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法愛


法爱

see styles
fǎ ài
    fa3 ai4
fa ai
 noa
    のあ
(female given name) Noa
Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation.

法水

see styles
fǎ shuǐ
    fa3 shui3
fa shui
 housui / hosui
    ほうすい
(given name) Housui
Buddha-truth likened to water able to wash away the stains of illusion; 法河 to a deep river; 法海 to a vast deep ocean.

法舟

see styles
fǎ zhōu
    fa3 zhou1
fa chou
 hō shū
法船 The barque of Buddha-truth which ferries men out from the sea of mortality and reincarnation to nirvana.

泡水

see styles
pào shuǐ
    pao4 shui3
p`ao shui
    pao shui
 housui / hosui
    ほうすい
to infuse; to soak in water
(given name) Housui

泡湯


泡汤

see styles
pào tāng
    pao4 tang1
p`ao t`ang
    pao tang
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath

泡飯


泡饭

see styles
pào fàn
    pao4 fan4
p`ao fan
    pao fan
to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water

波尼

see styles
bō ní
    bo1 ni2
po ni
 hani
波抳 pāna, drink, beverage; tr. as water (to drink); 波尼藍 tr. as 'water', but may be pānila, a drinking vessel.

波抳

see styles
bō nǐ
    bo1 ni3
po ni
 hani
water

波紋


波纹

see styles
bō wén
    bo1 wen2
po wen
 hamon
    はもん
ripple; corrugation
(1) ripple; ring on the water; (2) repercussions; (3) {music} Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

波耶

see styles
bō yé
    bo1 ye2
po yeh
 haya
payas, water; in Sanskrit it also means milk, juice, vital force.

泣く

see styles
 naku
    なく
(v5k,vi) (1) to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob; (v5k,vi) (2) (usu. as ...に泣く) to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship; (v5k,vi) (3) to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices; (v5k,vi) (4) to be not worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame; (transitive verb) (5) to lament; to bemoan; to bewail

泥水

see styles
ní shuǐ
    ni2 shui3
ni shui
 doromizu; deisui / doromizu; desui
    どろみず; でいすい
muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
(1) muddy water; (2) red-light district
muddy water

注ぐ

see styles
 tsugu
    つぐ
(transitive verb) (kana only) to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

注す

see styles
 sasu
    さす
(transitive verb) (1) to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks); (2) to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye; (3) to light (a fire); to burn

注意

see styles
zhù yì
    zhu4 yi4
chu i
 chuui / chui
    ちゅうい
to take note of; to pay attention to
(n,vs,vi) (1) attention; notice; heed; (n,vs,vi) (2) care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for); (n,vs,vi) (3) advice; warning; caution; reminder; (noun, transitive verb) (4) admonishment; reprimand; telling-off

注水

see styles
zhù shuǐ
    zhu4 shui3
chu shui
 chuusui / chusui
    ちゅうすい
to pour water into; to inject water into
(n,vs,vi) pouring water; flooding; douche

注資


注资

see styles
zhù zī
    zhu4 zi1
chu tzu
to inject funds; to put money into (the market)

泫然

see styles
 genzen
    げんぜん
(adv-to,adj-t) (1) (archaism) alone; (adv-to,adj-t) (2) spilling tears in large drops; crying out in anguish; crying out in sorrow

泯滅


泯灭

see styles
mǐn miè
    min3 mie4
min mieh
to obliterate; to die out; to disappear

洋式

see styles
yáng shì
    yang2 shi4
yang shih
 youshiki / yoshiki
    ようしき
Western style
(adj-no,n) (1) Western-style; foreign; (2) (abbreviation) Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet

洗い

see styles
 arai
    あらい
(1) washing; (2) (food term) sashimi chilled in iced water

洗盆

see styles
xǐ pén
    xi3 pen2
hsi p`en
    hsi pen
basin (water container)

洗膾

see styles
 arai
    あらい
(food term) sashimi chilled in iced water

洗茶

see styles
 sencha
    せんちゃ
tea leaves which have been washed in hot water after drying

洗雪

see styles
xǐ xuě
    xi3 xue3
hsi hsüeh
to erase; to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)

