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Simple Dictionary Definition |
舍支 see styles |
shè zhī she4 zhi1 she chih shashi |
śaśa, 設施 a hare; śaśī, or śaśin, the moon; śakti, energy. (1) The hare (which threw itself into the fire to save starving people), transferred by Indra to the centre of the moon. (2) śakti is the wife or female energy of a deity, cf. 舍脂. (3) The female organ. |
薄面 see styles |
bó miàn bo2 mian4 po mien |
my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble) |
藏拙 see styles |
cáng zhuó cang2 zhuo2 ts`ang cho tsang cho |
avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face |
解厄 see styles |
jiě è jie3 e4 chieh o |
(literary) to save from a calamity |
解救 see styles |
jiě jiù jie3 jiu4 chieh chiu |
to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation |
誓願 誓愿 see styles |
shì yuàn shi4 yuan4 shih yüan seigan / segan せいがん |
(noun/participle) (1) (religious) vow; (noun/participle) (2) prayer (for something by making a vow) To swear and vow, e.g. the forty-eight vows of Amitābha to save all beings. |
赴援 see styles |
fuen ふえん |
(noun, transitive verb) going to save; reinforcing (e.g. troops) |
蹭車 蹭车 see styles |
cèng chē ceng4 che1 ts`eng ch`e tseng che |
(coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money; to ride on a train or bus without buying a ticket (fare-dodging) |
身雲 身云 see styles |
shēn yún shen1 yun2 shen yün shinun |
The numberless bodies of Buddhas, hovering like clouds over men; the numberless forms which the Buddhas take to protect and save men, resembling clouds; the numberless saints compared to clouds. |
載具 载具 see styles |
zài jù zai4 ju4 tsai chü |
conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle; (fig.) medium; platform; vector; (Tw) (Taiwan pr. [zai3 ju4]) a consumer's device (smart card or mobile app barcode etc) that can be scanned at checkout to save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4] to a cloud account |
輔く see styles |
tasuku たすく |
(transitive verb) to help; to save; to rescue |
轉圜 转圜 see styles |
zhuǎn huán zhuan3 huan2 chuan huan |
to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede |
還相 还相 see styles |
huán xiàng huan2 xiang4 huan hsiang gensō |
To return to the world, from the Pure Land, to save its people; i.e. one of the forms of 迴向 q.v. |
開度 开度 see styles |
kāi dù kai1 du4 k`ai tu kai tu kaido かいど |
divergence; aperture to save |
難度 难度 see styles |
nán dù nan2 du4 nan tu nando なんど |
degree of difficulty degree of difficulty Hard to cross over, to save or be saved. |
願佛 愿佛 see styles |
yuàn fó yuan4 fo2 yüan fo |
A Buddha of the vow, who passes through the eight forms of an incarnate Buddha, v. 八相. |
願心 愿心 see styles |
yuàn xīn yuan4 xin1 yüan hsin ganshin |
a wish; a request (to a deity) The heart of resolve (of Buddha to save all beings). |
佐ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
佑ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
保存先 see styles |
hozonsaki ほぞんさき |
{comp} destination to save to; save location (for a file) |
六萬藏 六万藏 see styles |
liù wàn zàng liu4 wan4 zang4 liu wan tsang rokuman zō |
The sixty thousand verses of the Buddha-law which Devadatta could recite, an ability which did not save him from the avīci hell. |
助ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
十勝行 十胜行 see styles |
shí shèng xíng shi2 sheng4 xing2 shih sheng hsing jisshōgyō |
The ten pāramitās observed by bodhisattvas, see 十地 and 十住. Hīnayāna has another group, adding to the four 梵福 q. v. the six of sacrificing one's life to save mother; or father; or a Buddha; to become a monk: to induce another to become a monk; to obtain authority to preach. |
另存為 另存为 see styles |
lìng cún wéi ling4 cun2 wei2 ling ts`un wei ling tsun wei |
