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先業後果 先业后果 see styles |
xiān yè hòu guǒ xian1 ye4 hou4 guo3 hsien yeh hou kuo sengō goka |
prior action (karma) and subsequent effect |
光明正大 see styles |
guāng míng zhèng dà guang1 ming2 zheng4 da4 kuang ming cheng ta |
(of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open |
光桿司令 光杆司令 see styles |
guāng gǎn sī lìng guang1 gan3 si1 ling4 kuang kan ssu ling |
commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur |
光說不做 光说不做 see styles |
guāng shuō bù zuò guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4 kuang shuo pu tso |
(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice |
光說不練 光说不练 see styles |
guāng shuō bù liàn guang1 shuo1 bu4 lian4 kuang shuo pu lien |
all talk and no action (idiom); to preach what one does not practice; same as 光說不做|光说不做[guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4] |
入れ違い see styles |
irechigai いれちがい |
(1) passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; (2) inserting in the wrong order |
入不二門 入不二门 see styles |
rù bù èr mén ru4 bu4 er4 men2 ju pu erh men nyū funi mon |
To enter the school of monism, i.e. that the 一實one great reality is universal and absolute without differentiation. |
入出無難 入出无难 see styles |
rù chū wun án ru4 chu1 wun2 an2 ju ch`u wun an ju chu wun an nyūshutsu munan |
comes and goes without difficulty |
全ツッパ see styles |
zentsuppa ぜんツッパ |
{mahj} going all out without regarding an opponent's hand |
其のまま see styles |
sonomama そのまま |
(can be adjective with の) (1) (kana only) without change; as it is (i.e. now); (2) (kana only) just like; extremely similar; (adverb) (3) (kana only) immediately; just after; without a pause |
其れなし see styles |
sorenashi それなし |
(expression) (kana only) without that |
具緣成業 具缘成业 see styles |
jù yuán chéng yè ju4 yuan2 cheng2 ye4 chü yüan ch`eng yeh chü yüan cheng yeh guen jōgō |
fulfillment of the conditions for the completion of an action |
具足修滿 具足修满 see styles |
jù zú xiū mǎn ju4 zu2 xiu1 man3 chü tsu hsiu man gusoku shuman |
fully cultivate without fail |
内縁関係 see styles |
naienkankei / naienkanke ないえんかんけい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage |
写真結婚 see styles |
shashinkekkon しゃしんけっこん |
(1) (See フォトウェディング) staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding; (2) (hist) marriage arranged after viewing photographs; picture marriage; photo marriage |
冷やかす see styles |
hiyakasu ひやかす |
(transitive verb) (1) to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at; (2) to cool; to refrigerate; (3) to window-shop; to look at without buying |
処分保留 see styles |
shobunhoryuu / shobunhoryu しょぶんほりゅう |
(noun/participle) {law} releasing without indictment |
出し投げ see styles |
dashinage だしなげ |
{sumo} winning techniques where the opponent is thrown without close bodily contact |
出どころ see styles |
dedokoro でどころ |
(1) origin; source; authority; (2) exit; point of departure; (3) time to take action |
出処進退 see styles |
shusshoshintai しゅっしょしんたい |
(yoji) advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude |
出所進退 see styles |
shusshoshintai しゅっしょしんたい |
(yoji) advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude |
分一杯羹 see styles |
fēn yī bēi gēng fen1 yi1 bei1 geng1 fen i pei keng |
(fig.) to have a slice of the pie; to get a piece of the action |
分散恋愛 see styles |
bunsanrenai ぶんさんれんあい |
(gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour |
切り捨て see styles |
kirisute きりすて |
(1) cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder; (2) omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation |
刑事訴訟 see styles |
keijisoshou / kejisosho けいじそしょう |
criminal action |
別無二致 别无二致 see styles |
bié wú èr zhì bie2 wu2 er4 zhi4 pieh wu erh chih |
(idiom) without the slightest difference |
刺身の妻 see styles |
sashiminotsuma さしみのつま |
(expression) (1) sashimi garnish; (2) something of no significance; something that can easily be done without |
刻不容緩 刻不容缓 see styles |
kè bù róng huǎn ke4 bu4 rong2 huan3 k`o pu jung huan ko pu jung huan |
to brook no delay; to demand immediate action |
則天武后 则天武后 see styles |
