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四不退

see styles
sì bù tuì
    si4 bu4 tui4
ssu pu t`ui
    ssu pu tui
 shi futai
The four kinds of non-backsliding, which includes three kinds of non-backsliding 三不退, on top of which the Pure Land sect adds another 處 place or abode, i. e. that those who reach the Pure Land never fall away, for which five reasons are given termed 五種不退. The 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect makes their four 信, 位, 證, and 行, faith, position attained, realization, and accordant procedure.

四勝身


四胜身

see styles
sì shèng shēn
    si4 sheng4 shen1
ssu sheng shen
 shi shōshin
The four with victorious bodies, who were transformed independently of normal rebirth; also styled 解行身 bodies set free from all physical taint, thus attaining to Buddhahood. The four are the 龍女 dragon daughter of the Lotus Sutra, who instantly became a male bodhisattva; and three others of the 華嚴 Huayan sutra, i. e. 善財童子; 兜率天子, and 普莊嚴童子.

四惡趣


四恶趣

see styles
sì è qù
    si4 e4 qu4
ssu o ch`ü
    ssu o chü
 shi akushu
(or 四惡道) The four apāya, or evil destinies: the hells, as hungry ghosts, animals, or asuras. The asuras are sometimes evil, sometimes good, hence the term 三惡道 'three evil destinies' excepts the asuras.

四暗刻

see styles
 suuankoo / suankoo
    スーアンコー
{mahj} (See 暗刻・アンコー,役満) four concealed triplets (yakuman) (chi:); four concealed three-of-a-kinds

四淨定


四净定

see styles
sì jìng dìng
    si4 jing4 ding4
ssu ching ting
 shi jō jō
The 'pure' dhyāna, i. e. one of the 三定 three dhyānas; this dhyāna is in four parts.

四空處


四空处

see styles
sì kōng chù
    si4 kong1 chu4
ssu k`ung ch`u
    ssu kung chu
 shi kūsho
(or四空天) catur-ārūpya brahmalokas; also 四無色界 and see 四空定. The four immaterial or formless heavens, arūpa-dhātu, above the eighteen brahmalokas: (1) 空無邊處 ākāśānantyāyatana, also termed 虛空 處 the state or heaven of boundless space; (2) 識無邊處 vijñānanāntyāyatana, of boundless knowledge; (3) 無所有處 ākiñcanyāyatana, of nothing, or nonexistence; (4) 非想非非想處 naivasanjñānasañjnāyatana, also styled 非有想非無想 the state of neither thinking nor not thinking (which may resemble a state of intuition). Existence in the first state lasts 20, 000 great kalpas, increasing respectively to 40, 000, 60, 000 and 80, 000 in the other three.

四車家


四车家

see styles
sì chē jiā
    si4 che1 jia1
ssu ch`e chia
    ssu che chia
 shishake
The Lotus School, which adds to the trīyāna, or Three Vehicles, a fourth which includes the other three, viz. the 一佛乘 q. v.

在理教

see styles
zài lǐ jiào
    zai4 li3 jiao4
tsai li chiao
 Zairi kyō
The Tsai-li secret society, an offshoot of the White Lily Society, was founded in Shantung at the beginning of the Ch'ing dynasty; the title 'in the li, ' indicating that the society associated itself with all three religions, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; its followers set up no images, burnt no incense, neither smoked nor drank, and were vegetarian.

境界相

see styles
jìng jiè xiàng
    jing4 jie4 xiang4
ching chieh hsiang
 kyōgai sō
The external, or phenomenal world, the third aspect referred to in the Awakening of Faith; the three are blind or unintelligent action, the subjective mind, and the objective illusory world.