Save As ... (menu option in a software application) |
大勢佛 大势佛 see styles |
dà shì fó da4 shi4 fo2 ta shih fo daisei butsu |
The Buddha of mighty power (to heal and save), a Buddha's title. |
天人師 天人师 see styles |
tiān rén shī tian1 ren2 shi1 t`ien jen shih tien jen shih ten nin shi |
`saastaa devamam.syaanaam 舍多提婆摩菟舍喃, teacher of devas and men, one of the ten epithets of a Buddha, because he reveals goodness and morality, and is able to save. |
尸毘迦 尸毗迦 see styles |
shī pí jiā shi1 pi2 jia1 shih p`i chia shih pi chia Shibika |
Śivi, 尸毘伽; 尸毘略; also wrongly 濕鞞; one of Śākyamuni's former incarnations, when to save the life of a dove he cut off and gave his own flesh to an eagle which pursued it, which eagle was Śiva transformed in order to test him. 智度論 35. |
平等力 see styles |
píng děng lì ping2 deng3 li4 p`ing teng li ping teng li byōdōriki |
Universal power, or omnipotence, i. e. to save all beings, a title of a Buddha. |
度する see styles |
dosuru どする |
(vs-s,vt) (See 度し難い) to redeem (from sin); to save |
度無極 度无极 see styles |
dù wú jí du4 wu2 ji2 tu wu chi to mugoku |
To ferry across, or save, without limit. |
廣大願 广大愿 see styles |
guǎng dà yuàn guang3 da4 yuan4 kuang ta yüan kōdai gan |
vast vow [to save sentient beings] |
意生身 see styles |
yì shēng shēn yi4 sheng1 shen1 i sheng shen ishoushin / ishoshin いしょうしん |
{Buddh} mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness A body mentally produced, or produced at will, a tr. of manomaya. Bodhisattvas from the first stage 地 upwards are able to take any form at will to save the living ; also 意生化身 ; 意成身. |
慧燈王 慧灯王 see styles |
huì dēng wáng hui4 deng1 wang2 hui teng wang Etōō |
A king who gave his flesh and blood to save the lives of others. |
扶ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
拵える see styles |
koshiraeru こしらえる |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to make; to manufacture; to fabricate; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to build; to construct; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to prepare; to get ready; to make (in advance); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to dress (oneself in); to dress up (in); to put on (one's makeup, a dress, etc.); to adorn (oneself in); (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) to raise money (for); to gather (a sum); to save up; to incur (a debt); (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) to have (a child, partner, lover, etc.); to make (a friend); to start (an affair); (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to make up (e.g. an excuse); to fabricate (a story); to invent; to concoct |
援ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
救ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
業報身 业报身 see styles |
yè bào shēn ye4 bao4 shen1 yeh pao shen gōhō shin |
The body of karmic retribution, especially that assumed by a bodhisattva to accord with the conditions of those he seeks to save. |
浮かす see styles |
ukasu うかす |
(transitive verb) (1) to float; (transitive verb) (2) to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; (transitive verb) (3) (See 腰を浮かす) to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet |
溜まる see styles |
tamaru たまる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up |
溜込む see styles |
tamekomu ためこむ |
(transitive verb) to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away |
省省吧 see styles |
shěng sheng ba sheng3 sheng5 ba5 sheng sheng pa |
(coll.) Don't waste your breath.; Save it! |
節する see styles |
sessuru せっする |
(suru verb) to be moderate of; to save; to curtail |
貧乏性 see styles |
binboushou / binbosho びんぼうしょう |
