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單車 单车 see styles |
dān chē dan1 che1 tan ch`e tan che |
(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle) |
地縛 see styles |
jishibari じしばり |
(1) (kana only) creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera); (2) (kana only) southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris) |
墾丁 垦丁 see styles |
kěn dīng ken3 ding1 k`en ting ken ting |
Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2]) |
夜郎 see styles |
yè láng ye4 lang2 yeh lang yarou / yaro やろう |
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty (place-name) Yelang (China) (ancient state in western Guizhou province) |
天授 see styles |
tiān shòu tian1 shou4 t`ien shou tien shou tenju てんじゅ |
(1) natural gifts; (2) (hist) Tenju era (of the Southern Court; 1375.5.27-1381.2.10) Heaven-bestowed, a name of Devadatta, v. 提. |
女書 女书 see styles |
nǚ shū nu:3 shu1 nü shu nyosho にょしょ |
nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan Nüshu script; syllabic script derived from Chinese characters |
孫堅 孙坚 see styles |
sūn jiān sun1 jian1 sun chien sonken そんけん |
Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms (personal name) Sonken |
孫權 孙权 see styles |
sūn quán sun1 quan2 sun ch`üan sun chüan |
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period |
安慧 see styles |
ān huì an1 hui4 an hui anne あんね |
(female given name) Anne Settled or firm resolve on wisdom; established wisdom; tr. of 悉耻羅末底 Sthiramati, or Sthitamati, one of the ten great exponents of the 唯識論 Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi śāstra, a native of southern India. |
宋書 宋书 see styles |
sòng shū song4 shu1 sung shu |
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3]) |
宋朝 see styles |
sòng cháo song4 chao2 sung ch`ao sung chao souchou / socho そうちょう |
Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) (hist) Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty Song dynasty |
寧宗 宁宗 see styles |
níng zōng ning2 zong1 ning tsung neisou / neso ねいそう |
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224) (personal name) Neisou |
寶生 宝生 see styles |
bǎo shēng bao3 sheng1 pao sheng hōshō |
Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the five dhyāni-buddhas, the central figure in the southern 'diamond' maṇḍala, The realm of Subhūti on his becoming Buddha. |
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. |
崑崙 昆仑 see styles |
kūn lún kun1 lun2 k`un lun kun lun konron こんろん |
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang (place-name) Kunlun mountains Kunlun, or Pulo Condore Island, or islands generally in the southern seas, hence崑崙子 or崑崙奴 is a native of those islands of black colour, and崑崙國 is described as Java, Sumatra, etc. |
川雀 see styles |
kawasuzume; kawasuzume かわすずめ; カワスズメ |
(kana only) Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) |
庾信 see styles |
yǔ xìn yu3 xin4 yü hsin |
Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋 |
延元 see styles |
nobuyuki のぶゆき |
(hist) Engen era (of the Southern Court; 1336.2.29-1340.4.28); (personal name) Nobuyuki |
建康 see styles |
jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 chien k`ang chien kang kenkō |
old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties healthy |
建徳 see styles |
tatetoku たてとく |
(hist) Kentoku era (of the Southern Court; 1370.7.24-1372.4.?); (surname) Tatetoku |
弘和 see styles |
mitsuya みつや |
(hist) Kōwa era (of the Southern Court; 1381.2.10-1384.4.28); (given name) Mitsuya |
彈詞 弹词 see styles |
tán cí tan2 ci2 t`an tz`u tan tzu |
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment |
彌勒 弥勒 see styles |
mí lè mi2 le4 mi le miroku みろく |
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha (surname) Miroku Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras. |
徽語 徽语 see styles |
huī yǔ hui1 yu3 hui yü |
Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province |
拝む see styles |
ogamu おがむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects; (transitive verb) (2) to beg; to make a supplication; (transitive verb) (3) (humble language) (sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese) to see (something or someone of high status) |
