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玄菟郡 see styles |
xuán tù jun xuan2 tu4 jun4 hsüan t`u chün hsüan tu chün |
Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
王昭君 see styles |
wáng zhāo jun wang2 zhao1 jun1 wang chao chün oushoukun / oshokun おうしょうくん |
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3] (personal name) Oushoukun |
王洪文 see styles |
wáng hóng wén wang2 hong2 wen2 wang hung wen oukoubun / okobun おうこうぶん |
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four (person) Wang Hongwen (1936-1992) |
生欲界 see styles |
shēng yù jiè sheng1 yu4 jie4 sheng yü chieh shō yokukai |
give rise to the desire realm |
由有る see styles |
yoshiaru よしある |
(expression) of rank; of noble birth |
當生愛 当生爱 see styles |
dāng shēng ài dang1 sheng1 ai4 tang sheng ai tōshō ai |
feeling of attachment toward the coming life |
白粉花 see styles |
oshiroibana おしろいばな |
(kana only) marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa); four-o'clock plant; (female given name) Oshiroibana |
盧照鄰 卢照邻 see styles |
lú zhào lín lu2 zhao4 lin2 lu chao lin |
Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
目的因 see styles |
mokutekiin / mokutekin もくてきいん |
{phil} (See 質料因,形相因,作用因) final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
相似覺 相似觉 see styles |
xiāng sì jué xiang1 si4 jue2 hsiang ssu chüeh sōjika ku |
The approximate enlightenment which in the stages of 十住, 十行and 十廻向 approximates to perfect enlightenment by the subjection of all illusion; the second of the four degrees of bodhi in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. |
真向法 see styles |
makkouhou / makkoho まっこうほう |
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health) |
真理部 see styles |
zhēn lǐ bù zhen1 li3 bu4 chen li pu |
Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four |
真番郡 see styles |
zhēn pān jun zhen1 pan1 jun4 chen p`an chün chen pan chün |
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
睡眠欲 see styles |
shuì mián yù shui4 mian2 yu4 shui mien yü suimin yoku |
The lust for sleep, physical and spiritual, hence 睡眠蓋 sleep, drowsiness, or sloth as a hindrance to progress. |
矩拉婆 see styles |
jǔ lā pó ju3 la1 po2 chü la p`o chü la po Kurōba |
Kurava or Uttarakuru, v. 鬱 the northern of the four great continents. |
破取有 see styles |
pò qǔ yǒu po4 qu3 you3 p`o ch`ü yu po chü yu hashuu |
refutes attachment to being |
破四舊 破四旧 see styles |
pò sì jiù po4 si4 jiu4 p`o ssu chiu po ssu chiu |
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution) |
祝枝山 see styles |
zhù zhī shān zhu4 zhi1 shan1 chu chih shan |
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
稀ガス see styles |
kigasu きガス |
noble gas; inert gas |
究竟覺 究竟觉 see styles |
jiù jìng jué jiu4 jing4 jue2 chiu ching chüeh kūkyōkaku |
Supreme enlightenment, that of Buddha; one of the four kinds of enlightenment in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
第六天 see styles |
dì liù tiān di4 liu4 tian1 ti liu t`ien ti liu tien dairokuten だいろくてん |
{Buddh} (See 他化自在天) sixth heaven (of the desire realm) sixth heaven |
紅樓夢 红楼梦 see styles |
hóng lóu mèng hong2 lou2 meng4 hung lou meng kouroumu / koromu こうろうむ |
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels (wk) Dream of the Red Chamber (18th century novel by Cao Xueqin); Story of the Stone |
細四相 细四相 see styles |
xì sì xiàng xi4 si4 xiang4 hsi ssu hsiang saishi no sō |
The four states of 生住異滅 birth, abiding, change, extinction, e.g. birth, life, decay, death. |
維口食 维口食 see styles |
wéi kǒu shí wei2 kou3 shi2 wei k`ou shih wei kou shih yuikujiki |
Improper means of existence by spells, fortune-telling, etc., one of the four cardinal improper ways of earning a livelihood. |
