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Simple Dictionary Definition |
始覺 始觉 see styles |
shǐ jué shi3 jue2 shih chüeh shigaku |
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
宗教 see styles |
zōng jiào zong1 jiao4 tsung chiao shuukyou / shukyo しゅうきょう |
religion (1) religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; (2) religious activity; (personal name) Munenori essential teaching |
宗旨 see styles |
zōng zhǐ zong1 zhi3 tsung chih shuushi / shushi しゅうし |
objective; aim; goal (1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text. |
実意 see styles |
jitsui じつい |
sincerity; real intentions |
害心 see styles |
hài xīn hai4 xin1 hai hsin gaishin がいしん |
evil intentions; malice harmful mental state |
害意 see styles |
hài yì hai4 yi4 hai i gaii / gai がいい |
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill malevolent intentions |
居心 see styles |
jū xīn ju1 xin1 chü hsin |
to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind |
崇信 see styles |
chóng xìn chong2 xin4 ch`ung hsin chung hsin takanobu たかのぶ |
Chongxin county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[Ping2 liang2], Gansu (personal name) Takanobu Reverence and faith, to revere and trust. |
德母 see styles |
dé mǔ de2 mu3 te mu tokumo |
The mother of virtue. i.e. faith which is the root of the religious life. |
心性 see styles |
xīn xìng xin1 xing4 hsin hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
one's nature; temperament mind; disposition; nature Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature. |
心術 心术 see styles |
xīn shù xin1 shu4 hsin shu shinjutsu しんじゅつ |
designs; schemes; intentions; scheming; calculating (of a person) nature; disposition; temperament |
念力 see styles |
niàn lì nian4 li4 nien li nenriki ねんりき |
psychokinesis; telekinesis (1) willpower; faith; (2) telekinesis; psychokinesis smṛtibala, one of the five bāla or powers, that of memory. Also one of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分. |
悟忍 see styles |
wù rěn wu4 ren3 wu jen gonin |
The patience of enlightenment, obtained by Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, 'on her vision of Amitābha,' also known as Joy-perseverance, or Faith-perseverance; one of the ten stages of faith. |
悪意 see styles |
akui あくい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bad meaning; (3) {law} (See 善意・4) mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; (4) {law} malice |
惡意 恶意 see styles |
è yì e4 yi4 o i akui |
malice; evil intention evil intentions |
感得 see styles |
gǎn dé gan3 de2 kan te kantoku かんとく |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (profound) realization; awareness; appreciation; becoming (spiritually) awakened (to); (noun, transitive verb) (2) one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (archaism) obtaining (something) unexpectedly to attain |
打診 see styles |
dashin だしん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) {med} percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; (noun, transitive verb) (2) sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about) |
折伏 see styles |
zhé fú zhe2 fu2 che fu shakubuku; jakubuku しゃくぶく; じゃくぶく |
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith) to subdue |
故意 see styles |
gù yì gu4 yi4 ku i koi こい |
deliberately; on purpose (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) intent; intention; bad faith; (2) {law} (See 構成要件) mens rea (guilty mind) Intentionally. |
施護 施护 see styles |
shī hù shi1 hu4 shih hu Sego |
Dānapāla, a native of Udyāna who translated into Chinese some 111 works and in A. D. 982 received the title of Great Master and brilliant expositor of the faith. |
明信 see styles |
míng xìn ming2 xin4 ming hsin meishin / meshin めいしん |
(given name) Meishin clear faith |
有信 see styles |
yǒu xìn you3 xin4 yu hsin yuushin / yushin ゆうしん |