文中 see styles |
bunchuu / bunchu ぶんちゅう |
(1) in the sentence; in the text; (2) (hist) Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27) |
明藏 see styles |
míng zàng ming2 zang4 ming tsang Myō zō |
The Buddhist canon of the Ming dynasty; there were two editions, one the Southern at Nanjing made by T'ai Tsu, the northern at Beijing by Tai Tsung. A later edition was produced in the reign of Shen Tsung (Wan Li), which became the standard in Japan. |
李煜 see styles |
lǐ yù li3 yu4 li yü |
Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet |
東吳 东吴 see styles |
dōng wú dong1 wu2 tung wu |
Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 |
梁書 梁书 see styles |
liáng shū liang2 shu1 liang shu |
History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls |
梁楷 see styles |
ryoukai / ryokai りょうかい |
(person) Liangjie (Southern Song-era Chinese artist) |
梵天 see styles |
fàn tiān fan4 tian1 fan t`ien fan tien bonten ぼんてん |
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) (1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself. |
極光 极光 see styles |
jí guāng ji2 guang1 chi kuang kyokukou / kyokuko きょくこう |
aurora (meteorology) northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis; (given name) Kyokukou |
正平 see styles |
masahei / masahe まさへい |
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24); (personal name) Masahei |
永暦 see styles |
eireki / ereki えいれき |
(hist) Yongli era (of emperor Yongli of Southern Ming; 1646-1662) |
汨水 see styles |
mì shuǐ mi4 shui3 mi shui |
name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1] |
沈約 沈约 see styles |
shěn yuē shen3 yue1 shen yüeh Jinyaku |
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 Shen Yue |
洛南 see styles |
luò nán luo4 nan2 lo nan rakunan らくなん |
Luonan County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi (1) south of the capital; (2) southern part of Kyoto |
海南 see styles |
hǎi nán hai3 nan2 hai nan hainan ハイナン |
see 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]; see 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]; see 海南區|海南区[Hai3 nan2 Qu1]; see 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku); (place-name) Hainan |
濟公 济公 see styles |
jì gōng ji4 gong1 chi kung |
Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk |
熊曾 see styles |
kumaso くまそ |
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu) |
熊襲 see styles |
kumaso くまそ |
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu) |
燕國 燕国 see styles |
yān guó yan1 guo2 yen kuo |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) |
爬蝦 爬虾 see styles |
pá xiā pa2 xia1 p`a hsia pa hsia |
mantis shrimp |
瓦隆 see styles |
wǎ lōng wa3 long1 wa lung |
Walloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium |
発願 see styles |
hotsugan ほつがん |
(n,vs,vi,vt) (1) {Buddh} giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; (n,vs,vi,vt) (2) praying; prayer |
白砂 see styles |
hakusa はくさ |
(kana only) {geol} shirasu; white pumiceous soil of southern Kyushu; (given name) Hakusa |
百粵 百粤 see styles |
bǎi yuè bai3 yue4 pai yüeh |
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups; also written 百越 |
百越 see styles |
bǎi yuè bai3 yue4 pai yüeh |
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups |
県南 see styles |
kennan けんなん |
southern part of a prefecture |
磐城 see styles |
banjou / banjo ばんじょう |
(hist) Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures); (surname) Banjō |
祈雨 see styles |
qí yǔ qi2 yu3 ch`i yü chi yü kiu きう |
(See 雨乞い) praying for rain To pray for rain. |
祓川 see styles |
haraigawa はらいがわ |
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying; (personal name) Haraigawa |
窩心 窝心 see styles |
wō xīn wo1 xin1 wo hsin |
aggrieved; dejected; (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc; to feel gratified; to feel warm inside |
紀伊 see styles |
norii / nori のりい |
(hist) Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures); (surname) Norii |
興国 see styles |
koukoku / kokoku こうこく |
