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寂天

see styles
jí tiān
    ji2 tian1
chi t`ien
    chi tien
 jakuten
    じゃくてん
(personal name) Jakuten
Śāntideva

密勅

see styles
 micchoku
    みっちょく
secret order of the Emperor; confidential imperial command

密商

see styles
mì shāng
    mi4 shang1
mi shang
to negotiate in secret; confidential discussions

密語


密语

see styles
mì yǔ
    mi4 yu3
mi yü
 mitsugo
    みつご
code word; coded language; to communicate in private
(noun/participle) talking in whispers; confidential words
Occult, or esoteric expressions.

密談


密谈

see styles
mì tán
    mi4 tan2
mi t`an
    mi tan
 mitsudan
    みつだん
commune; private discussion
(n,vs,vt,vi) private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

寒天

see styles
hán tiān
    han2 tian1
han t`ien
    han tien
 kanten
    かんてん
chilly weather; (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
(1) freezing weather; cold weather; (2) {food} agar-agar; vegetable gelatin

實惠


实惠

see styles
shí huì
    shi2 hui4
shih hui
tangible benefit; material advantages; cheap; economical; advantageous (deal); substantial (discount)

寧河


宁河

see styles
níng hé
    ning2 he2
ning ho
Ninghe county in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

寶坻


宝坻

see styles
bǎo dǐ
    bao3 di3
pao ti
Baodi rural district in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

寶血


宝血

see styles
bǎo xuè
    bao3 xue4
pao hsüeh
(Christianity) Precious Blood (of Jesus Christ); Blood of Christ

対空

see styles
 taikuu / taiku
    たいくう
(adj-f,adj-no,n) anti-aircraft; antiaircraft

封條


封条

see styles
fēng tiáo
    feng1 tiao2
feng t`iao
    feng tiao
seal

專擅


专擅

see styles
zhuān shàn
    zhuan1 shan4
chuan shan
without authorization; to act on one's own initiative

專線


专线

see styles
zhuān xiàn
    zhuan1 xian4
chuan hsien
special-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline; special rail line (e.g. between airport and city); CL:條|条[tiao2]

尊稱


尊称

see styles
zūn chēng
    zun1 cheng1
tsun ch`eng
    tsun cheng
to address sb deferentially; title; honorific
See: 尊称

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小本

see styles
xiǎo běn
    xiao3 ben3
hsiao pen
 komoto
    こもと
small capital; on a shoestring
(place-name, surname) Komoto
A small volume; Tiantai's term for the (小) 阿彌陀經; the large sūtra being the 無量壽經.

小編


小编

see styles
xiǎo biān
    xiao3 bian1
hsiao pien
 shouhen / shohen
    しょうへん
social-media editor; page admin; creator of online content (often used by the writer as a self-referential persona)
(very) short story or article; short short story; conte

尚武

see styles
shàng wǔ
    shang4 wu3
shang wu
 hisatake
    ひさたけ
to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike
militarism; warlike spirit; (given name) Hisatake

就正

see styles
jiù zhèng
    jiu4 zheng4
chiu cheng
 narumasa
    なるまさ
(literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing)
(personal name) Narumasa

居中

see styles
jū zhōng
    ju1 zhong1
chü chung
 kyochuu / kyochu
    きょちゅう
to be between two parties (as in mediation); to be in the middle; to be in between; (page layout) to be centered
(n,vs,adj-no) being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things; (personal name) Kyochuu

屏條


屏条

see styles
píng tiáo
    ping2 tiao2
p`ing t`iao
    ping tiao
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls

山外

see styles
shān wài
    shan1 wai4
shan wai
 yamasoto
    やまそと
{Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto
A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect.

山家

see styles
shān jiā
    shan1 jia1
shan chia
 yanbe
    やんべ
mountain villa; chalet; mountain cottage; mountain retreat; house in the mountains; (surname) Yanbe
The 'mountain school', the ' profounder ' interpretation of Tiantai doctrines developed by 四明 Ssu-ming; v. last entry.