夏黃公


夏黄公

see styles
xià huáng gōng
    xia4 huang2 gong1
hsia huang kung
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

多面張

see styles
 tamenchan
    タメンチャン
{mahj} many-sided wait (for one's last tile) (chi: duōmiàn zhāng); complex wait; wait for three or more types of tiles which will finish one's hand

大三元

see styles
 daisangen
    だいさんげん
{mahj} big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles

大前天

see styles
dà qián tiān
    da4 qian2 tian1
ta ch`ien t`ien
    ta chien tien
three days ago

大前年

see styles
dà qián nián
    da4 qian2 nian2
ta ch`ien nien
    ta chien nien
three years ago

大引き

see styles
 oobiki
    おおびき
(1) {archit} sleeper; lumber girder; (2) last player of three (in mekuri karuta)

大後天


大后天

see styles
dà hòu tiān
    da4 hou4 tian1
ta hou t`ien
    ta hou tien
three days from now

大後年


大后年

see styles
dà hòu nián
    da4 hou4 nian2
ta hou nien
three years from now; year after year after next year

大日經


大日经

see styles
dà rì jīng
    da4 ri4 jing1
ta jih ching
 Dainichi kyō
The Vairocana sutra, styled in full 毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經, tr. in the Tang dynasty by Śubhākarasiṃha 善無畏 in 7 chuan, of which the first six are the text and the seventh instructions for worship. It is one of the three sutras of the esoteric school. Its teaching pairs with that of the 金剛頂經. There are two versions of notes and comments on the text, the 大日經疏 20 chuan, and 大日經義疏 14 chuan; and other works, e.g. 大日經義釋; 大日經不思議疏; 大日經義軌 in four versions with different titles.

大梵天

see styles
dà fàn tiān
    da4 fan4 tian1
ta fan t`ien
    ta fan tien
 Daibon ten
Mahābrahman; Brahma; 跋羅吸摩; 波羅賀磨; 梵覽摩; 梵天王; 梵王; 梵. Eitel says: "The first person of the Brahminical Trimūrti, adopted by Buddhism, but placed in an inferior position, being looked upon not as Creator, but as a transitory devatā whom every Buddhistic saint surpasses on obtaining bodhi. Notwithstanding this, the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka calls Brahma 'the father of all living beings'" 一切衆生之父. Mahābrahman is the unborn or uncreated ruler over all, especially according to Buddhism over all the heavens of form, i.e. of mortality. He rules over these heavens, which are of threefold form: (a) Brahma (lord), (b) Brahma-purohitas (ministers), and (c) Brahma-pāriṣadyāh (people). His heavens are also known as the middle dhyāna heavens, i.e. between the first and second dhyānas. He is often represented on the right of the Buddha. According to Chinese accounts the Hindus speak of him (1) as born of Nārāyaṇa, from Brahma's mouth sprang the brahmans, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, and from his feet the śūdras; (2) as born from Viṣṇu; (3) as a trimūrti, evidently that of Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but Buddhists define Mahābrahma's dharmakāya as Maheśvara (Śiva), his saṃbhogakāya as Nārāyaṇa, and his nirmāṇakāya as Brahmā. He is depicted as riding on a swan, or drawn by swans.

大聖天


大圣天

see styles
dà shèng tiān
    da4 sheng4 tian1
ta sheng t`ien
    ta sheng tien
 dai shōten
idem 大聖歡喜天 v. 歡喜天, on whom there are three works.

大風災


大风灾

see styles
dà fēng zāi
    da4 feng1 zai1
ta feng tsai
 dai fūsai
Great Storms, the third of the three destructive calamities to end the world.