(given name) Yūshin having faith |
本覺 本觉 see styles |
běn jué ben3 jue2 pen chüeh hongaku |
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being. |
業相 业相 see styles |
yè xiàng ye4 xiang4 yeh hsiang gōsō |
Action, activity, the karmic, the condition of karmic action. The first of the three 相 of the Awakening of Faith, when mental activity is stirred to action by unenlightenment. |
業識 业识 see styles |
yè shì ye4 shi4 yeh shih gōshiki |
"Activity-consciousness in the sense that through the agency of ignorance an unenlightened mind begins to be disturbed (or awakened)." Suzuki's Awakening of Faith, 76. |
檀信 see styles |
tán xìn tan2 xin4 t`an hsin tan hsin danshin |
The faith of an almsgiver; almsgiving and faith. |
正信 see styles |
zhèng xìn zheng4 xin4 cheng hsin masanobu まさのぶ |
(surname, given name) Masanobu correct faith |
歸信 归信 see styles |
guī xìn gui1 xin4 kuei hsin kishin |
relying on faith |
沓婆 see styles |
tà pó ta4 po2 t`a p`o ta po Tōba |
沓婆摩羅 Dravya Mallaputra, an arhat who was converted to the Mahāyāna faith. |
流失 see styles |
liú shī liu2 shi1 liu shih ryuushitsu / ryushitsu りゅうしつ |
(of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained (n,vs,vi) being washed away |
淨信 净信 see styles |
jìng xìn jing4 xin4 ching hsin jōshin |
Pure faith. |
深信 see styles |
shēn xìn shen1 xin4 shen hsin jinshin |
to believe firmly Deep faith. |
無信 无信 see styles |
wú xìn wu2 xin4 wu hsin mushin むしん |
(noun or adjectival noun) irreligion; atheism no faith |
現相 现相 see styles |
xiàn xiàng xian4 xiang4 hsien hsiang gensō |
Manifest forms, i.e. the external or phenomenal world, the 境界相, one of the三細 q.v. of the 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
異志 see styles |
ishi いし |
(1) (obsolete) rebellious mind; treacherous intentions; treachery; (2) (obsolete) exceptional goodwill; (personal name) Kotoshi |
異欲 异欲 see styles |
yì yù yi4 yu4 i yü iyoku |
different desires (goals, intentions, views) |
盲目 see styles |
máng mù mang2 mu4 mang mu moumoku / momoku もうもく |
blind; blindly; ignorant; lacking understanding (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) blindness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (sensitive word) blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless |
相大 see styles |
xiāng dà xiang1 da4 hsiang ta sōdai |
The greatness of the potentialities, or attributes of the Tathāgata; v. the Awakening of Faith 起信論. |
神闇 神暗 see styles |
shé nàn she2 nan4 she nan jinan |
The darkened mind without faith. |
素意 see styles |
sù yì su4 yi4 su i soi そい |
long-standing desire; long-held belief 素懷 Ordinary thoughts, or hopes; the common purposes of the mind. |
終教 终教 see styles |
zhōng jiào zhong1 jiao4 chung chiao jūkyō |
The 'final teaching', i.e. the third in the category of the Huayan School, cf. 五教 the final metaphysical concepts of Mahāyāna, as presented in the Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, Awakening of Faith, etc. |
置く see styles |
oku おく |
(transitive verb) (1) to put; to place; (transitive verb) (2) to leave (behind); (transitive verb) (3) to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; (transitive verb) (4) to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; (transitive verb) (5) to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.); (transitive verb) (6) to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; (transitive verb) (7) to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; (transitive verb) (8) to separate spatially or temporally; (v5k,aux-v) (9) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to do something in advance; (v5k,aux-v) (10) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state |
義認 see styles |
ginin ぎにん |
(noun/participle) justification (by faith) |
背信 see styles |
bèi xìn bei4 xin4 pei hsin haishin はいしん |
to break faith (n,vs,adj-no) betrayal; infidelity |