(1) parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; (2) tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition |
貯める see styles |
tameru ためる |
(transitive verb) to save up (money) |
買面子 买面子 see styles |
mǎi miàn zi mai3 mian4 zi5 mai mien tzu |
to allow sb to save face; to defer to |
輔ける see styles |
tasukeru たすける |
(transitive verb) (1) to save; to rescue; (2) to help; to assist; (3) to aid; to contribute (financially); (4) to facilitate; to stimulate |
道種智 道种智 see styles |
dào zhǒng zhì dao4 zhong3 zhi4 tao chung chih dōshu chi |
The wisdom which adopts all means to save all the living: one of the 三智. |
除いて see styles |
nozoite のぞいて |
(expression) (usu. as ...を除いて) (See 除く・のぞく・2) except; save |
ため込む see styles |
tamekomu ためこむ |
(transitive verb) to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away |
一殺多生 一杀多生 see styles |
yī shā duō shēng yi1 sha1 duo1 sheng1 i sha to sheng issatsutashou; issetsutashou / issatsutasho; issetsutasho いっさつたしょう; いっせつたしょう |
(expression) (yoji) it is justifiable to kill one person to save the lives of many To kill one that many may live. |
七十二字 see styles |
qī shí èr zì qi1 shi2 er4 zi4 ch`i shih erh tzu chi shih erh tzu shichijūni ji |
Brahma obtained seventy-two words with which to save the world, but failing he swallowed seventy, leaving one at each side of his mouth 阿 and 漚 , i.e. 無 and 有 things are, things are not, being and non-being. |
三摩耶形 see styles |
sanmayagyou / sanmayagyo さんまやぎょう samayagyou / samayagyo さまやぎょう |
(Buddhist term) object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life |
三昧耶形 see styles |
sān mèi yé xíng san1 mei4 ye2 xing2 san mei yeh hsing sanmaiya gyō さんまやぎょう |
(Buddhist term) object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life The distinguishing symbol of a Buddha or bodhisattva, e.g. the Lotus of Guanyin; also used for 三昧耶身 q. v. |
三種淸淨 三种淸淨 see styles |
sān zhǒng qīng jìng san1 zhong3 qing1 jing4 san chung ch`ing ching san chung ching ching sanshu shōjō |
The three purities of a bodhisattva— a mind free from all impurity, a body pure because never to be reborn save by transformation, an appearance 相 perfectly pure and adorned. |
三種闡提 三种阐提 see styles |
sān zhǒng chǎn tí san1 zhong3 chan3 ti2 san chung ch`an t`i san chung chan ti sanshu sendai |
The three kinds of icchantika: (a) 一闡提迦 the wicked; (b) 阿闡提迦 called 大悲闡提 bodhisattvas who become icchantika to save all beings; (c) 阿顚底迦 otherwise 無性闡提 those without a nature for final nirvāṇa. Cf. 三病. |
上求下化 see styles |
shàng qiú xià huà shang4 qiu2 xia4 hua4 shang ch`iu hsia hua shang chiu hsia hua jōgugeke |
seek what is above and save those that are below |
上求本來 上求本来 see styles |
shàng qiú běn lái shang4 qiu2 ben3 lai2 shang ch`iu pen lai shang chiu pen lai jōgu honrai |
Similar to the first half of 上求菩提下化衆生 Above to seek bodhi, below to save all. 本來 means the original or Buddha-nature, which is the real nature of all beings. |
下濟衆生 下济众生 see styles |
xià jǐ zhòng shēng xia4 ji3 zhong4 sheng1 hsia chi chung sheng gesai shujō |
save sentient beings below |
二種闡提 二种阐提 see styles |
èr zhǒng chǎn tí er4 zhong3 chan3 ti2 erh chung ch`an t`i erh chung chan ti nishu sendai |
(二種一闡提) Two kinds of icchantika, q.v.: (a) the utterly depraved, abandoned, and blasphemers of Buddha-truth; (b) bodhisattvas who refuse to enter upon their Buddhahood in order to save all beings. |
井中撈月 井中捞月 see styles |
jǐng zhōng lāo yuè jing3 zhong1 lao1 yue4 ching chung lao yüeh shōchū rōgetsu |
Like ladling the moon out of the well; the parable of the monkeys who saw the moon fallen into a well, and fearing there would be no more moonlight, sought to save it; the monkey-king hung on to a branch, one hung on to his tail and so on, but the branch broke and all were drowned. |
保存処理 see styles |
