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四七 see styles |
sì qī si4 qi1 ssu ch`i ssu chi shina しな |
(surname) Shina four sevens |
四三 see styles |
yomi よみ |
(1) {hanaf} (See 手役) one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; (2) three and a four (in dice games); (personal name) Yomi |
四上 see styles |
sì shàng si4 shang4 ssu shang shijō |
The four times a day of going up to worship— daybreak, noon, evening, and midnight. |
四世 see styles |
sì shì si4 shi4 ssu shih yonsei / yonse よんせい |
(1) four generations; (2) fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; (3) the fourth (e.g. George IV) The period of the Buddha's earthly life, styled 聖世 the sacred period (or period of the sage), is added to the three periods of 正法 correct Law; 像法 semblance of the Law; and 末法 decadence of the Law. |
四主 see styles |
sì zhǔ si4 zhu3 ssu chu shishu |
The four Lords of the world, whose domains were supposed to stretch E., S., W., and N. of the Himālayas; E. 人主 the lord of men; S. 象主 of elephants; W. 寳主 of jewels (or precious things); N. 馬主of horses. 西域記. |
四乘 see styles |
sì shèng si4 sheng4 ssu sheng shijō |
The goat, deer, and ox carts and the great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, see 四車. |
四事 see styles |
sì shì si4 shi4 ssu shih shiji |
The four necessaries of a monk clothing, victuals, bedding, medicine (or herbs). Another set is a dwelling, clothing, victuals, medicine. |
四人 see styles |
sì rén si4 ren2 ssu jen shinin よにん |
four people four people |
四仙 see styles |
sì xiān si4 xian1 ssu hsien shisen |
The three genī, or founders of systems, together with 若提子 Nirgranthajñāti; v. 二天三仙. |
四位 see styles |
sì wèi si4 wei4 ssu wei yoni よんい |
fourth court rank; (surname) Yon'i four stages |
四住 see styles |
sì zhù si4 zhu4 ssu chu shizumi しずみ |
(surname) Shizumi The four abodes or states in the 智度論 3, i. e. (1) 天住 the devalokas, equivalents of charity, morality, and goodness of heart; (2) 梵住 the brahmalokas, equivalents of benevolence, pity, joy, and indifference; (3) 聖住 the abode of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, equivalent of the samādhi of the immaterial realm, formless and still; (4) 佛住 the Buddha-abode, the equivalent of the samādhis of the infinite. v. 四住地. |
四佛 see styles |
sì fó si4 fo2 ssu fo shi butsu |
Four of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas. i.e. the four regional Buddhas; they are variously stated. The 金光明經 gives E. 阿閦; S. 寳相; W. 無量壽; N. 微妙聲. The 大日經 gives E. 寳幢; S. 大勤勇遍覺華開敷; W. 仁勝 (i. e. 無量壽); N. 不動, i. e. 鼓音如來. The 金剛頂經 gives 不動; 寳生; 觀自在, and 不 空 成就如來. v. 五智如來. |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
四信 see styles |
sì xìn si4 xin4 ssu hsin shinobu しのぶ |
(given name) Shinobu v.四種信心. |
四倒 see styles |
sì dào si4 dao4 ssu tao shitō |
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views. |
四儀 四仪 see styles |
sì yí si4 yi2 ssu i shigi |
four postures |
四光 see styles |
shikou / shiko しこう |
{hanaf} (See 出来役) four 20-point cards (scoring combination); (surname) Shikou |
四兵 see styles |
sì bīng si4 bing1 ssu ping shihei |
catur-an.gabalakāya; the four divisions of a cakravarti's troops— elephant, hastikāya; horse, aśvakāya; chariot, rathakāya; and foot, pattikāya. |
四凶 see styles |
shikyou / shikyo しきょう |
(See 四霊) the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology |
四分 see styles |
sì fēn si4 fen1 ssu fen shibu しぶ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) dividing into four; quartering; (place-name) Shibu The 法相 Dharmalakṣana school divides the function of 識 cognition into four, i. e. 相分 mental phenomena, 見分 discriminating such phenomena, 自證分 the power that discriminates, and 證自證 the proof or assurance of that power. Another group is: 信 faith, 解 liberty, 行 action, and 證 assurance or realization. |
四則 see styles |
shisoku しそく |
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic |
四力 see styles |
sì lì si4 li4 ssu li shiriki |
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment. |
四劫 see styles |
sì jié si4 jie2 ssu chieh shikou / shiko しこう |
{Buddh} (See 劫・1) the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness) The four kalpas, or epochs, of a world, 成劫 that of formation and completion; 住劫 existing or abiding; 懷劫 destruction; and 空劫 annihilation, or the succeeding void. 倶舍論 12. |