胎生 see styles |
tāi shēng tai1 sheng1 t`ai sheng tai sheng taisei / taise たいせい |
viviparity; zoogony (1) viviparity; (can be adjective with の) (2) viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing Uterine birth, womb-born. Before the differentiation of the sexes birth is supposed to have been by transformation. The term is also applied to beings enclosed in unopened lotuses in paradise, who have not had faith in Amitābha but trusted to their own strength to attain salvation; there they remain for proportionate periods, happy, but without the presence of the Buddha, or Bodhisattvas, or the sacred host, and do not hear their teaching. The condition is known as 胎宮, the womb-palace. |
胸中 see styles |
xiōng zhōng xiong1 zhong1 hsiung chung kyouchuu / kyochu きょうちゅう |
one's mind (noun - becomes adjective with の) one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions |
脱教 see styles |
dakkyou / dakkyo だっきょう |
(noun/participle) (rare) renouncing one's faith |
自他 see styles |
zì tā zi4 ta1 tzu t`a tzu ta jita じた |
(1) (See 自他共) oneself and others; (2) {phil} subject and object; (3) {ling} (See 自動詞,他動詞) transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; (4) (rare) {ling} (See 自称・3,他称) first person and third person; (5) {Buddh} (See 自力・2,他力・2) self-salvation and salvation by faith self and other |
自白 see styles |
zì bái zi4 bai2 tzu pai jihaku じはく |
confession; to make clear one's position or intentions; to brag (noun, transitive verb) confession; admission |
芳心 see styles |
fāng xīn fang1 xin1 fang hsin houshin; haujin(ok) / hoshin; haujin(ok) ほうしん; はうじん(ok) |
the affection, or heart, of a young woman (honorific or respectful language) kind intentions |
蓮理 莲理 see styles |
lián lǐ lian2 li3 lien li renri |
The mystic doctrine of the Lotus faith. |
藏奸 see styles |
cáng jiān cang2 jian1 ts`ang chien tsang chien |
to harbor evil intentions |
行信 see styles |
xíng xìn xing2 xin4 hsing hsin yukinobu ゆきのぶ |
(p,s,g) Yukinobu Act and faith, doing and believing, acting out one's belief. |
見相 见相 see styles |
jiàn xiàng jian4 xiang4 chien hsiang kensō |
The state or condition of visibility, which according to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith arises from motion, hence is also called 轉相. |
解信 see styles |
jiě xìn jie3 xin4 chieh hsin geshin |
faith through understanding |
諸根 诸根 see styles |
zhū gēn zhu1 gen1 chu ken morone もろね |
(surname) Morone All roots, powers, or organs, e.g. (1) faith, energy, memory, meditation, wisdom; (2) eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body. |
貫く see styles |
tsuranuku つらぬく |
(transitive verb) (1) to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; (transitive verb) (2) to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; (transitive verb) (3) to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence) |
賊心 贼心 see styles |
zéi xīn zei2 xin1 tsei hsin zokushin ぞくしん |
evil intentions (1) malicious intent; inclination for wrongdoing; (2) rebellious mind |
賢護 贤护 see styles |
xián hù xian2 hu4 hsien hu Kengo |
Bhadrapāla, a disciple who kept the faith at home at the time of the Buddha. Also, a bodhisattva who with 500 others slighted Śākyamuni in a previous existence, was converted and became a Buddha. An image of Bhadrapāla is kept in the monastic bathroom; cf. 楞嚴經5. |
起信 see styles |
qǐ xìn qi3 xin4 ch`i hsin chi hsin kishin |
The uprise or awakening of faith. |
道具 see styles |
dào jù dao4 ju4 tao chü dougu / dogu どうぐ |
(theater) prop; paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact (1) tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; (2) means; (3) (See 家具・かぐ) furniture; (surname) Dōgu The implements of the faith, such as garments, begging-bowl, and other accessories which aid one in the Way. |
錯誤 错误 see styles |
cuò wù cuo4 wu4 ts`o wu tso wu sakugo さくご |
mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) mistake; error; discrepancy; (2) {law} discrepancy between one's actions and intentions mistake |
韜晦 see styles |
toukai / tokai とうかい |
(n,vs,vt,vi) concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement |
體信 see styles |
tǐ xìn ti3 xin4 t`i hsin ti hsin |
embodies faith |
體大 体大 see styles |
tǐ dà ti3 da4 t`i ta ti ta |
Great in substance, the 'greatness of quintessence' or the fundamental immutable substance of all things; cf. Awakening of Faith 起信論. |
鼓起 see styles |
gǔ qǐ gu3 qi3 ku ch`i ku chi |
to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc); to bulge; to swell out |
バハイ see styles |
bahai バハイ |
(1) Baha'i; (2) the Baha'i faith; (3) a member of the Baha'i faith |
七法財 七法财 see styles |
qī fǎ cái qi1 fa3 cai2 ch`i fa ts`ai chi fa tsai shichi hōzai |
The seven riches, or seven ways of becoming rich in the Law : 信 faith, 進 zeal, 戒 moral restraint, 漸愧 shame, 聞 obedient hearing (of the Law), 捨 abnegation, and 定慧 wisdom arising from meditation. |
三歸依 三归依 see styles |
sān guī yī san1 gui1 yi1 san kuei i san kie |
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3] three refuges |
三發心 三发心 see styles |
sān fā xīn san1 fa1 xin1 san fa hsin san hosshin |
The three resolves of the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (a) 信成就發心 to perfect the bodhi of faith, i.e. in the stage of faith; (b) 解行發心 to understand and carry into practice this wisdom; (c) 證發心 the realization, or proof of or union with bodhi. |
不信仰 see styles |
fushinkou / fushinko ふしんこう |
lack of faith; unbelief; impiety; infidelity |
不誠実 see styles |
fuseijitsu / fusejitsu ふせいじつ |
(noun or adjectival noun) insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith |
不誠意 see styles |
fuseii / fuse ふせいい |
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith |
不退信 see styles |
bú tuì xìn bu2 tui4 xin4 pu t`ui hsin pu tui hsin futai shin |
unretrogressive faith |
他力宗 see styles |
tā lì zōng ta1 li4 zong1 t`a li tsung ta li tsung tariki shū |
Those who trust to salvation by faith, contrasted with 自力宗 those who seek salvation by works, or by their own strength. |
信じる see styles |
shinjiru しんじる |
(transitive verb) to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in |
信ずる see styles |
shinzuru しんずる |
(vz,vt) (See 信じる) to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in |
信不退 see styles |
xìn bù tuì xin4 bu4 tui4 hsin pu t`ui hsin pu tui shin futai |
non-retrogression in terms of faith |
信仰心 see styles |
shinkoushin / shinkoshin しんこうしん |
(religious) piety; faith; devotion |
信切る see styles |
shinjikiru しんじきる |
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely) |
信勝解 信胜解 see styles |
xìn shèng jiě xin4 sheng4 jie3 hsin sheng chieh shin shōge |
faith and resolve |
信心海 see styles |
xìn xīn hǎi xin4 xin1 hai3 hsin hsin hai |
A heart of faith great as the ocean. |
信成就 see styles |
xìn chéng jiù xin4 cheng2 jiu4 hsin ch`eng chiu hsin cheng chiu shin jōjū |
perfection of faith |
信現觀 信现观 see styles |
xìn xiàn guān xin4 xian4 guan1 hsin hsien kuan shin genkan |
Firm faith in the triratna as revealing true knowledge; one of the 六現觀. |
信行者 see styles |
xìn xíng zhě xin4 xing2 zhe3 hsin hsing che shingyōsha |
faith-follower |
信解脫 信解脱 see styles |
xìn jiě tuō xin4 jie3 tuo1 hsin chieh t`o hsin chieh to shin gedatsu |
freed by faith |
信解行 see styles |
xìn jiě xíng xin4 jie3 xing2 hsin chieh hsing shin ge gyō |
practice of faith and understanding |
六和敬 see styles |
liù hé jìng liu4 he2 jing4 liu ho ching roku wakyō |
(六和) The six points of reverent harmony or unity in a monastery or convent: 身 bodily unity in form of worship, 口 oral unity in chanting, 意 mental unity in faith, 戒 moral unity in observing the commandments, 見 doctrinal unity in views and explanations, and 利, 行, 學, or 施 economic unity in community of goods, deeds, studies, or charity. |