大黑天

see styles
dà hēi tiān
    da4 hei1 tian1
ta hei t`ien
    ta hei tien
 Daikoku ten
Mahākāla 摩訶迦 (or 謌) 羅 the great black deva 大黑神. Two interpretations are given. The esoteric cult describes the deva as the masculine form of Kālī, i.e. Durgā, the wife of Śiva; with one face and eight arms, or three faces and six arms, a necklace of skulls, etc. He is worshipped as giving warlike power, and fierceness; said also to be an incarnation of Vairocana for the purpose of destroying the demons; and is described as 大時 the "great time" (-keeper) which seems to indicate Vairocana, the sun. The exoteric cult interprets him as a beneficent deva, a Pluto, or god of wealth. Consequently he is represented in two forms, by the one school as a fierce deva, by the other as a kindly happy deva. He is shown as one of the eight fierce guardians with trident, generally blue-black but sometimes white; he may have two elephants underfoot. Six arms and hands hold jewel, skull cup, chopper, drum, trident, elephant-goad. He is the tutelary god of Mongolian Buddhism. Six forms of Mahākāla are noted: (1) 比丘大黑 A black-faced disciple of the Buddha, said to be the Buddha as Mahādeva in a previous incarnation, now guardian of the refectory. (2) 摩訶迦羅大黑女 Kālī, the wife of Śiva. (3) 王子迦羅大黑 The son of Śiva. (4) 眞陀大黑 Cintāmaṇi, with the talismanic pearl, symbol of bestowing fortune. (5) 夜叉大黑 Subduer of demons. (6) 摩迦羅大黑 Mahākāla, who carries a bag on his back and holds a hammer in his right hand. J., Daikoku; M., Yeke-gara; T., Nag-po c'en-po.

天台宗

see styles
tiān tái zōng
    tian1 tai2 zong1
t`ien t`ai tsung
    tien tai tsung
 tendaishuu / tendaishu
    てんだいしゅう
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu
The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'.

天眼明

see styles
tiān yǎn míng
    tian1 yan3 ming2
t`ien yen ming
    tien yen ming
 tengen myō
One of the three enlightenments 三明, or clear visions of the saint, which enables him to know the future rebirths of himself and all beings.

太和殿

see styles
tài hé diàn
    tai4 he2 dian4
t`ai ho tien
    tai ho tien
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]

妙法堂

see styles
miào fǎ táng
    miao4 fa3 tang2
miao fa t`ang
    miao fa tang
 myōhō dō
善法堂 The hall of wonderful dharma, situated in the south-west corner of the Trāyastriṃśas heaven, v. 忉, where the thirty-three devas discuss whether affairs are according to law or truth or the contrary.

姉妹丼

see styles
 shimaidon
    しまいどん
(vulgar) (slang) threesome including two women who are sisters

婬怒癡


淫怒痴

see styles
yín nù chī
    yin2 nu4 chi1
yin nu ch`ih
    yin nu chih
 in nu chi
The three poisons of sexual desire, anger, and ignorance (or heedlessness).

嫁が君

see styles
 yomegakimi
    よめがきみ
(archaism) (euph. used during the first three days of the year) mouse

學無學


学无学

see styles
xué wú xué
    xue2 wu2 xue2
hsüeh wu hsüeh
 gaku mugaku
One who is still learning, and one who has attained; 學 is to study religion order to get rid of illusion; 無學 begins when illusion is cast off. In Hīnayāna the first three stages, v. 四果, belong to the period of 學; the arhat to the 無學. In the Mahāyāna, the ten stages of the bodhisattva belong to 學; the stage of Buddha to 無學.

宗因喩

see styles
zōng yīn yú
    zong1 yin1 yu2
tsung yin yü
 shū in yu
Proposition, reason, example, the three parts of a syllogism.

定式幕

see styles
 joushikimaku / joshikimaku
    じょうしきまく
kabuki curtain, usu. of three coloured panels

小三元

see styles
 shousangen / shosangen
    しょうさんげん
{mahj} little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon

小四喜

see styles
 shaosuushii; shousuushii / shaosushi; shosushi
    シャオスーシー; しょうスーシー
{mahj} little four winds (chi:); winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind

小明槓

see styles
 shouminkan / shominkan
    ショウミンカン
{mahj} (See 加槓,槓) forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind (chi:)

居囃子

see styles
 ibayashi
    いばやし
short noh piece with three seated performers

岳陽樓


岳阳楼

see styles
yuè yáng lóu
    yue4 yang2 lou2
yüeh yang lou
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi

川の字

see styles
 kawanoji
    かわのじ
(exp,n) (as 川の字で寝る, 川の字になって寝る, etc.) (formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); "river" character

帶分數


带分数

see styles
dài fēn shù
    dai4 fen1 shu4
tai fen shu
mixed fraction; mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters); see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4]

平等觀


平等观

see styles
píng děng guān
    ping2 deng3 guan1
p`ing teng kuan
    ping teng kuan
 byōdō kan
One of the three Tiantai meditations, the 假觀 phenomenal being blended with the noumenal or universal. The term is also used for 空觀 meditation on the universal, or absolute.