緣四諦 缘四谛 see styles |
yuán sì dì yuan2 si4 di4 yüan ssu ti en shitai |
taking the four truths as referent |
緣苦集 缘苦集 see styles |
yuán kǔ jí yuan2 ku3 ji2 yüan k`u chi yüan ku chi en kushū |
contingent on the truths of suffering and its arising |
緣起法 缘起法 see styles |
yuán qǐ fǎ yuan2 qi3 fa3 yüan ch`i fa yüan chi fa engi hō |
pratītya-samutpāda; idem 十二緣起, i.e. the twelve nidānas, cf. 十二因緣, 緣起偈; 緣起頌 (緣起法頌) The gāthā of three of the four fundamental dogmas of Buddhism; than all is suffering, that suffering is intensified by desire, and that extinction of desire is practicable. This is found in 智度論. It is also called 緣起法頌. It is placed in the foundations of pagodas and inside of images of Buddha and so is called 法身偈 dharmakāyagāthā. |
聖觀音 圣观音 see styles |
shèng guān yīn sheng4 guan1 yin1 sheng kuan yin Shō Kannon |
Noble Avalokitêśvara |
聖諦智 圣谛智 see styles |
shèng dì zhì sheng4 di4 zhi4 sheng ti chih shōtaichi |
wisdom of the holy truths |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
能開大 see styles |
noukaidai / nokaidai のうかいだい |
(abbreviation) (See 職業能力開発大学校) polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses) |
能離欲 能离欲 see styles |
néng lí yù neng2 li2 yu4 neng li yü nō riyoku |
able to be free from desire |
臨屯郡 临屯郡 see styles |
lín tún jun lin2 tun2 jun4 lin t`un chün lin tun chün |
Lintun Commandery (108 BC–c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
自然人 see styles |
zì rán rén zi4 ran2 ren2 tzu jan jen shizenjin しぜんじん |
natural person (law); see also 法人[fa3 ren2] (1) {phil} natural person; person unspoiled by civilization; noble savage; (2) {law} (See 法人) natural person; physical person |
自體愛 自体爱 see styles |
zì tǐ ài zi4 ti3 ai4 tzu t`i ai tzu ti ai jitaiai |
attachment to a self essence |
色界欲 see styles |
sè jiè yù se4 jie4 yu4 se chieh yü shikikai yoku |
the desire of the form realm |
苦滅諦 苦灭谛 see styles |
kǔ miè dì ku3 mie4 di4 k`u mieh ti ku mieh ti ku metsutai |
noble truth of the cessation of suffering |
苦聖諦 苦圣谛 see styles |
kǔ shèng dì ku3 sheng4 di4 k`u sheng ti ku sheng ti kushō tai |
noble truth of suffering |
苦集諦 苦集谛 see styles |
kǔ jí dì ku3 ji2 di4 k`u chi ti ku chi ti kujuttai |
truths of suffering and arising of suffering |
荒ら家 see styles |
abaraya あばらや |
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls) |
荒ら屋 see styles |
abaraya あばらや |
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls) |
菩提門 菩提门 see styles |
pú tí mén pu2 ti2 men2 p`u t`i men pu ti men bodai mon |
The gate of enlightenment; name for a cemetery. |
著我障 着我障 see styles |
zhù wǒ zhàng zhu4 wo3 zhang4 chu wo chang jakuga shō |
hindrance of the attachment to self |
著語言 着语言 see styles |
zhù yǔ yán zhu4 yu3 yan2 chu yü yen jaku gogon |
attachment to language |
虛宮格 虚宫格 see styles |
xū gōng gé xu1 gong1 ge2 hsü kung ko |
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character |
虛空天 虚空天 see styles |
xū kōng tiān xu1 kong1 tian1 hsü k`ung t`ien hsü kung tien kokū ten |
The four heavens of desire above Meru in space, from the Yama heaven upwards. |
虞世南 see styles |
yú shì nán yu2 shi4 nan2 yü shih nan |
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
蝦蟆禪 虾蟆禅 see styles |
xiā má chán xia1 ma2 chan2 hsia ma ch`an hsia ma chan gama zen |
Frog samādhi, which causes one to leap with joy at half-truths. |
衆生執 众生执 see styles |
zhòng shēng zhí zhong4 sheng1 zhi2 chung sheng chih shūjō shū |
attachment to sentient being-hood |
行四依 see styles |
xíng sì yī xing2 si4 yi1 hsing ssu i gyō shie |
four seeds of holiness |
裸単騎 see styles |
hadakatanki はだかたんき |
{mahj} (See 単騎待ち・たんきまち) waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed |
複複線 see styles |
fukufukusen ふくふくせん |
four-track rail line |
褚遂良 see styles |
chǔ suì liáng chu3 sui4 liang2 ch`u sui liang chu sui liang |
Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
見取使 见取使 see styles |
jiàn qǔ shǐ jian4 qu3 shi3 chien ch`ü shih chien chü shih kenshu shi |
The trials of delusion and suffering from holding to heterodox doctrines; one of the ten sufferings or messengers. |
見取見 见取见 see styles |
jiàn qǔ jiàn jian4 qu3 jian4 chien ch`ü chien chien chü chien kenju ken |
dṛṣṭiparāmarśa: to hold heterodox doctrines and be obsessed with the sense of the self, v. 五見. |
見諦者 见谛者 see styles |
jiàn dì zhě jian4 di4 zhe3 chien ti che kentia sha |
one who has clearly cognized the [four noble] truths |
覺諸諦 觉诸谛 see styles |
jué zhū dì jue2 zhu1 di4 chüeh chu ti kakushotai |
awareness of the truths |
觀四諦 观四谛 see styles |
guān sì dì guan1 si4 di4 kuan ssu ti kan shitai |
contemplate the four truths |
觀聖諦 观圣谛 see styles |
guān shèng dì guan1 sheng4 di4 kuan sheng ti kan shōtai |
contemplates the holy truths |
語四過 语四过 see styles |
yǔ sì guò yu3 si4 guo4 yü ssu kuo go shika |
four errors of speech |
說過戒 说过戒 see styles |
shuō guò jiè shuo1 guo4 jie4 shuo kuo chieh sekka kai |
precept forbidding speaking of the faults of the four groups of renunciant practitioners |
諦善巧 谛善巧 see styles |
dì shàn qiǎo di4 shan4 qiao3 ti shan ch`iao ti shan chiao tai zengyō |
skillfulness in regard to the truths |
諦現觀 谛现观 see styles |
dì xiàn guān di4 xian4 guan1 ti hsien kuan tai genkan |
to clear understanding of the [four noble] truths |
諦能覺 谛能觉 see styles |
dì néng jué di4 neng2 jue2 ti neng chüeh tai nōkaku |
the truths awaken |
諦行相 谛行相 see styles |
dì xíng xiàng di4 xing2 xiang4 ti hsing hsiang tai no gyōsō |
defining activities of the truths |
諸聖法 诸圣法 see styles |
zhū shèng fǎ zhu1 sheng4 fa3 chu sheng fa sho shōhō |
contents of noble behavior |
識處天 识处天 see styles |
shì chù tiān shi4 chu4 tian1 shih ch`u t`ien shih chu tien shikisho ten |
The heaven of (limitless) knowledge, the second of the caturārūpyabrahmalokas, or four formless heavens, also see below. |
譚富英 谭富英 see styles |
tán fù yīng tan2 fu4 ying1 t`an fu ying tan fu ying |
Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
護世者 护世者 see styles |
hù shì zhě hu4 shi4 zhe3 hu shih che gosesha |
The four lokapālas, each protecting one of the four quarters of space, the guardians of the world and of the Buddhist faith. |
護法神 护法神 see styles |
hù fǎ shén hu4 fa3 shen2 hu fa shen gohō jin |
protector deities of Buddhist law The four lokapālas, seen at the entrance to Buddhist temples, v, supra. |
豪貴家 豪贵家 see styles |
háo guì jiā hao2 gui4 jia1 hao kuei chia gōkike |
a noble family |
貪欲蓋 贪欲盖 see styles |
tān yù gài tan1 yu4 gai4 t`an yü kai tan yü kai tonyoku kai |
The cover of desire which overlays the mind and prevents the good from appearing. |
貪煩惱 贪烦恼 see styles |
tān fán nǎo tan1 fan2 nao3 t`an fan nao tan fan nao ton bonnō |
The kleśa, temptation or passion of desire. |
貪習因 贪习因 see styles |
tān xí yīn tan1 xi2 yin1 t`an hsi yin tan hsi yin tonshū in |
Habitual cupidity leading to punishment in the cold hells, one of the 十因. |
貴ガス see styles |
kigasu きガス |
(out-dated kanji) noble gas; inert gas |
貴公子 see styles |
kikoushi / kikoshi きこうし |
(1) young nobleman; scion of a noble family; (2) princely young man; man with an aristocratic air; (personal name) Kikoushi |
賓頭盧 宾头卢 see styles |
bīn tóu lú bin1 tou2 lu2 pin t`ou lu pin tou lu binzuru びんずる |
{Buddh} Pindola; Pindola Bharadvaja (one of four Arhats asked by the Buddha to remain in the world to propagate Buddhist law) Piṇḍola |