zé tiān wǔ hòu ze2 tian1 wu3 hou4 tse t`ien wu hou tse tien wu hou sokutenbukou / sokutenbuko そくてんぶこう |
(person) Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu Zetian Wuhou |
前のめり see styles |
maenomeri まえのめり |
(1) (See のめる) pitching forward (as if to fall); (adj-na,adj-no,n) (2) proactive; forward-looking; positive; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (3) hasty (without sufficient preparation); rushed |
前方高能 see styles |
qián fāng gāo néng qian2 fang1 gao1 neng2 ch`ien fang kao neng chien fang kao neng |
(slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant "Danger! High energy up ahead!" — a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action) |
割切れる see styles |
warikireru わりきれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue (remainder); (2) to be satisfied; to be convinced |
剽悍無比 see styles |
hyoukanmuhi / hyokanmuhi ひょうかんむひ |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (yoji) as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal |
動と反動 see styles |
doutohandou / dotohando どうとはんどう |
(expression) action and reaction |
動作指定 see styles |
dousashitei / dosashite どうさしてい |
{comp} action entry |
動發勝思 动发胜思 see styles |
dòng fā shèng sī dong4 fa1 sheng4 si1 tung fa sheng ssu dōhotsu shōshi |
initiation of action |
勝手踏切 see styles |
kattefumikiri かってふみきり |
(colloquialism) (See 踏切・1) railroad crossing without a crossing gate |
勢在必行 势在必行 see styles |
shì zài bì xíng shi4 zai4 bi4 xing2 shih tsai pi hsing |
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary; imperative |
包みなく see styles |
tsutsuminaku つつみなく |
(adverb) without concealment; without reserve; frankly |
包辦婚姻 包办婚姻 see styles |
bāo bàn hūn yīn bao1 ban4 hun1 yin1 pao pan hun yin |
forced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) |
化功歸己 化功归己 see styles |
huà gōng guī jǐ hua4 gong1 gui1 ji3 hua kung kuei chi keku kiko |
The merit of converting others becomes one's own in increased insight and liberation); it is the third stage of merit of the Tiantai five stages of meditation and action 觀行五品位. |
化学作用 see styles |
kagakusayou / kagakusayo かがくさよう |
chemical action |
十不二門 十不二门 see styles |
shí bù èr mén shi2 bu4 er4 men2 shih pu erh men jū funi mon |
The school of the ten pairs of unified opposites founded by Jingxi 荊溪 on the teaching of the Lotus sūtra. There are several books bearing the name. The unifying principle is that of the identity of contraries, and the ten apparent contraries are matter and mind, internal and external, 修證 practice and proof (or realization), cause and effect, impurity and purity, objective and subjective, self and other, 三業 action, speech, and thought, 權實 relative and absolute, the fertilized and the fertilizer (i.e. receiver and giver). There are several treatises on the subject in the Canon. |
十二因緣 十二因缘 see styles |
shí èr yīn yuán shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2 shih erh yin yüan jūni innen |
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra. |
十六大力 see styles |
shí liù dà lì shi2 liu4 da4 li4 shih liu ta li jūroku dairiki |
The sixteen great powers obtainable by a bodhisattva, i.e. of will, mind, action, shame (to do evil), energy, firmness, wisdom, virtue, reasoning, personal appearance, physical powers, wealth, spirit, magic, spreading the truth, subduing demons. |
十國春秋 十国春秋 see styles |
shí guó chūn qiū shi2 guo2 chun1 qiu1 shih kuo ch`un ch`iu shih kuo chun chiu |
History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣[Wu2 Ren4 chen2], 114 scrolls |
十年一日 see styles |
juunenichijitsu; juunenichinichi / junenichijitsu; junenichinichi じゅうねんいちじつ; じゅうねんいちにち |
(yoji) without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end |
千年一日 see styles |
sennenichijitsu せんねんいちじつ |
without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end |
卑鄙齷齪 卑鄙龌龊 see styles |
bēi bǐ wò chuò bei1 bi3 wo4 chuo4 pei pi wo ch`o pei pi wo cho |
sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) |
卑陋齷齪 卑陋龌龊 see styles |
bēi lòu wò chuò bei1 lou4 wo4 chuo4 pei lou wo ch`o pei lou wo cho |
sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) |