六成就 see styles |
liù chéng jiù liu4 cheng2 jiu4 liu ch`eng chiu liu cheng chiu roku jōjū |
Six perfections (some say five, some seven) found in the opening phrase of each sutra: (1) 'Thus' implies perfect faith; (2) ' have I heard, ' perfect hearing; (3) 'once, 'the perfect time; (4) 'the Buddha, ' the perfect lord or master; (5) 'on Mt. Gṛdhrakūṭa, ' the perfect place; (6) 'with the great assembly of bhikṣus, ' the perfect assembly. |
六染心 see styles |
liù rǎn xīn liu4 ran3 xin1 liu jan hsin roku zenshin |
The six mental 'taints' of the Awakening of Faith 起心論. Though mind-essence is by nature pure and without stain, the condition of 無明 ignorance, or innocence, permits of taint or defilement corresponding to the following six phases: (1) 執相應染 the taint interrelated to attachment, or holding the seeming for the real; it is the state of 執取相 and 名字相 which is cut off in the final pratyeka and śrāvaka stage and the bodhisattva 十住 of faith; (2) 不斷相應染 the taint interrelated to the persisting attraction of the causes of pain and pleasure; it is the 相續相 finally eradicated in the bodhisattva 初地 stage of purity; (3) 分別智相應染 the taint interrelated to the 'particularizing intelligence' which discerns things within and without this world; it is the first 智相, cut off in the bodhisattva 七地 stage of spirituality; (4) 現色不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint, i. e. of the 'ignorant' mind as yet hardly discerning subject from object, of accepting an external world; the third 現相 cut of in the bodhisattva 八地 stage of emancipation from the material; (5) 能見心不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting a perceptive mind, the second 轉相, cut of in the bodhisattva 九地 of intuition, or emancipation from mental effort; (6) 根本業不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting the idea of primal action or activity in the absolute; it is the first 業相, and cut of in the 十地 highest bodhisattva stage, entering on Buddhahood. See Suzuki's translation, 80-1. |
初正信 see styles |
chū zhèng xìn chu1 zheng4 xin4 ch`u cheng hsin chu cheng hsin sho shōshin |
first stage of correct faith |
十信位 see styles |
shí xìn wèi shi2 xin4 wei4 shih hsin wei jisshin'i |
ten stages of faith |
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. |
執取相 执取相 see styles |
zhí qǔ xiàng zhi2 qu3 xiang4 chih ch`ü hsiang chih chü hsiang shusshusō |
Retention of memories of past joys and sorrows as if they were realities and not illusions, one of the 六麤 in the Awakening of Faith. |
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. |
大信力 see styles |
dà xìn lì da4 xin4 li4 ta hsin li dai shinriki |
the power of great faith |
大信心 see styles |
dà xìn xīn da4 xin4 xin1 ta hsin hsin daishin shin |
mind of great faith |
已知根 see styles |
yǐ zhī gēn yi3 zhi1 gen1 i chih ken ichi kon |
ājñendriya. The second of the 三無漏根 q. v. One who already knows the indriya or roots that arise from the practical stage associated with the Four Dogmas, i. e. purpose, joy, pleasure, renunciation, faith, zeal, memory, abstract meditation, wisdom. |
從他信 从他信 see styles |
cóng tā xìn cong2 ta1 xin4 ts`ung t`a hsin tsung ta hsin jūta shin |
faith [from hearing] form others |
意和敬 see styles |
yì hé jìng yi4 he2 jing4 i ho ching i wakyō |
reverent harmony in mental unity in faith |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Good Intentions Good Will - Good Faith" 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.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
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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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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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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