山洪

see styles
shān hóng
    shan1 hong2
shan hung
deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt

山羌

see styles
shān qiāng
    shan1 qiang1
shan ch`iang
    shan chiang
(zoology) Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi); Chinese muntjac

山脈


山脉

see styles
shān mài
    shan1 mai4
shan mai
 sanmyaku
    さんみゃく
mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]
mountain range; mountain belt

岡田


冈田

see styles
gāng tián
    gang1 tian2
kang t`ien
    kang tien
 nakakura
    なかくら
Okada (Japanese surname)
(personal name) Nakakura

崑曲


昆曲

see styles
kūn qǔ
    kun1 qu3
k`un ch`ü
    kun chü
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times

左溪

see styles
zuǒ qī
    zuo3 qi1
tso ch`i
    tso chi
 Sakei
Zuoxi, the eighth Tiantai patriarch, named Xuanlang 玄朗.

左袒

see styles
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

差分

see styles
chā fēn
    cha1 fen1
ch`a fen
    cha fen
 sabun
    さぶん
(math.) increment; difference; (engineering) differential
(1) {comp} incremental difference (e.g. between files); diff; (2) {math} difference; subtraction; (finite) differences

差別


差别

see styles
chā bié
    cha1 bie2
ch`a pieh
    cha pieh
 sabetsu(p); shabetsu(ok); shabechi(ok)
    さべつ(P); しゃべつ(ok); しゃべち(ok)
difference; distinction; disparity
(noun, transitive verb) (1) distinction; differentiation; discrimination; (noun, transitive verb) (2) discrimination (against people)
pariccheda. Difference, different, discrimination; opposite of 平等 on a level, equal, identical.

差動

see styles
 sadou / sado
    さどう
(can act as adjective) differential (e.g. motion)

巴哈

see styles
bā hā
    ba1 ha1
pa ha
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer (Tw)

巴赫

see styles
bā hè
    ba1 he4
pa ho
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer

巹飲


卺饮

see styles
jǐn yǐn
    jin3 yin3
chin yin
to share nuptial cup; fig. to get married

布衍

see styles
 fuen
    ふえん
(noun/participle) expatiation; amplification (upon); elaboration

布道

see styles
bù dào
    bu4 dao4
pu tao
to preach (the Christian gospel)

帝天

see styles
dì tiān
    di4 tian1
ti t`ien
    ti tien
 Taiten
Indradatta

帥先

see styles
 sossen
    そっせん
(noun/participle) taking the initiative

帰天

see styles
 kiten
    きてん
(n,vs,vi) (See 召天) death of a Christian (in Catholicism)

干支

see styles
gān zhī
    gan1 zhi1
kan chih
 kanshi
    かんし
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝; sexagenary cycle
(1) sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days; (2) (えと only) 12-year Chinese zodiac; (given name) Kanshi

平明

see styles
píng míng
    ping2 ming2
p`ing ming
    ping ming
 heimei / heme
    へいめい
(literary) dawn; daybreak; impartial and astute
(noun or adjectival noun) clear; simple; (personal name) Heimei

平添

see styles
píng tiān
    ping2 tian1
p`ing t`ien
    ping tien
 hirazoe
    ひらぞえ
to add or gain something without additional effort; to add something without good cause
(surname) Hirazoe

平行

see styles
píng xíng
    ping2 xing2
p`ing hsing
    ping hsing
 heikou / heko
    へいこう
parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing; on the same level; simultaneous; concurrent
(n,vs,vi,adj-na,adj-no) (1) parallelism; running parallel (to, with); (n,vs,vi,adj-no) (2) (See 並行・2) running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with; (n,vs,vi) (3) not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

幾天


几天

see styles
jǐ tiān
    ji3 tian1
chi t`ien
    chi tien
several days

床單


床单

see styles
chuáng dān
    chuang2 dan1
ch`uang tan
    chuang tan
bed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]

序盤

see styles
 joban
    じょばん
(1) opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); (2) early stages; initial phase; outset

底力

see styles
 sokojikara
    そこぢから
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

庫納


库纳

see styles
kù nà
    ku4 na4
k`u na
    ku na
kuna (Croatian currency)

廁鈿


厕钿

see styles
cì tián
    ci4 tian2
tz`u t`ien
    tzu tien
 shiten
inlaid gold or silver ornamentation

廅天

see styles
hé tiān
    he2 tian1
ho t`ien
    ho tien
 ōten
Parīttābha, the fourth brahmaloka, the first region of the second dhyāna.