賢聖族 贤圣族 see styles |
xián shèng zú xian2 sheng4 zu2 hsien sheng tsu kenshō zoku |
noble usages |
質料因 see styles |
shitsuryouin / shitsuryoin しつりょういん |
{phil} (See 目的因,形相因,作用因) material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
贍部洲 赡部洲 see styles |
shàn bù zhōu shan4 bu4 zhou1 shan pu chou senbushū |
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms. |
起執著 起执着 see styles |
qǐ zhí zhuó qi3 zhi2 zhuo2 ch`i chih cho chi chih cho ki shūjaku |
to give rise to attachment |
軽四輪 see styles |
keiyonrin / keyonrin けいよんりん |
(See 軽自動車) four-wheeled light vehicle |
轉梵輪 转梵轮 see styles |
zhuǎn fàn lún zhuan3 fan4 lun2 chuan fan lun ten bonrin |
To turn the noble or pure wheel, idem 轉法. |
連弾曲 see styles |
rendankyoku れんだんきょく |
piano piece for four hands; composition for piano four-hands |
週四日 see styles |
shuuyokka / shuyokka しゅうよっか |
(expression) four days a week |
進物所 see styles |
shinmotsudokoro しんもつどころ |
(1) palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period); (2) kitchen (in a noble's manor) |
遍計執 遍计执 see styles |
biàn jì zhí bian4 ji4 zhi2 pien chi chih henge shū |
attachment to one's discriminations |
道法智 see styles |
dào fǎ zhì dao4 fa3 zhi4 tao fa chih dōhotchi |
The wisdom attained by them; the wisdom which rids one of false views in regard to mārga, or the eightfold noble path. |
道聖諦 道圣谛 see styles |
dào shèng dì dao4 sheng4 di4 tao sheng ti dō shōtai |
noble truth of the Way |
遠離樂 远离乐 see styles |
yuǎn lí lè yuan3 li2 le4 yüan li le onri raku |
The joy of the first dhyāna heaven, in which the defilement of desire is left far behind in mystic contemplation. |
邊執見 边执见 see styles |
biān zhí jiàn bian1 zhi2 jian4 pien chih chien henshū ken |
view of attachment to extremes |
鄭光祖 郑光祖 see styles |
zhèng guāng zǔ zheng4 guang1 zu3 cheng kuang tsu |
Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 |
鉤菩薩 钩菩萨 see styles |
gōu pú sà gou1 pu2 sa4 kou p`u sa kou pu sa kō bosatsu |
The bodhisattva guardian with the trident, one of the four with barb, noose, chain or bell. |
關漢卿 关汉卿 see styles |
guān hàn qīng guan1 han4 qing1 kuan han ch`ing kuan han ching |
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 |
阿世耶 see styles |
ā shì yé a1 shi4 ye2 a shih yeh aseya |
āśaya, 阿奢也, disposition, mind; pleased to, desire to, pleasure. |
阿僧祇 see styles |
ā sēng qí a1 seng1 qi2 a seng ch`i a seng chi asougi / asogi あそうぎ |
(1) {Buddh} a number so great it can never be counted to (san: asamkhya); (numeric) (2) 10^56 (or 10^64) asaṅkhya, asaṅkhyeya, 阿僧企耶; 僧祇 intp. 無數 innumerable, countless, said to be 一千萬萬萬萬萬萬萬萬兆 kalpas. There are four asaṅkhyākalpas in the rise, duration, and end of every universe, cf. 劫. |
阿吒吒 阿咤咤 see styles |
ā zhà zhà a1 zha4 zha4 a cha cha atata |
Aṭaṭa; the third of the four cold hells. |
阿摩提 see styles |
ā mó tí a1 mo2 ti2 a mo t`i a mo ti Amadai |
(or 阿麽提); 阿摩 M048697 The 21st of the thirty-three forms of Guanyin, three eyes, four arms, two playing a lute with a phoenix-head, one foot on a lion, the other pendent. |
阿梨耶 see styles |
ā lí yé a1 li2 ye2 a li yeh ariya |
ārya, 阿利宜; 阿棃宜; 阿黎宜; 阿犁宜; 阿離宜; 阿哩夜; 阿略 or 阿夷; 梨耶 loyal, honourable, noble, āryan, 'a man who has thought on the four chief principles of Buddhism and lives according to them,' intp. by 尊 honourable, and 聖 sage, wise, saintly, sacred. Also, ulūka, an owl. |
阿犁耶 see styles |
ā lí yé a1 li2 ye2 a li yeh ariya |
noble |
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This page contains 100 results for "Four Noble Truths: - Desire and Attachment" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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