四化 see styles |
sì huà si4 hua4 ssu hua |
abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations |
四千 see styles |
yonsen よんせん |
four thousand |
四取 see styles |
sì qǔ si4 qu3 ssu ch`ü ssu chü shishu |
catuḥ-parāmarśa, the four attachments, i. e. desire, (unenlightened) views, (fakir) morals, and ideas arising from the conception of the self. Also, the possible delusions of the 四住地. Also, seeking fame in the four quarters. |
四句 see styles |
sì jù si4 ju4 ssu chü shiku |
The four terms, phrases, or four-line verses, e. g. 四句分別 The four terms of differentiation, e. g. of all things into 有 the existing; 空 nonexisting; both; neither; or phenomenal, noumenal, both, neither. Also, double, single, both, neither; and other similar applications. |
四向 see styles |
sì xiàng si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shikō |
The four stages in Hīnayāna sanctity: srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin and arhan. |
四含 see styles |
sì hán si4 han2 ssu han shigon |
idem 四阿含經. |
四味 see styles |
sì wèi si4 wei4 ssu wei shimi |
The four 'tastes': the Tiantai definition of the four periods of the Buddha's teaching preliminary to the fifth, i. e. that of the Lotus Sutra; cf. 五味. |
四唱 see styles |
sì chàng si4 chang4 ssu ch`ang ssu chang shishō |
The four commanders or leaders; see Lotus Sutra 15. |
四喩 see styles |
sì yú si4 yu2 ssu yü shiyu |
The four metaphors (of infinity, etc. ): 山斤 the weight of all the mountains in pounds; 海 the drops in the ocean; 地塵 the atoms of dust in the earth; 空 界 the extent of space. |
四因 see styles |
sì yīn si4 yin1 ssu yin shiin |
four causes |
四国 see styles |
shikoku しこく |
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan); (place-name, surname) Shikoku |
四國 四国 see styles |
sì guó si4 guo2 ssu kuo shikoku しこく |
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) (surname) Shikoku |
四園 四园 see styles |
sì yuán si4 yuan2 ssu yüan shien |
idem 四苑. |
四土 see styles |
sì tǔ si4 tu3 ssu t`u ssu tu shido しど |
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara) The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake. |
四執 四执 see styles |
sì zhí si4 zhi2 ssu chih shishū |
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists. |
四塔 see styles |
sì tǎ si4 ta3 ssu t`a ssu ta shitō |
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively. |
四塵 四尘 see styles |
sì chén si4 chen2 ssu ch`en ssu chen shijin |
four data-fields |
四墮 四堕 see styles |
sì duò si4 duo4 ssu to shida |
(四墮落法) The four causes of falling from grace and final excommunication of a monk or nun; adultery, stealing, killing, falsity; v. 四波羅夷. |
四声 see styles |
shisei / shise しせい |
four tones (of Chinese) |
四天 see styles |
sì tiān si4 tian1 ssu t`ien ssu tien shiten |
the heavens of the four directions |
四夷 see styles |
sì yí si4 yi2 ssu i shii / shi しい |
(derogatory term) (See 東夷・あずまえびす・2,西戎・せいじゅう) Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China; (surname) Shii (四夷戒 or 四夷罪) v. 四波羅夷. |
四姓 see styles |
sì xìng si4 xing4 ssu hsing shisei; shishou / shise; shisho しせい; ししょう |
(1) the four Hindu castes; (2) (hist) the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan) The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma. |
四字 see styles |
sì zì si4 zi4 ssu tzu shiji |
four logographs |
四宗 see styles |
sì zōng si4 zong1 ssu tsung shishū |
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming. |
四定 see styles |
sì dìng si4 ding4 ssu ting shijō |
The four dhyāna heavens of form, and the four degrees of dhyāna corresponding to them. |
四害 see styles |
sì hài si4 hai4 ssu hai |
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows; see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4] |
四家 see styles |
sì jiā si4 jia1 ssu chia yonke よんけ |
(surname) Yonke The schools of 般若, 諦, 捨煩惱, and 苦淸 likened by 章安 Zhangan of the Tiantai to the 四教, i. e. seriatim: 別, 圓, 通, and 三藏. |
四實 四实 see styles |
sì shí si4 shi2 ssu shih shijitsu |
four realities |
四寸 see styles |
sì cùn si4 cun4 ssu ts`un ssu tsun shi sun |
four inches |
四山 see styles |
sì shān si4 shan1 ssu shan yotsuyama よつやま |