庚申塚

see styles
 koushinzuka / koshinzuka
    こうしんづか
(See 青面金剛,三猿) roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys); (place-name) Kōshinzuka

庚申待

see styles
 koushinmachi / koshinmachi
    こうしんまち
staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko

廢前教


废前教

see styles
fèi qián jiào
    fei4 qian2 jiao4
fei ch`ien chiao
    fei chien chiao
 hai zenkyō
The discarding of previous rules in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, e.g. previously monks were allowed the three kinds of clean meat; in this sūtra all are forbidden.

廣目天


广目天

see styles
guǎng mù tiān
    guang3 mu4 tian1
kuang mu t`ien
    kuang mu tien
 Kōmokuten
Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings)
The wide-eyed deva, Virūpākṣa, diversely-eyed, having deformed eyes, an epithet of Śiva, as represented with three eyes; name of one of the four Mahārājas, he who guards the west.

弭曼差

see styles
mǐ màn chā
    mi3 man4 cha1
mi man ch`a
    mi man cha
 Mimansha
The Mīmāṃsa system of Indian philosophy founded by Jaimini, especially the Pūrva-mīmāṃsa. It was 'one of the three great divisions of orthodox Hindu Philosophy ,' M. W. Cf, the Nyāya and Saṃkhyā.

張廷玉


张廷玉

see styles
zhāng tíng yù
    zhang1 ting2 yu4
chang t`ing yü
    chang ting yü
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]

律儀戒


律仪戒

see styles
lǜ yí jiè
    lv4 yi2 jie4
lü i chieh
 ritsugi kai
The first of the three 衆戒, i. e. to avoid evil by keeping to the discipline.

御三卿

see styles
 gosankyou / gosankyo
    ごさんきょう
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

御三家

see styles
 gosanke
    ごさんけ
(1) three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); (2) big three; top three

御三方

see styles
 osankata
    おさんかた
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (honorific or respectful language) three people

御三時

see styles
 osanji
    おさんじ
three-o'clock snack

御正月

see styles
 oshougatsu / oshogatsu
    おしょうがつ
(1) (polite language) New Year (esp. first three or fifteen days); (2) (polite language) the first month of the year; January

忉利天

see styles
dāo lì tiān
    dao1 li4 tian1
tao li t`ien
    tao li tien
 Tōri Ten
trāyastriṃśas, 怛唎耶怛唎奢; 多羅夜登陵舍; the heavens of the thirty-three devas, 三十三天, the second of the desire-heavens, the heaven of Indra; it is the Svarga of Hindu mythology, situated on Meru with thirty-two deva-cities, eight on each side; a central city is 善見城 Sudarśana, or Amarāvatī, where Indra, with 1, 000 heads and eyes and four arms, lives in his palace called 禪延; 毘闍延 (or 毘禪延) ? Vaijayanta, and 'revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife' Śacī and with 119, 000 concubines. 'There he receives the monthly reports of the' four Mahārājas as to the good and evil in the world. 'The whole myth may have an astronomical' or meteorological background, e. g. the number thirty-three indicating the 'eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology. ' Eitel. Cf. 因陀羅.

性空教

see styles
xìng kōng jiào
    xing4 kong1 jiao4
hsing k`ung chiao
    hsing kung chiao
 shōkū gyō
One of the three 南山 Nanshan sects which regarded the nature of things as unreal or immaterial, but held that the things were temporally entities.

