. |
懺摩 忏摩 see styles |
chàn mó chan4 mo2 ch`an mo chan mo senma |
叉磨 kṣama, kṣamayati, see above; to forbear, have patience with; ask for consideration, or pardon. |
戒忍 see styles |
jier ěn jier4 en3 jier en kainin |
Patience acquired by the observance of the discipline; the first of the ten kṣānti. |
挨餓 挨饿 see styles |
ái è ai2 e4 ai o |
to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished |
有恆 有恒 see styles |
yǒu héng you3 heng2 yu heng |
to persevere; perseverance See: 有恒 |
柔和 see styles |
róu hé rou2 he2 jou ho nyuuwa / nyuwa にゅうわ |
gentle; soft (noun or adjectival noun) gentle; mild; meek; tender Gentle, forbearing, tolerant. |
根気 see styles |
konki こんき |
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy |
橋梁 桥梁 see styles |
qiáo liáng qiao2 liang2 ch`iao liang chiao liang kyouryou / kyoryo きょうりょう |
bridge (lit. and fig.) bridge A bridge, trampled on by all but patiently bearing them, a synonym for patience, endurance. |
機根 机根 see styles |
jī gēn ji1 gen1 chi ken kikon きこん |
(1) patience; perseverance; (2) ability of the common man to understand Buddhist teachings capacity |
永存 see styles |
yǒng cún yong3 cun2 yung ts`un yung tsun eison; eizon / eson; ezon えいそん; えいぞん |
everlasting; to endure forever (noun/participle) durability; permanence; perpetuity |
法忍 see styles |
fǎ rěn fa3 ren3 fa jen hounin / honin ほうにん |
(surname, given name) Hounin Patience attained through dharma, to the overcoming of illusion; also ability to bear patiently external hardships. |
無忍 无忍 see styles |
wú rěn wu2 ren3 wu jen munin |
no patience |
無恆 无恒 see styles |
wú héng wu2 heng2 wu heng mu gō |
to lack patience inconstant |
生忍 see styles |
shēng rěn sheng1 ren3 sheng jen shō nin |
common or ordinary patience, i. e. of 衆生 the masses. |
硬挺 see styles |
yìng tǐng ying4 ting3 ying t`ing ying ting |
to endure with all one's will; to hold out; rigid; stiff |
禁受 see styles |
jīn shòu jin1 shou4 chin shou |
to stand; to endure |
空忍 see styles |
kōng rěn kong1 ren3 k`ung jen kung jen kūnin |
Patience attained by regarding suffering as unreal; one of the 十忍. |
經受 经受 see styles |
jīng shòu jing1 shou4 ching shou |
to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand |
羼底 see styles |
chàn dǐ chan4 di3 ch`an ti chan ti sentei |
(or羼提) kṣānti, patience, forbearance, enduring shame, one of the six pāramitās. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Patience - Perseverance - to Endure - Tolerant" 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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