洗魚

see styles
 arai
    あらい
(food term) sashimi chilled in iced water

洗鱠

see styles
 arai
    あらい
(food term) sashimi chilled in iced water

洩る

see styles
 moru
    もる
(v5r,vi) to leak; to run out

洩洪


泄洪

see styles
xiè hóng
    xie4 hong2
hsieh hung
to release flood water; flood discharge

洸々

see styles
 koukou / koko
    こうこう
valiant; brave; surge (of water)

洸洋

see styles
 kouyou / koyo
    こうよう
unfathomable; great expanse of water; incoherent; (personal name) Kōyou

洸洸

see styles
 koukou / koko
    こうこう
valiant; brave; surge (of water)

活動


活动

see styles
huó dòng
    huo2 dong4
huo tung
 katsudou / katsudo
    かつどう
to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
(n,vs,vi) (1) activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; (2) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 活動写真) moving picture

活路

see styles
huó lu
    huo2 lu5
huo lu
 katsuro
    かつろ
labor; physical work
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
living path

派出

see styles
pài chū
    pai4 chu1
p`ai ch`u
    pai chu
 hashutsu
    はしゅつ
to send; to dispatch
(noun, transitive verb) sending out; dispatching; despatching

派單


派单

see styles
pài dān
    pai4 dan1
p`ai tan
    pai tan
to hand out leaflets; (of a platform, e.g. Uber, DiDi) to dispatch orders

流し

see styles
 nagashi
    ながし
(1) sink (e.g. in a kitchen); (adj-no,n) (2) cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); (3) washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); (4) back-washing service (in a public bath); (5) floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

流す

see styles
 nagasu
    ながす
(transitive verb) (1) to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill; (transitive verb) (2) to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; (transitive verb) (3) to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away; (transitive verb) (4) to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire); (transitive verb) (5) to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute; (v5s,vi) (6) to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place; (transitive verb) (7) to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill); (transitive verb) (8) to forfeit (a pawn); (v5s,vi) (9) to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly; (transitive verb) (10) to exile; to banish; (transitive verb) (11) {baseb} to hit (the ball) to the opposite field; (suf,v5s) (12) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing; (transitive verb) (13) to cause a miscarriage; to abort

流下

see styles
 ryuuge / ryuge
    りゅうげ
(n,vs,vt,vi) flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow; (surname) Ryūge

流出

see styles
liú chū
    liu2 chu1
liu ch`u
    liu chu
 ryuushutsu / ryushutsu
    りゅうしゅつ
to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse
(n,vs,vi) (1) outflow; effluence; efflux; spillage; spill; discharge; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding (e.g. of ink into paper); (n,vs,vi) (2) outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
flow out

流水

see styles
liú shuǐ
    liu2 shui3
liu shui
 rumi
    るみ
running water; (business) turnover
(1) running water; (2) flowing water; stream; (female given name) Rumi
Flowing water, name of a former incarnation of Śākyamuni.

流通

see styles
liú tōng
    liu2 tong1
liu t`ung
    liu tung
 ryuutsuu / ryutsu
    りゅうつう
to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
(n,vs,vi) (1) circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; (n,vs,vi) (2) circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow; (place-name) Ryūtsuu
Spread abroad; permeate; flowing through, or everywhere, without effective hindrance.

流量

see styles
liú liàng
    liu2 liang4
liu liang
 ryuuryou / ryuryo
    りゅうりょう
flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge; data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)

浄水

see styles
 jousui / josui
    じょうすい
clean water; purified water; (personal name) Jōsui

浅木

see styles
 asagi
    あさぎ
crude wood (i.e. with many knots); (place-name, surname) Asagi

浩然

see styles
hào rán
    hao4 ran2
hao jan
 kounen / konen
    こうねん
vast; expansive; overwhelming
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) (form) (See 浩然の気・2) broadminded; magnanimous; (adj-t,adv-to) (2) (archaism) abundant (of flowing water); plentiful; (given name) Kōnen

浮く

see styles
 uku
    うく
(v5k,vi) (1) to float; (v5k,vi) (2) (See 浮かぬ顔) to become merry; to be cheerful; (v5k,vi) (3) to become loose; to become unsteady; (v5k,vi) (4) (colloquialism) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place; (v5k,vi) (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain; (v5k,vi) (6) to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money); (v5k,vi) (7) to have no basis; to be unreliable