恭敬施

see styles
gōng jìng shī
    gong1 jing4 shi1
kung ching shih
 kugyō se
Worship as an offering, one of the three forms of giving.

Variations:

 e
    え
(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} (See 三学) prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

愛染王


爱染王

see styles
ài rǎn wáng
    ai4 ran3 wang2
ai jan wang
 Aizenō
Rāga, one of the 明王 with angry appearance, three faces and six arms.

押し競

see styles
 oshikura
    おしくら
(abbreviation) (See 押し競べ) children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards

掛け声

see styles
 kakegoe
    かけごえ
(noun/participle) yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

提鞞沙

see styles
tí bǐ shā
    ti2 bi3 sha1
t`i pi sha
    ti pi sha
 daihisha
dveṣa, hatred, dislike, enmity, one of the 三毒 three poisons.

斜め顔

see styles
 nanamegao
    ななめがお
(drawing of a) face in three-quarter view

施開廢


施开废

see styles
shī kāi fèi
    shi1 kai1 fei4
shih k`ai fei
    shih kai fei
 se kai hai
A Tiantai term indicating the three periods of the Buddha's teaching: (1) bestowing the truth in Hīnayāna and other partial forms; (2) opening of the perfect truth like the lotus, as in the Lotus Sutra; (3) abrogating the earlier imperfect forms.

早まる

see styles
 hayamaru
    はやまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up; (2) to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed; (3) to be hasty; to be rash

早早班

see styles
zǎo zǎo bān
    zao3 zao3 ban1
tsao tsao pan
preschool group for kids aged three or less; (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak

明刻子

see styles
 minkootsu
    ミンコーツ
{mahj} (See 刻子) open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player

時媚鬼


时媚鬼

see styles
shí mèi guǐ
    shi2 mei4 gui3
shih mei kuei
 jimi ki
(or 精媚鬼) One of the three classes of demons; capable of changing at the 子 zi hour (midnight) into the form of a rat, boy, girl, or old, sick person.

晉察冀


晋察冀

see styles
jìn chá jì
    jin4 cha2 ji4
chin ch`a chi
    chin cha chi
Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3] and Hebei 河北[He2 bei3] (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)

暗刻子

see styles
 ankootsu
    アンコーツ
{mahj} (See 刻子) concealed pung; concealed three-of-a-kind

月黶尊


月黡尊

see styles
yuè yǎn zūn
    yue4 yan3 zun1
yüeh yen tsun
 Gatten son
One of the names of a 明王 Ming Wang, i. e. 'moon-black' or 'moon-spots', 降三世明王 the maharāja who subdues all resisters, past, present, and future, represented with black face, three eyes, four protruding teeth, and fierce laugh.

有空中

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yǒu kōng zhōng
    you3 kong1 zhong1
yu k`ung chung
    yu kung chung
 u kū chū
The three terms, phenomenal, noumenal, and the link or mean, v. 中 and 空.

東三省


东三省

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dōng sān shěng
    dong1 san1 sheng3
tung san sheng
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

止觀論


止观论

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zhǐ guān lùn
    zhi3 guan1 lun4
chih kuan lun
 Shikanron
摩訶止觀論 The foundation work on Tiantai's modified form of samādhi, rest of body for clearness of vision. It is one of the three foundation works of the Tiantai School: was delivered by 智顗 Zhiyi to his disciple 章安 Chāgan who committed it to writing. The treatises on it are numerous.

正像末

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zhèng xiàng mò
    zheng4 xiang4 mo4
cheng hsiang mo
 shō zō matsu
The three periods of correct law, semblance law, and decadence, or finality; cf. 正法.

正量部

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zhèng liáng bù
    zheng4 liang2 bu4
cheng liang pu
 Shōryō bu
Saṃmatīya, Saṃmitīya (三彌底); the school of correct measures, or correct evaluation. Three hundred years after the Nirvana it is said that from the Vātsīputrīyāḥ school four divisions were formed, of which this was the third.