協同動作 see styles |
kyoudoudousa / kyododosa きょうどうどうさ |
concerted action |
単刀直入 see styles |
tantouchokunyuu / tantochokunyu たんとうちょくにゅう |
(adj-na,n,adj-no) (yoji) going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness |
単槍匹馬 see styles |
tansouhitsuba / tansohitsuba たんそうひつば |
(expression) (yoji) doing something on one's own without another's help |
単独行動 see styles |
tandokukoudou / tandokukodo たんどくこうどう |
independent action; acting alone |
単独行為 see styles |
tandokukoui / tandokukoi たんどくこうい |
individual action; unilateral act |
博士買驢 博士买驴 see styles |
bó shì mǎi lǘ bo2 shi4 mai3 lu:2 po shih mai lü |
(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey"; to write at length without ever getting to the point |
印鑑レス see styles |
inkanresu いんかんレス |
(can act as adjective) without (the need for using a) personal stamp; stampless |
反射作用 see styles |
fǎn shè zuò yòng fan3 she4 zuo4 yong4 fan she tso yung hanshasayou / hanshasayo はんしゃさよう |
reflex; reflection (noun - becomes adjective with の) reflex action |
反射動作 反射动作 see styles |
fǎn shè dòng zuò fan3 she4 dong4 zuo4 fan she tung tso |
reflex action |
反射運動 see styles |
hanshaundou / hanshaundo はんしゃうんどう |
reflex action |
口が軽い see styles |
kuchigakarui くちがかるい |
(exp,adj-i) having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret |
口に含む see styles |
kuchinifukumu くちにふくむ |
(exp,v5m) to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.) |
口ばかり see styles |
kuchibakari くちばかり |
all talk (and no action) |
口業供養 口业供养 see styles |
kǒu yè gōng yǎng kou3 ye4 gong1 yang3 k`ou yeh kung yang kou yeh kung yang kugō kuyō |
The offering of the praise or worship of the lips; also 身業供養 and 意業供養. |
古文觀止 古文观止 see styles |
gǔ wén guān zhǐ gu3 wen2 guan1 zhi3 ku wen kuan chih |
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty |
只說不做 只说不做 see styles |
zhǐ shuō bù zuò zhi3 shuo1 bu4 zuo4 chih shuo pu tso |
to be all talk and no action |
叫苦不迭 see styles |
jiào kǔ bu dié jiao4 ku3 bu5 die2 chiao k`u pu tieh chiao ku pu tieh |
to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances |
可想而知 see styles |
kě xiǎng ér zhī ke3 xiang3 er2 zhi1 k`o hsiang erh chih ko hsiang erh chih |
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined |
吃霸王餐 see styles |
chī bà wáng cān chi1 ba4 wang2 can1 ch`ih pa wang ts`an chih pa wang tsan |
to dine and dash; to leave without paying |
向う見ず see styles |
mukoumizu / mukomizu むこうみず |
(noun or adjectival noun) recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; without watching where one is going |
否応なく see styles |
iyaounaku / iyaonaku いやおうなく |
(adverb) whether one wants to or not; without choice |
否応無く see styles |
iyaounaku / iyaonaku いやおうなく |
(adverb) whether one wants to or not; without choice |
吳下阿蒙 吴下阿蒙 see styles |
wú xià ā méng wu2 xia4 a1 meng2 wu hsia a meng |
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) |
吳儂嬌語 吴侬娇语 see styles |
wú nóng jiāo yǔ wu2 nong2 jiao1 yu3 wu nung chiao yü |
see 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2nong2-ruan3yu3] |
吳儂軟語 吴侬软语 see styles |
wú nóng ruǎn yǔ wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3 wu nung juan yü |
the soft and melodic Wu dialect |
吳市吹簫 吴市吹箫 see styles |
wú shì chuī xiāo wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1 wu shih ch`ui hsiao wu shih chui hsiao |
(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3ji4]) |
吳牛見月 吴牛见月 see styles |
wú niú jiàn yuè wu2 niu2 jian4 yue4 wu niu chien yüeh |
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun |
吳王闔廬 吴王阖庐 see styles |
wú wáng hé lú wu2 wang2 he2 lu2 wu wang ho lu |
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 |
吳王闔閭 吴王阖闾 see styles |
wú wáng hé lǘ wu2 wang2 he2 lu:2 wu wang ho lü |
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸; also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐 |
吳越同舟 吴越同舟 see styles |
wú yuè tóng zhōu wu2 yue4 tong2 zhou1 wu yüeh t`ung chou wu yüeh tung chou |
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end; in the same boat together |
吳越春秋 吴越春秋 see styles |
wú yuè chūn qiū wu2 yue4 chun1 qiu1 wu yüeh ch`un ch`iu wu yüeh chun chiu |