浮寝

see styles
 ukine
    うきね
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) sleeping in a ship; (2) sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird); (3) restless sleep; (4) casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)

浮岩

see styles
fú yán
    fu2 yan2
fu yen
 ukiiwa / ukiwa
    うきいわ
pumice
(1) rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; (2) pumice stone

浮揚

see styles
 uage
    うあげ
(n,vs,vi) floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy); (surname) Uage

浮石

see styles
fú shí
    fu2 shi2
fu shih
 fuseki
    ふせき
pumice
(1) rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; (2) pumice stone; (1) pumice stone; (2) loose rock; loose stone; (3) floating group (in the game of go); group without a base; (given name) Fuseki

浮造

see styles
 uzukuri
    うづくり
(1) tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord; (2) scrubbing wood to give it texture

浸入

see styles
jìn rù
    jin4 ru4
chin ju
 shinnyuu / shinnyu
    しんにゅう
to soak; to dip
(n,vs,vi) infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding

浸害

see styles
 shingai
    しんがい
(noun/participle) water damage

浸水

see styles
jìn shuǐ
    jin4 shui3
chin shui
 shinsui
    しんすい
to immerse in water; to drench; to inundate; irrigation water
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) inundation; submersion; flood

浸種


浸种

see styles
jìn zhǒng
    jin4 zhong3
chin chung
to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)

涅槃

see styles
niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4])
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

消す

see styles
 kesu
    けす
(transitive verb) (1) to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete; (transitive verb) (2) to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; (transitive verb) (3) to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; (transitive verb) (4) to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison); (transitive verb) (5) to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle; (transitive verb) (6) (colloquialism) to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

消亡

see styles
xiāo wáng
    xiao1 wang2
hsiao wang
to die out; to wither away

消失

see styles
xiāo shī
    xiao1 shi1
hsiao shih
 shoushitsu; soushitsu / shoshitsu; soshitsu
    しょうしつ; そうしつ
to disappear; to fade away
(noun/participle) dying out; disappearance; vanishing; elimination; loss; absence

消弭

see styles
xiāo mǐ
    xiao1 mi3
hsiao mi
(literary) to eliminate; to put an end to

消滅


消灭

see styles
xiāo miè
    xiao1 mie4
hsiao mieh
 shoumetsu / shometsu
    しょうめつ
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
(noun/participle) (1) extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; (noun/participle) (2) {physics} annihilation
To put an end to, cause to cease.

消灯

see styles
 shoutou / shoto
    しょうとう
(noun/participle) putting out the light; switching off the light

消災


消灾

see styles
xiāo zāi
    xiao1 zai1
hsiao tsai
 shōsai
to avoid calamities
To disperse, or put an end to calamity.

消燈

see styles
 shoutou / shoto
    しょうとう
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) putting out the light; switching off the light

消磨

see styles
xiāo mó
    xiao1 mo2
hsiao mo
 shouma / shoma
    しょうま
to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
(n,vs,vt,vi) abrasion; wearing out

涉世

see styles
shè shì
    she4 shi4
she shih
to see the world; to go out into society; to gain experience

涌き

see styles
 waki
    わき
(1) welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging; (2) appearing (esp. suddenly); (3) frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

涌く

see styles
 waku
    わく
(v5k,vi) (1) to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge; (2) to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); (3) to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.); (4) to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

涌出

see styles
yǒng chū
    yong3 chu1
yung ch`u
    yung chu
 wakide
    わきで
(noun/participle) gushing out; welling up; springing up; (surname) Wakide
To spring forth.

涵養


涵养

see styles
hán yǎng
    han2 yang3
han yang
 kanyou / kanyo
    かんよう
to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
(noun/participle) (1) cultivation (esp. character, virtue, moral sentiment); fostering; training; (2) penetration (e.g. surface water into an aquifer)

涼快


凉快

see styles
liáng kuai
    liang2 kuai5
liang k`uai
    liang kuai
pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out

涼水


凉水

see styles
liáng shuǐ
    liang2 shui3
liang shui
cool water; unboiled water

淄蠹

see styles
zī dù
    zi1 du4
tzu tu
to be worn out

淋汗

see styles
lín hàn
    lin2 han4
lin han
 rinkan
Dripping sweat; to sprinkle or pour water on the body to cleanse it.