歩三兵

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 fusanbyou / fusanbyo
    ふさんびょう
{shogi} starting with only a king on the board and three pawns in hand (as a handicap when teaching a beginner)

毛鄧三


毛邓三

see styles
máo dèng sān
    mao2 deng4 san1
mao teng san
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents (abbr. for 毛澤東思想|毛泽东思想[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3] + 鄧小平理論|邓小平理论[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2 Li3 lun4] + 三個代表|三个代表[San1 ge4 Dai4 biao3])

気血水

see styles
 kikessui
    きけっすい
life force, blood, and colourless bodily fluids (three elements that constitute an organism according to traditional Chinese medicine)

江迦葉


江迦叶

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jiāng jiā shě
    jiang1 jia1 she3
chiang chia she
 Kō kashō
River- or Nadī-kāśyapa, one of the three Kāśyapa brothers: v. 三迦棄.

沙悟淨


沙悟净

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shā wù jìng
    sha1 wu4 jing4
sha wu ching
Sha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4]

波濕縛


波湿缚

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bō shī fú
    bo1 shi1 fu2
po shih fu
 Hashibaku
(波栗濕縛); 波奢 pārśva, the ribs. Pārśva, the tenth patriarch, previously a Brahman of Gandhāra, who took a vow not to lie down until he had mastered the meaning of the Tripiṭaka, cut off all desire in the realms of sense, form and non-form, and obtained the six supernatural powers and eight pāramitās. This he accomplished after three years. His death is put at 36 B. C. His name is tr. as 脇尊者 his Worship of the Ribs.

涅槃印

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niè pán yìn
    nie4 pan2 yin4
nieh p`an yin
    nieh pan yin
 nehan in
(涅槃寂靜印) The seal or teaching of nirvāṇa, one of the three proof that a sutra was uttered by the Buddha, i.e. its teaching of impermanence, non-ego, nirvāṇa; also the witness within to the attainment of nirvāṇa.

涅槃經


涅槃经

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niè pán jīng
    nie4 pan2 jing1
nieh p`an ching
    nieh pan ching
 Nehan gyō
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
Nirvāṇa Sūtra. There are two versions, one the Hīnayāna, the other the Mahāyāna, both of which are translated into Chinese, in several versions, and there are numerous treatises on them. Hīnayāna: 佛般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Po Fazu A.D. 290-306 of the Western Chin dynasty, B.N. 552. 大般涅槃經 tr. by Faxian, B.N. 118. 般泥洹經 translator unknown. These are different translations of the same work. In the Āgamas 阿含there is also a Hīnayāna Nirvāṇa Sūtra. Mahāyāna: 佛說方等般泥洹經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa of the Western Chin A.D. 265-316, B. N. 116. 大般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Faxian, together with Buddhabhadra of the Eastern Chin, A.D. 317-420, B. N. 120, being a similar and incomplete translation of B. N. 113, 114. 四童子三昧經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Jñānagupta of the Sui dynasty, A. D. 589-618, B.N. 121. The above three differ, though they are the first part of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra of the Mahāyāna. The complete translation is 大般涅槃經 tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 423, B.N. 113; v. a partial translation of fasc. 12 and 39 by Beal, in his Catena of Buddhist Scriptures, pp. 160-188. It is sometimes called 北本 or Northern Book, when compared with its revision, the Southern Book, i.e. 南方大般涅槃經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, produced in Jianye, the modem Nanjing, by two Chinese monks, Huiyan and Huiguan, and a literary man, Xie Lingyun. B.N. 114. 大般涅槃經後分 The latter part of the Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra tr. by Jñānabhadra together with Huining and others of the Tang dynasty, B.N. 115, a continuation of the last chapter of B.N. 113 and 114.

滕王閣


滕王阁

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téng wáng gé
    teng2 wang2 ge2
t`eng wang ko
    teng wang ko
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei

無漏根


无漏根

see styles
wú lòu gēn
    wu2 lou4 gen1
wu lou ken
 muro kon
The three roots which produce pure knowledge, 三無漏根 q.v.