hozonshori ほぞんしょり |
(noun/participle) (1) curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment; (noun/participle) (2) {comp} (See 保存・2) save process (e.g. to disk); save operation |
入出二門 入出二门 see styles |
rù chū èr mén ru4 chu1 er4 men2 ju ch`u erh men ju chu erh men nyūshutsu nimon |
The two doors of ingress and egress, i.e. enter the gate of self-purification and adornment, then go forth 出 to benefit and save others. |
入重玄門 入重玄门 see styles |
rù zhòng xuán mén ru4 zhong4 xuan2 men2 ju chung hsüan men nyū jū genmon |
To enter again through the dark gate into mortality, e.g. as a bodhisattva does, even into the hells, to save the suffering. Another interpretation is the return of a bodhisattva to common life for further enlightenment. |
八福生處 八福生处 see styles |
bā fú shēng chù ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4 pa fu sheng ch`u pa fu sheng chu hachifuku shōsho |
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals. |
別として see styles |
betsutoshite べつとして |
(expression) other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for |
力挽狂瀾 力挽狂澜 see styles |
lì wǎn kuáng lán li4 wan3 kuang2 lan2 li wan k`uang lan li wan kuang lan |
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis |
十種智明 十种智明 see styles |
shí zhǒng zhì míng shi2 zhong3 zhi4 ming2 shih chung chih ming jusshu chimyō |
Ten kinds of bodhisattva wisdom, or omniscience, for the understanding of all things relating to all beings, in order, to save them from the sufferings of mortality and bring them to true bodhi. The ten are detailed in the Hua-yen 華嚴 sūtra in two groups, one in the 十明品 and one in the 離世間品. |
取り置く see styles |
torioku とりおく |
(transitive verb) (1) (See 取って置く) to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to; (transitive verb) (2) to preserve; to save; (transitive verb) (3) to put in; to lay in; to stash away; to stack away; to store; (transitive verb) (4) to hold; to retain; to hold back; to keep back |
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. |
回天無力 回天无力 see styles |
huí tiān wú lì hui2 tian1 wu2 li4 hui t`ien wu li hui tien wu li |
unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation |
因小失大 see styles |
yīn xiǎo shī dà yin1 xiao3 shi1 da4 yin hsiao shih ta |
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) |
土砂供養 土砂供养 see styles |
tǔ shā gōng yǎng tu3 sha1 gong1 yang3 t`u sha kung yang tu sha kung yang tosakyōyō |
土砂加持 The putting of earth on the grave 108 times by the Shingon sect; they also put it on the deceased's body, and even on the sick, as a kind of baptism for sin, to save the deceased from the hells and base reincarnations, and bring them to the Pure Land. |
地藏菩薩 地藏菩萨 see styles |
dì zàng pú sà di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 ti tsang p`u sa ti tsang pu sa Jizō bosatsu |
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva Earth-Store Bodhisattva |
大莊嚴經 大庄严经 see styles |
dà zhuāng yán jīng da4 zhuang1 yan2 jing1 ta chuang yen ching Dai shōgon kyō |
Vaipulya-mahāvyūha-sūtra, tr. by Divākara, Tang dynasty, 12 juan; in which the Buddha describes his life in the Tuṣita heaven and his descent to save the world. |
度諸衆生 度诸众生 see styles |
dù zhū zhòng shēng du4 zhu1 zhong4 sheng1 tu chu chung sheng do sho shūjō |
to save all living beings |
忍垢偷生 see styles |
rěn gòu tōu shēng ren3 gou4 tou1 sheng1 jen kou t`ou sheng jen kou tou sheng |
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) |
忍辱偷生 see styles |
rěn rǔ tōu shēng ren3 ru3 tou1 sheng1 jen ju t`ou sheng jen ju tou sheng |
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) |
手機條碼 手机条码 see styles |
shǒu jī tiáo mǎ shou3 ji1 tiao2 ma3 shou chi t`iao ma shou chi tiao ma |