弄混

see styles
nòng hún
    nong4 hun2
nung hun
to confuse (fail to differentiate)

引入

see styles
yǐn rù
    yin3 ru4
yin ju
 hiki-ire
to draw into; to pull into; to introduce
To introduce, initiate.

引化

see styles
yǐn huà
    yin3 hua4
yin hua
 inke
Initiate and instruct.

引果

see styles
yǐn guǒ
    yin3 guo3
yin kuo
 inka
The stage of fruition, i. e. reward or punishment in the genus, as contrasted with 滿引 the differentiated species or stages, e. g. for each organ, or variety of condition. 唯識論 2.

引發


引发

see styles
yǐn fā
    yin3 fa1
yin fa
 inpotsu
to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)
to induce

張戎


张戎

see styles
zhāng róng
    zhang1 rong2
chang jung
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]

強談

see styles
 goudan / godan
    ごうだん
(noun, transitive verb) tough negotiations

弾み

see styles
 hazumi
    はずみ
(1) bounce; spring; rebound; (2) (kana only) momentum; impetus; impulse; stimulus; inertia; (3) (kana only) spur of the moment; impulse

彈跳


弹跳

see styles
tán tiào
    tan2 tiao4
t`an t`iao
    tan tiao
to bounce; to jump; to leap

彌天


弥天

see styles
mí tiān
    mi2 tian1
mi t`ien
    mi tien
 miten
filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
all of space

彌底


弥底

see styles
mí dǐ
    mi2 di3
mi ti
 mitei
miti, measure, accurate knowledge, evidential.

当初

see styles
 tousho / tosho
    とうしょ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) beginning; start; outset; (n,adv) (2) at first; at the beginning; initially; originally

当薬

see styles
 touyaku / toyaku
    とうやく
(See 千振・1) dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine)

彩帶


彩带

see styles
cǎi dài
    cai3 dai4
ts`ai tai
    tsai tai
colored ribbon; streamer; CL:條|条[tiao2]

彼岸

see styles
bǐ àn
    bi3 an4
pi an
 higan
    ひがん
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
(1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbreviation) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) {Buddh} (See 此岸) nirvana; (4) (form) opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side
波羅 parā, yonder shore i. e. nirvāṇa. The saṃsāra life of reincarnation is 此岸 this shore; the stream of karma is 中流 the stream between the one shore and the other. Metaphor for an end to any affair. pāramitā (an incorrect etymology, no doubt old) is the way to reach the other shore.; The other shore; nirvāṇa.

徇情

see styles
xùn qíng
    xun4 qing2
hsün ch`ing
    hsün ching
to act out of personal considerations; to show partiality

律條


律条

see styles
lǜ tiáo
    lu:4 tiao2
lü t`iao
    lü tiao
a law

後勁


后劲

see styles
hòu jìn
    hou4 jin4
hou chin
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect

後天


后天

see styles
hòu tiān
    hou4 tian1
hou t`ien
    hou tien
 kouten / koten
    こうてん
the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
a posteriori; posteriority

後手


后手

see styles
hòu shǒu
    hou4 shou3
hou shou
 gote
    ごて
defensive position (in chess); room for maneuver; a way of escape
(1) (See 先手・せんて・2) losing initiative; being forestalled; (2) moving second; person with the second move; (3) {go;shogi} (See 先手・せんて・3) gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent; (4) (See 後詰め) rear guard

從優


从优

see styles
cóng yōu
    cong2 you1
ts`ung yu
    tsung yu
preferential treatment; most favored terms

御子

see styles
 miko
    みこ
(1) God's son (in Christianity); (2) child of the emperor; (polite language) (someone else's) child; (surname, female given name) Miko

微分

see styles
wēi fēn
    wei1 fen1
wei fen
 bibun
    びぶん
(math.) differential (of a function); differential (equation etc); to differentiate; differentiation
(noun/participle) (1) {math} differentiation; (2) {math} differential; derivative

微調


微调

see styles
wēi tiáo
    wei1 tiao2
wei t`iao
    wei tiao
fine tuning; trimming

德田

see styles
dé tián
    de2 tian2
te t`ien
    te tien
 tokuden
Field of virtue, or of religious power, i.e. the cult of arhats and Buddhas.