無爲法


无为法

see styles
wú wéi fǎ
    wu2 wei2 fa3
wu wei fa
 mui hō
asaṃskṛta dharmas, anything not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; out of time, eternal, inactive, supra-mundane. Sarvāstivādins enumerate three: ākāśa, space or ether; pratisaṃhyā-nirodha, conscious cessation of the contamination of the passions; apratisaṃhyā-nirodha, unconscious or effortless cessation.

牟陀羅


牟陀罗

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móu tuó luó
    mou2 tuo2 luo2
mou t`o lo
    mou to lo
 mudara
mardala, or mṛdaṅga, a kind of drum described as having three faces.

犬の顔

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 inunokao
    いぬのかお
(exp,n) {go} (See トックリ形,猫の顔) dog; dog's face; dog's head; sake bottle shape; pattern of three stones resembling a dog's face

狄仁傑


狄仁杰

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dí rén jié
    di2 ren2 jie2
ti jen chieh
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]

狄公案

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dí gōng àn
    di2 gong1 an4
ti kung an
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee

猛打賞

see styles
 moudashou / modasho
    もうだしょう
{baseb} hitting three or more times in a game (NPB)

猫の顔

see styles
 nekonokao
    ねこのかお
(exp,n) {go} tiger's mouth; pattern of three stones resembling a cat's face; used as a connection

獨龍江


独龙江

see styles
dú lóng jiāng
    du2 long2 jiang1
tu lung chiang
Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit

界內惑


界内惑

see styles
jien ei huò
    jien4 ei4 huo4
jien ei huo
 kainai (no) waku
Illusion of the two schools of 界內事教 and 界內理教; illusion of, or in, the above three realms which gives rise to rebirths.

相續假


相续假

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xiāng xù jiǎ
    xiang1 xu4 jia3
hsiang hsü chia
 sōzoku ke
Illusory ideas continuously succeed one another producing other illusory ideas, one of the three hypotheses of the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra.

眞言宗

see styles
zhēn yán zōng
    zhen1 yan2 zong1
chen yen tsung
 Shingon Shū
The True-word or Shingon sect, founded on the mystical teaching 'of all Buddhas,' the 'very words ' of the Buddhas; the especial authority being Vairocana; cf. the 大日 sutra, 金剛頂經; 蘇悉地經, etc. The founding of the esoteric sect is attributed to Vairocana, through the imaginary Bodhisattva Vajrasattva, then through Nāgārjuna to Vajramati and to Amoghavajra, circa A.D. 733; the latter became the effective propagator of the Yogācāra school in China; he is counted as the sixth patriarch of the school and the second in China. The three esoteric duties of body, mouth, and mind are to hold the symbol in the hand, recite the dhāraṇīs, and ponder over the word 'a' 阿 as the principle of the ungenerated, i.e. the eternal.

真行草

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 shingyousou / shingyoso
    しんぎょうそう
(1) (See 真書・1,行書,草書) printed, semi-cursive, and cursive styles of writing Chinese characters; (2) three-category system in traditional disciplines: basic, halfway, and transformed

瞿塘峽


瞿塘峡

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qú táng xiá
    qu2 tang2 xia2
ch`ü t`ang hsia
    chü tang hsia
Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]

石敢当

see styles
 sekkantou / sekkanto
    せっかんとう
    ishigandou / ishigando
    いしがんどう
    ishigantou / ishiganto
    いしがんとう
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

石敢當


石敢当

see styles
shí gǎn dāng
    shi2 gan3 dang1
shih kan tang
 sekkantou / sekkanto
    せっかんとう
    ishigandou / ishigando
    いしがんどう
    ishigantou / ishiganto
    いしがんとう
stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

神女峰

see styles
shén nǚ fēng
    shen2 nu:3 feng1
shen nü feng
name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2]

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