(place-name) Yotsuyama Like four closing-in mountains are birth, age, sickness, and death; another group is age, sickness, death, and decay (衰, i. e. of wealth, honours, etc., or 無常 impermanence). |
四州 see styles |
sì zhōu si4 zhou1 ssu chou shishuu / shishu ししゅう |
(given name) Shishuu four great continents |
四庫 四库 see styles |
sì kù si4 ku4 ssu k`u ssu ku |
the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集 |
四強 四强 see styles |
sì qiáng si4 qiang2 ssu ch`iang ssu chiang yonkyou / yonkyo よんきょう |
the top four final four (in a tournament) |
四微 see styles |
sì wēi si4 wei1 ssu wei shimi |
The four minutest forms or atoms perceptible to the four senses of sight, smell, taste, or touch; from these arise the 四大 four elements, from which arise the 五智 five wisdoms, q. v. |
四德 see styles |
sì dé si4 de2 ssu te shitoku |
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm. |
四心 see styles |
sì xīn si4 xin1 ssu hsin shishin |
The hearts of kindness, pity, joy, and indifference, idem 四無量心. |
四忍 see styles |
sì rěn si4 ren3 ssu jen shi nin |
four kinds of forbearance |
四忘 see styles |
sì wàng si4 wang4 ssu wang shimō |
The state of a saint, i. e. beyond, or oblivious of the four conditions of 一異有無 unity, difference, existence, non-existence. |
四念 see styles |
sì niàn si4 nian4 ssu nien shinen |
four kinds of mindfulness |
四怨 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The four enemies— the passions-and-delusion māras, death māra, the five-skandhas māras, and the supreme māra-king. |
四恆 四恒 see styles |
sì héng si4 heng2 ssu heng shigō |
four Ganges |
四恒 see styles |
sì héng si4 heng2 ssu heng |
As the sands of four Ganges. |
四恩 see styles |
sì ēn si4 en1 ssu en shion しおん |
{Buddh} four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations; (surname) Shion four kinds of compassion |
四悉 see styles |
sì xī si4 xi1 ssu hsi shishitsu |
four siddhântas |
四悔 see styles |
sì huǐ si4 hui3 ssu hui shike |
see 五悔 and omit the first. |
四患 see styles |
sì huàn si4 huan4 ssu huan shikan |
four afflictions |
四惑 see styles |
sì huò si4 huo4 ssu huo shiwaku |
idem 煩惱. |
四惡 四恶 see styles |
sì è si4 e4 ssu o shiaku |
four evil (destinies) |
四愛 see styles |
shichika しちか |
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects); (female given name) Shichika |
四慧 see styles |
sì huì si4 hui4 ssu hui shie |
The four kinds of wisdom received: (1) by birth, or nature; (2) by hearing, or being taught; (3) by thought; (4) by dhyāna meditation. |
四戒 see styles |
sì jiè si4 jie4 ssu chieh shikai |
Four stages in moral development: that of release, or deliverance from the world on becoming a monk; that arising from the four meditations on the realms of form; that above the stage of 見道 q. v.; that in which all moral evil is ended and delusion ceases. |
四房 see styles |
shibou / shibo しぼう |
{sumo} four tassels hung above the ring; (place-name) Shibou |
四所 see styles |
sì suǒ si4 suo3 ssu so yosho よしょ |
(place-name) Yosho four locations |
四持 see styles |
sì chí si4 chi2 ssu ch`ih ssu chih shiji |
idem 四種總持. |
四捨 四舍 see styles |
sì shě si4 she3 ssu she shisha |
The four givings, i. e. of goods of the Truth, of courage (or fearlessness), and the giving up of the passions and delusions; cf. dāna-pāramitā, 捨. |
四攝 四摄 see styles |
sì shè si4 she4 ssu she shishō |
four methods of winning people over |
四支 see styles |
sì zhī si4 zhi1 ssu chih shi shi |
four constituents [of meditation] |
四教 see styles |
sì jiào si4 jiao4 ssu chiao shikyō |
Four teachings, doctrines, or schools; five groups are given, whose titles are abbreviated to 光天曉苑龍: (1) 光宅四教 The four schools of 法雲 Fayun of the 光宅 Guangzhai monastery are the four vehicles referred to in the burning house parable of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, bodhisattva, and the final or one vehicle teaching. (2) 天台四教 The Tiantai four are 藏通, 別, and 圓, v. 八教. (3) 曉公四教 The group of 元曉 Wŏnhyo of 海東 Haedong are the 三乘別教 represented by the 四諦緣起經; 三乘通教 represented by the 般若深密教; 一乘分教 represented by the 究網經; and 一乘滿教 represented by the 華嚴經. (4) 苑公四教 The group of 慧苑 Huiyuan: the schools of unbelievers, who are misled and mislead; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who know only the phenomenal bhūtatathatā; of novitiate bodhisattvas who know only the noumenal bhūtatathatā; and of fully developed bodhisattvas, who know both. (5) 龍樹四教 Nāgārjuna's division of the canon into 有 dealing with existence, or reality, cf. the 四阿含; 空 the Void, cf. 般若經; 亦有亦 空 both, cf. 深密經; and 非有非 空 neither, cf. 中論. |