心佛

see styles
xīn fó
    xin1 fo2
hsin fo
 shinbutsu
The Buddha within the heart: from mind is Buddha hood: the Buddha revealed in or to the mind; the mind is Buddha. 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別 The mind, Buddha, and all the living — there is no difference between the three. i. e. all are of the same order. This is an important doctrine of the 華嚴經 Huayan sutra, cf. its 夜摩天宮品; by Tiantai it is called 三法妙 the mystery of the three things.

心法

see styles
xīn fǎ
    xin1 fa3
hsin fa
 shinpou / shinpo
    しんぽう
(surname) Shinpou
Mental dharmas, idea— all 'things' are divided into two classes 色 and 心 physical and mental; that which has 質礙 substance and resistance is physical, that which is devoid of these is mental; or the root of all phenomena is mind 緣起諸法之根本者爲心法. The exoteric and esoteric schools differ in their interpretation: the exoterics hold that mental ideas or 'things' are 無色無形 unsubstantial and invisible, the esoterics that they 有色有形 have both substance and form.

心田

see styles
xīn tián
    xin1 tian2
hsin t`ien
    hsin tien
 shinden
    しんでん
heart (one's innermost being)
(given name) Shinden
The field of the mind, or heart, in which spring up good and evil.

心跳

see styles
xīn tiào
    xin1 tiao4
hsin t`iao
    hsin tiao
heartbeat; pulse

必備


必备

see styles
bì bèi
    bi4 bei4
pi pei
 hitsubi
    ひつび
essential
(adj-no,n,vs,vt) indispensable; essential; necessary; must-have

必携

see styles
 hikkei / hikke
    ひっけい
(adj-no,n-suf) (1) indispensable; essential; must-have; (2) (usu. in book titles) handbook; manual; vade mecum

必用

see styles
 hitsuyou / hitsuyo
    ひつよう
(adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement

必要

see styles
bì yào
    bi4 yao4
pi yao
 hitsuyou / hitsuyo
    ひつよう
necessary; essential; indispensable; required
(adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement

必需

see styles
bì xū
    bi4 xu1
pi hsü
 hitsuju
    ひつじゅ
to need; to require; essential; indispensable
(adj-no,n) necessary

必須


必须

see styles
bì xū
    bi4 xu1
pi hsü
 hissu(p); hisshu; hissuu / hissu(p); hisshu; hissu
    ひっす(P); ひっしゅ; ひっすう
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
(adj-no,adj-na,n) indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
must

念天

see styles
niàn tiān
    nian4 tian1
nien t`ien
    nien tien
 nenten
One of the six devalokas, that of recollection and desire.

急所

see styles
 kyuusho / kyusho
    きゅうしょ
(1) vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals; (2) key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter); (3) (colloquialism) (See 金的・3) male crotch (as a target in fighting); (4) {go} vital point; critical place to make a move

性具

see styles
xìng jù
    xing4 ju4
hsing chü
 seigu / segu
    せいぐ
sex toy; sex aid
The Tiantai doctrine that the Buddha-nature includes both good and evil; v. 觀音玄義記 2. Cf. 體具; 理具 of similar meaning.

恩田

see styles
ēn tián
    en1 tian2
en t`ien
    en tien
 onda
    おんだ
(place-name, surname) Onda
The field of grace, i.e. parents, teachers, elders, monks, in return for the benefits they have conferred; one of the 三福田.

恬和

see styles
tián hé
    tian2 he2
t`ien ho
    tien ho
quiet and gentle

恬噪

see styles
tián zào
    tian2 zao4
t`ien tsao
    tien tsao
to caw

恬怕

see styles
tián pà
    tian2 pa4
t`ien p`a
    tien pa
 tenhaku
serene

恬愉

see styles
tián yú
    tian2 yu2
t`ien yü
    tien yü
content and at ease

恬暢


恬畅

see styles
tián chàng
    tian2 chang4
t`ien ch`ang
    tien chang
comfortable and happy

恬波

see styles
tián bō
    tian2 bo1
t`ien po
    tien po
calm waters

恬淡

see styles
tián dàn
    tian2 dan4
t`ien tan
    tien tan
 tentan
    てんたん
quiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
(adj-na,n,adv-to) disinterest

恬漠

see styles
tián mò
    tian2 mo4
t`ien mo
    tien mo
indifferent and undisturbed

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

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