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls |
吳頭楚尾 吴头楚尾 see styles |
wú tóu chǔ wěi wu2 tou2 chu3 wei3 wu t`ou ch`u wei wu tou chu wei |
lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together; head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off |
吹抜屋台 see styles |
fukinukiyatai ふきぬきやたい |
{art} blown-off roof Yamato-e painting technique; depiction of a building without its roof to show the interior |
呼び出し see styles |
yobidashi よびだし |
(noun/participle) (1) call; summons; paging; curtain call; (2) (sumo) usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbreviation) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (archaism) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (archaism) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (archaism) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period) |
呼び捨て see styles |
yobisute よびすて |
(See 呼び捨てにする) addressing someone without an honorific such as "san" |
呼出電話 see styles |
yobidashidenwa よびだしでんわ |
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached |
命が散る see styles |
inochigachiru いのちがちる |
(exp,v5r) (See 命を散らす) to die (e.g. in action) |
唇亡齒寒 唇亡齿寒 see styles |
chún wáng chǐ hán chun2 wang2 chi3 han2 ch`un wang ch`ih han chun wang chih han |
lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent |
善く言う see styles |
yokuiu よくいう |
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; (2) to say well; to say cleverly; to say elegantly; (3) to say often; to say frequently; (4) to say without shame; to say impudently |
單方決定 单方决定 see styles |
dān fāng jué dìng dan1 fang1 jue2 ding4 tan fang chüeh ting |
to decide without reference to other parties involved; unilateral decision |
單槍匹馬 单枪匹马 see styles |
dān qiāng pǐ mǎ dan1 qiang1 pi3 ma3 tan ch`iang p`i ma tan chiang pi ma tansouhitsuba / tansohitsuba たんそうひつば |
lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed; unaccompanied (expression) (yoji) doing something on one's own without another's help |
四大名山 see styles |
sì dà míng shān si4 da4 ming2 shan1 ssu ta ming shan shidai myōsan |
The four famous 'hills' or monasteries in China: 普陀 P'u-t'o, for Guanyin, element water; 五臺 Wu-tai, Wen-shu, wind; 峨眉 O-mei, P'uhsien, fire; and 九華 Chiu-hua, Tizang, earth. |
四弘誓願 四弘誓愿 see styles |
sì hóng shì yuàn si4 hong2 shi4 yuan4 ssu hung shih yüan shi ku seigan |
The four universal vows of a Buddha or bodhisattva: 衆生無邊誓願度 to save all living beings without limit; 煩惱無數誓願斷 to put an end to all passions and delusions however numerous; 法門無盡誓願學 to study and learn all methods and means without end; 佛道無上誓願成 to become perfect in the supreme Buddha-law. The four vows are considered as arising one by one out of the 四諦 Four Noble Truths. |
四種信心 四种信心 see styles |
sì zhǒng xìn xīn si4 zhong3 xin4 xin1 ssu chung hsin hsin shi shu shinshin |
The four kinds of faith given in the Awakening of Faith, i. e. (1) in the 眞如 q. v. as the teacher of all Buddhas and fount of all action; (2) in Buddha, or the Buddhas; (3) in the Dharma; and (4) in the Sarogha. |
四面楚歌 see styles |
sì miàn chǔ gē si4 mian4 chu3 ge1 ssu mien ch`u ko ssu mien chu ko shimensoka しめんそか |
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help (noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody |
回旋餘地 回旋余地 see styles |
huí xuán yú dì hui2 xuan2 yu2 di4 hui hsüan yü ti |
leeway; latitude; room for freedom of action |
団体行動 see styles |
dantaikoudou / dantaikodo だんたいこうどう |
(noun/participle) (ant: 別行動・べつこうどう) acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action |
囫圇吞棗 囫囵吞枣 see styles |
hú lún tūn zǎo hu2 lun2 tun1 zao3 hu lun t`un tsao hu lun tun tsao |
to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up |
国家作用 see styles |
kokkasayou / kokkasayo こっかさよう |
state action; national action |
圓融無礙 圆融无碍 see styles |
yuán róng wú ài yuan2 rong2 wu2 ai4 yüan jung wu ai enyū muge |
perfect interpenetration without obstruction |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Wu Wei - Without Action" 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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