四方 see styles |
sì fāng si4 fang1 ssu fang yomono よもの |
four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere (1) the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; (2) (しほう, よほう only) surroundings; (3) (しほう only) many countries; the whole world; (4) (よも only) all around; here and there; (5) (しほう, よほう only) square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure; (6) four sides (of a square); (surname) Yomono The four quarters of the compass; a square, square; the E. is ruled by Indra, S. by Yama, W. by Varuṇa, and N. by Vaiśramaṇa; the N. E. is ruled by 伊舍尼 Iśāna, S. E. by 護摩 Homa, S. W. by 涅哩底 Nirṛti, and the N. W. by 嚩瘐 Varuṇa. |
四施 see styles |
sì shī si4 shi1 ssu shih shise |
Four benefactions, i. e. pen, ink, sutras, preaching. |
四日 see styles |
sì rì si4 ri4 ssu jih yotsuka よつか |
(1) fourth day of the month; (2) four days; (surname) Yotsuka catvāraḥ sūryāḥ the four suns, i. e. Aśvaghoṣa, Devabodhisattva, Nāgārjuna, and Kumāralabdha (or -lata). |
四明 see styles |
sì míng si4 ming2 ssu ming shimei / shime しめい |
(given name) Shimei Four Shingon emblems, aids to Yoga-possession by a Buddha or bodhisattva; they are 鉤, 索, 鏁, 鈴, a hook, a cord, a lock, and a bell; the hook for summoning, the cord for leading, the lock for firmly holding, and the bell for the resultant joy. Also, the four Veda śāstras. |
四時 四时 see styles |
sì shí si4 shi2 ssu shih shiji; shiiji / shiji; shiji しじ; しいじ |
the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] (See 四季) the four seasons four seasons |
四智 see styles |
sì zhì si4 zhi4 ssu chih shichi |
The four forms of wisdom of a Buddha according to the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school: (1) 大圓鏡智 the great mirror wisdom of Akṣobhya; (2) 平等性智 the universal wisdom of Ratnaketu; (3) 妙觀察智 the profound observing wisdom of Amitābha; (4) 成所作智 the perfecting wisdom of Amoghasiddhi. There are various other groups. |
四書 四书 see styles |
sì shū si4 shu1 ssu shu shisho ししょ |
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 the Four Books (Confucian texts) |
四曼 see styles |
shiman しまん |
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅) four types of mandala (in Shingon) |
四有 see styles |
sì yǒu si4 you3 ssu yu shiu しう |
{Buddh} the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo four states of life |
四本 see styles |
yomoto よもと |
(can act as adjective) four (long cylindrical things); (surname) Yomoto |
四果 see styles |
sì guǒ si4 guo3 ssu kuo shika |
The four phala, i. e. fruitions, or rewards — srota-āpanna-phala, sakradāgāmi-phala, anāgāmiphala, arhat-phala, i. e. four grades of saintship; see 須陀洹; 斯陀含, 阿那含, and 阿離漢. The four titles are also applied to four grades of śramaṇas— yellow and blue flower śramaṇas, lotus śramaṇas, meek śramaṇas, and ultra-meek śramaṇas. |
四桁 see styles |
yoketa よけた |
four-digit number; thousands column |
四條 四条 see styles |
sì tiáo si4 tiao2 ssu t`iao ssu tiao yonjou / yonjo よんじょう |
four of a kind; quads (poker) (surname) Yonjō |
四梵 see styles |
sì fàn si4 fan4 ssu fan shibon |
Four Brahman Heavens |
四棄 四弃 see styles |
sì qì si4 qi4 ssu ch`i ssu chi shiki |
The four pārājika sins resulting in excommunication, v. 波. |
四業 四业 see styles |
sì yè si4 ye4 ssu yeh shi gō |
four types of admixture of good and evil karma |
四次 see styles |
sì cì si4 ci4 ssu tz`u ssu tzu |
fourth; four times; quartic |
四欲 see styles |
sì yù si4 yu4 ssu yü shiyoku |
The four desires or passions: 情 sexual love; 色 sexual beauty or attractiveness; 食 food; 婬 lust. |
四民 see styles |
sì mín si4 min2 ssu min shimin しみん |
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants (hist) the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants) four classes of people |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Brahmavihara - the Four Noble Truths" 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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