(1) making a country prosperous; prosperous country; (2) (hist) Kōkoku era (of the Southern Court; 1340.4.28-1346.12.8); (surname) Kōkoku |
舍衞 舍卫 see styles |
shè wèi she4 wei4 she wei Shae |
Śrāvastī, 舍婆提; 室羅伐 (室羅伐悉底); 尸羅跋提; 捨羅婆悉帝耶; intp as 聞物 the city of famous things, or men, or the famous city; it was a city and ancient kingdom 500 li northwest of Kapilavastu, now Rapetmapet south of Rapti River (M. W. says Sāhet-Māhet). It is said to have been in 北憍薩羅 norhern Kośala, distinct from the southern kingdom of that name. It was a favourite resort of Śākyamuni, the 祗園 Jetavana being there. |
范曄 范晔 see styles |
fàn yè fan4 ye4 fan yeh hanyou / hanyo はんよう |
historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书 (personal name) Han'you |
范縝 范缜 see styles |
fàn zhěn fan4 zhen3 fan chen Han Shin |
Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth Fan Zhen |
華南 华南 see styles |
huá nán hua2 nan2 hua nan kanan かなん |
Southern China South China; (female given name) Kanan |
蒲團 蒲团 see styles |
pú tuán pu2 tuan2 p`u t`uan pu tuan futon |
praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) A rush cushion, or hassock. |
蕭梁 萧梁 see styles |
xiāo liáng xiao1 liang2 hsiao liang |
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557) |
薌劇 芗剧 see styles |
xiāng jù xiang1 ju4 hsiang chü |
variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan |
蝦蛄 虾蛄 see styles |
xiā gū xia1 gu1 hsia ku shako しゃこ |
mantis shrimp (kana only) mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria) |
螵蛸 see styles |
piāo xiāo piao1 xiao1 p`iao hsiao piao hsiao |
ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM); cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸[hai3 piao1 xiao1]) |
蟐螂 see styles |
kamakiri かまきり |
(kana only) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) |
蟷螂 see styles |
tourou / toro とうろう |
(kana only) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis); (surname) Tourou |
蠻子 蛮子 see styles |
mán zi man2 zi5 man tzu |
barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) |
衡山 see styles |
héng shān heng2 shan1 heng shan hirayama ひらやま |
Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan (surname) Hirayama The Heng mountains in Hunan, where was the 南嶽 Southern Peak monastery, from which came 慧思 Huisi, second patriarch of Tiantai. |
西明 see styles |
xī míng xi1 ming2 hsi ming nishimiyou / nishimiyo にしみよう |
(personal name) Nishimiyou Ximing, name of 道宣 Daoxuan of the Tang who founded the Southern Hill school, and also of 圓測 Yuance, both of whom were from the 西明寺 monastery of Western Enlightenment established by Gaozong (650-684) at Chang'an, the capital. |
請雨 请雨 see styles |
qǐng yǔ qing3 yu3 ch`ing yü ching yü shouu / shou しょうう |
(rare) (See 雨乞い) praying for rain To pray for rain. |
豇豆 see styles |
jiāng dòu jiang1 dou4 chiang tou sasagi; sasagi ささぎ; ササギ |
cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) (kana only) (See ササゲ) cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); black-eyed pea; southern pea |
象主 see styles |
xiàng zhǔ xiang4 zhu3 hsiang chu zōshu |
The southern division of India, v. 四主. |
象王 see styles |
xiàng wáng xiang4 wang2 hsiang wang zōō |
Gajapati, Lord of Elephants, a term for Śākyamuni; also the fabulous ruler of the southern division of the Jambudvīpa continent. |
趙宋 赵宋 see styles |
zhào sòng zhao4 song4 chao sung |
Song dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) |
趙曄 赵晔 see styles |
zhào yè zhao4 ye4 chao yeh |
Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋 |
輪藏 轮藏 see styles |
lún zàng lun2 zang4 lun tsang rinzō |
Revolving scriptures, a revolving stand with eight faces, representing the eight directions, each containing a portion of the sacred canon; a praying-wheel, the revolving of which brings as much merit to the operator as if he had read the whole. |
迦羅 迦罗 see styles |
jiā luó jia1 luo2 chia lo kara から |