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4] to the customer’s cloud account |
拔苦與樂 拔苦与乐 see styles |
bá kǔ yǔ lè ba2 ku3 yu3 le4 pa k`u yü le pa ku yü le ku wo atau |
To save from suffering and give joy. |
挽救兒童 挽救儿童 see styles |
wǎn jiù ér tóng wan3 jiu4 er2 tong2 wan chiu erh t`ung wan chiu erh tung |
to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity |
捨車保帥 舍车保帅 see styles |
shě jū bǎo shuài she3 ju1 bao3 shuai4 she chü pao shuai |
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling; to pass the buck |
救護衆生 救护众生 see styles |
jiù hù zhòng shēng jiu4 hu4 zhong4 sheng1 chiu hu chung sheng kugo shūjō |
to save and protect sentient beings |
新規保管 see styles |
shinkihokan しんきほかん |
(file) save as |
斷善闡提 断善阐提 see styles |
duàn shàn chǎn tí duan4 shan4 chan3 ti2 tuan shan ch`an t`i tuan shan chan ti danzen sendai |
The icchanti, or outcast, who cannot attain buddhahood, i.e. a man of great wickedness; or, a bodhisattva who separates himself from buddhahood to save all beings. |
毀家紓難 毁家纾难 see styles |
huǐ jiā shū nàn hui3 jia1 shu1 nan4 hui chia shu nan |
to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom) |
治病救人 see styles |
zhì bìng jiù rén zhi4 bing4 jiu4 ren2 chih ping chiu jen |
to treat the disease to save the patient; to criticize a person in order to help him |
浮かせる see styles |
ukaseru うかせる |
(transitive verb) (1) (See 浮かす) to float; (transitive verb) (2) to save (on one's expenses) |
溜め込む see styles |
tamekomu ためこむ |
(transitive verb) to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away |
積立てる see styles |
tsumitateru つみたてる |
(transitive verb) to accumulate; to save |
節衣縮食 节衣缩食 see styles |
jié yī suō shí jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2 chieh i so shih |
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally |
縮衣節食 缩衣节食 see styles |
suō yī jié shí suo1 yi1 jie2 shi2 so i chieh shih |
to economize on clothes and food; to scrimp and save (idiom) |
自利利他 see styles |
zì lì lì tā zi4 li4 li4 ta1 tzu li li t`a tzu li li ta jiri rita |
Self-profit profit others', i. e. the essential nature and work of a bodhisattva, to benefit himself and benefit others, or himself press forward in the Buddhist life in order to carry others forward. Hīnayāna is considered to be self-advancement, self-salvation by works or discipline; Bodhisattva Buddhism as saving oneself in order to save others, or making progress and helping others to progress, bodhisattvism being essentially altruistic. |
解民倒懸 解民倒悬 see styles |
jiě mín dào xuán jie3 min2 dao4 xuan2 chieh min tao hsüan |
lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits |
貯め込む see styles |
tamekomu ためこむ |
(transitive verb) to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away |
貯蓄性向 see styles |
chochikuseikou / chochikuseko ちょちくせいこう |
propensity to save; savings-to-income ratio |
起慈悲心 see styles |
qǐ cí bēi xīn qi3 ci2 bei1 xin1 ch`i tz`u pei hsin chi tzu pei hsin ki jihi shin |
to resolve to save all beings |
轉圜餘地 转圜余地 see styles |
zhuǎn huán yú dì zhuan3 huan2 yu2 di4 chuan huan yü ti |
to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom) |
開源節流 开源节流 see styles |
kāi yuán jié liú kai1 yuan2 jie2 liu2 k`ai yüan chieh liu kai yüan chieh liu |
lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending; to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure |
阿耨觀音 阿耨观音 see styles |
ān òu guān yīn an1 ou4 guan1 yin1 an ou kuan yin Anoku Kannon |
Anu Guanyin, the twentieth of the thirty-three forms of the 'Goddess of Mercy', seated on a rook scanning the sea to protect or save voyagers. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Save" 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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