淘汰

see styles
táo tài
    tao2 tai4
t`ao t`ai
    tao tai
 touta / tota
    とうた
to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out
(noun, transitive verb) (1) weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {biol} (See 自然淘汰) selection
The fourth of the five periods of Buddha's teaching, according to Tiantai, i.e. the sweeping away of false ideas, produced by appearance, with the doctrine of the void, or the reality behind the seeming.

淚人


泪人

see styles
lèi rén
    lei4 ren2
lei jen
person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears

淡出

see styles
dàn chū
    dan4 chu1
tan ch`u
    tan chu
to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)

淡化

see styles
dàn huà
    dan4 hua4
tan hua
to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination

淡水

see styles
dàn shuǐ
    dan4 shui3
tan shui
 tansui
    たんすい
potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 鹹水) fresh water (i.e. not salt water); (given name) Tansui

淦水

see styles
 kansui
    かんすい
bilge water

淨水


净水

see styles
jìng shuǐ
    jing4 shui3
ching shui
 kiyomi
    きよみ
clean water; purified water
(personal name) Kiyomi

淵底

see styles
 entei / ente
    えんてい
(1) bottom depths (of water); abyss; (2) depths (of something); bottom; (adverb) (3) (archaism) completely; thoroughly; fully

混交

see styles
hùn jiāo
    hun4 jiao1
hun chiao
 konkou / konko
    こんこう
mixed (growth of wood)
(noun/participle) (1) mixture; intermixture; mixing up; jumbling together; (2) (linguistics terminology) contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning

混濁


混浊

see styles
hùn zhuó
    hun4 zhuo2
hun cho
 kondaku
    こんだく
turbid; muddy; dirty
(n,vs,n-pref) (1) turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; muddiness (e.g. water, mind, consciousness); (noun/participle) (2) disorder; chaos
to be turbid

淹沒


淹没

see styles
yān mò
    yan1 mo4
yen mo
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)

淹蓋


淹盖

see styles
yān gài
    yan1 gai4
yen kai
to submerge; to flood; to drown out

淺水


浅水

see styles
qiǎn shuǐ
    qian3 shui3
ch`ien shui
    chien shui
 asamizu
    あさみず
shallow water
(surname) Asamizu

添水

see styles
 souzu / sozu
    そうず
water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

清し

see styles
 sumashi
    すまし
(1) primness; prim person; (2) (abbreviation) clear soup; (3) water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

清倉


清仓

see styles
qīng cāng
    qing1 cang1
ch`ing ts`ang
    ching tsang
 kiyokura
    きよくら
to take an inventory of stock; to clear out one's stock
(surname) Kiyokura

清冷

see styles
 seirei / sere
    せいれい
(noun or adjectival noun) clear and cold (water, etc.); (female given name) Seirei

清查

see styles
qīng chá
    qing1 cha2
ch`ing ch`a
    ching cha
to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements)

清水

see styles
qīng shuǐ
    qing1 shui3
ch`ing shui
    ching shui
 seizui / sezui
    せいずい
fresh water; drinking water; clear water
(1) spring water; (2) clear (pure) water; (place-name) Seizui

清流

see styles
qīng liú
    qing1 liu2
ch`ing liu
    ching liu
 seiryuu / seryu
    せいりゅう
clean flowing water; (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences; scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
(See 濁流) clear stream; (place-name, surname) Seiryū

清滌


清涤

see styles
qīng dí
    qing1 di2
ch`ing ti
    ching ti
to rinse; to wash; to clean; to purge; to comb out

渇水

see styles
 kassui
    かっすい
(n,vs,vi) water shortage

渋る

see styles
 shiburu
    しぶる
(transitive verb) (1) to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do); to grudge; to be tardy (in doing); to put off (doing); (v5r,vi) (2) to falter; to slacken; to slow down; (v5r,vi) (3) (See 渋り腹) to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

渓水

see styles
 keisui / kesui
    けいすい
mountain stream; the water of a mountain stream; (given name) Keisui

減水

see styles
 gensui
    げんすい
(n,vs,vi) (See 増水) subsiding of water

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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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