(place-name) Gaya (4th-6th century confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea) kalā, 哥羅; 歌羅; a minute part, an atom; the hundredth part lengthwise of a human hair; also a sixteenth part of anything. Also kāla (and 迦攞), a definite time, a division of time; the time of work, study, etc., as opposed to leisure time. kāla, among other meanings, also means black, for which 迦羅迦 kālaka is sometimes used, e.g. the black nāga. |
道南 see styles |
dounan / donan どうなん |
(place-name) Southern Hokkaidō; Dōnan |
那揭 see styles |
nà qì na4 qi4 na ch`i na chi Nakei |
(那揭羅喝羅) Nagara; Nagarahāra. 曩哦囉賀囉 'An ancient kingdom and city on the southern bank of the Cabool River about 30 miles west of Jellalabad (Lat. 34°28 N., Long. 70°30 E. ). The Nagara of Ptolemy.' Eitel. |
郊祀 see styles |
jiāo sì jiao1 si4 chiao ssu |
pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth) |
釣殿 see styles |
tsuridono つりどの |
buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) |
鎌切 see styles |
kamakiri かまきり |
(kana only) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) |
鎌首 see styles |
kamakubi かまくび |
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck |
長平 长平 see styles |
cháng píng chang2 ping2 ch`ang p`ing chang ping michihira みちひら |
Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao (given name) Michihira |
閩南 闽南 see styles |
mǐn nán min3 nan2 min nan |
Minnan (southern Fujian) |
閻浮 阎浮 see styles |
yán fú yan2 fu2 yen fu enbu |
瞻部 Jambu (at present the rose-apple, the Eugenia Jambolana), described as a lofty tree giving its name to 閻浮提 Jambudvīpa, 'one of the seven continents or rather large islands surrounding the mountain Meru; it is so named either from the Jambu trees abounding in it, or from an enormous Jambu tree on Mount Meru visible like a standard to the whole continent'; 'the central division of the world.' M.W. With Buddhists it is the southern of the four continents, shaped like a triangle resembling the triangular leaves of the Jambu tree, and called after a forest of such trees on Meru. |
陝南 陕南 see styles |
shǎn nán shan3 nan2 shan nan |
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province |
陳書 陈书 see styles |
chén shū chen2 shu1 ch`en shu chen shu |
History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls |
陳那 陈那 see styles |
chén nà chen2 na4 ch`en na chen na jinna じんな |
(personal name) Jinna Dignāga, Dinnāga; a native of southern India, the great Buddhist logician, circa A. D. 500 or 550, founder of the new logic, cf. 因明; he is known also as 童授 and 域龍. Also used for Jina, victorious, the overcomer, a title of a Buddha. |
陸游 陆游 see styles |
lù yóu lu4 you2 lu yu |
Lu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets |
陸遊 陆游 see styles |
lù yóu lu4 you2 lu yu |
Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets |
陽關 阳关 see styles |
yáng guān yang2 guan1 yang kuan |
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 |
雀鯛 see styles |
suzumedai; suzumedai すずめだい; スズメダイ |
(kana only) pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China) |
雜藏 杂藏 see styles |
zá zàng za2 zang4 tsa tsang zōzō |
saṃyuktapiṭaka, the miscellaneous canon, at first said to relate to bodhisattvas, but it contains miscellaneous works of Indian and Chinese authors, collections made under the Ming dynasty and supplements of the northern Chinese canon with their case marks from the southern canon. |
願酒 see styles |
ganshu がんしゅ |
praying at a temple or shrine for help to stop drinking |
馬祖 马祖 see styles |
mǎ zǔ ma3 zu3 ma tsu baso ばそ |
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan (place-name) Matsu Islands (Taiwan) Ma Tsu, founder of the Southern Peak school of the Ch'an or Intuitional sect in Kiangsi, known as 江西道一. |
齊書 齐书 see styles |
qí shū qi2 shu1 ch`i shu chi shu |
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls; usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi |
ササゲ see styles |
sasage ササゲ |
(kana only) cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea |
サザン see styles |
sazan サザン |
(can be adjective with の) southern; (personal name) Sothern; Southerne |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Southern-Praying-Mantis" 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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