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Simple Dictionary Definition |
確知 see styles |
kakuchi かくち |
(noun, transitive verb) {law} ascertainment; certain knowledge |
磨淬 see styles |
masai まさい |
(rare) polishing one's sword; improving one's talents or knowledge |
祕傳 秘传 see styles |
mì chuán mi4 chuan2 mi ch`uan mi chuan |
to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc |
科學 科学 see styles |
kē xué ke1 xue2 k`o hsüeh ko hsüeh |
science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] See: 科学 |
種智 种智 see styles |
zhǒng zhì zhong3 zhi4 chung chih shūchi |
Omniscience, knowledge of the seed or cause of all phenomena. |
種知 种知 see styles |
zhǒng zhī zhong3 zhi1 chung chih shuchi |
comprehensive knowledge of particular things |
種覺 种觉 see styles |
zhǒng jué zhong3 jue2 chung chüeh shukaku |
The insight into all seeds or causes, Buddha-knowledge, omniscience. |
空界 see styles |
kōng jiè kong1 jie4 k`ung chieh kung chieh kuukai / kukai くうかい |
(personal name) Kuukai The realm of space, one of the six realms, earth, water, fire, wind, space, knowledge. The空界色 is the visible realm of space, the sky, beyond which is real space. |
等智 see styles |
děng zhì deng3 zhi4 teng chih tōchi |
Common knowledge, which only knows phenomena. |
精通 see styles |
jīng tōng jing1 tong1 ching t`ung ching tung seitsuu / setsu せいつう |
to be proficient in; to master (a subject) (n,vs,vi) (1) being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); having a thorough knowledge (of); being an authority (on); (n,vs,vi) (2) (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche to have a thorough knowledge of |
素養 素养 see styles |
sù yǎng su4 yang3 su yang soyou / soyo そよう |
(personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments |
細密 细密 see styles |
xì mì xi4 mi4 hsi mi saimitsu さいみつ |
fine (texture); meticulous; careful; detailed (noun or adjectival noun) detailed knowledge; finely detailed |
總智 总智 see styles |
zǒng zhì zong3 zhi4 tsung chih sōchi |
extensive knowledge |
義識 义识 see styles |
yì shì yi4 shi4 i shih gishiki |
object of knowledge |
老化 see styles |
lǎo huà lao3 hua4 lao hua rouka / roka ろうか |
(of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated (n,vs,vi,adj-no) ageing; aging; senile deterioration |
耳目 see styles |
ěr mù er3 mu4 erh mu jimoku(p); jiboku じもく(P); じぼく |
eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies (1) eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; (2) one's attention; one's interest |
膾炙 see styles |
kaisha かいしゃ |
(n,vs,vi) (See 人口に膾炙する) becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge |
自在 see styles |
zì zai zi4 zai5 tzu tsai shizai しざい |
comfortable; at ease (n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; (2) (abbreviation) (See 自在鉤) pothook; (surname) Shizai Īśvara , 伊濕伐邏; can, king, master, sovereign, independent, royal; intp. as free from resistance; also, the mind free from delusion; in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra it translates vasitā. There are several groups of this independence, or sovereignty— 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10, e. g. the 2 are that a bodhisattva has sovereign knowledge and sovereign power; the others are categories of a bodhisattva's sovereign powers. For the eight powers v. 八大自在我. |
自知 see styles |
zì zhī zi4 zhi1 tzu chih jichi じち |
self-knowledge; knowing oneself to know for oneself |
苦智 see styles |
kǔ zhì ku3 zhi4 k`u chih ku chih kuchi |
The knowledge or understanding of the axiom of suffering. |
英学 see styles |
eigaku / egaku えいがく |
(1) study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); (2) English literature; British studies; (given name) Eigaku |
薀蓄 see styles |
unchiku うんちく |
(noun/participle) great erudition; extensive knowledge; one's vast stock of knowledge |
薄手 see styles |
usude うすで |
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (ant: 厚手) thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; light (e.g. coat); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; poor; (3) slight wound; slight cut |
薪傳 薪传 see styles |
xīn chuán xin1 chuan2 hsin ch`uan hsin chuan |
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传[xin1 jin4 huo3 chuan2] |
藏識 藏识 see styles |
zàng shì zang4 shi4 tsang shih zōshiki |
The ālayavijñāna, the storehouse of all knowledge, the eighth of the vijñānas, cf. 阿 and 八. |
蘊蓄 蕴蓄 see styles |
yùn xù yun4 xu4 yün hsü unchiku うんちく |
latent; hidden and not developed (noun/participle) great erudition; extensive knowledge; one's vast stock of knowledge |
蘭学 see styles |
rangaku らんがく |
(hist) rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period |
虛知 虚知 see styles |
xū zhī xu1 zhi1 hsü chih kochi |
false knowledge |
行證 行证 see styles |
xíng zhèng xing2 zheng4 hsing cheng gyōshō |
Action and proof; knowledge or assurance derived from doing; practice of religious discipline and the resulting enlightenment. |
補白 补白 see styles |
bǔ bái bu3 bai2 pu pai |
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout); to make some additional remarks; filler (in a newspaper or magazine) |
見識 见识 see styles |
jiàn shi jian4 shi5 chien shih kenshiki けんしき |
to gain first-hand knowledge of something; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight (1) views; opinion; discernment; (2) pride; self-respect |
覺樹 觉树 see styles |
jué shù jue2 shu4 chüeh shu kakuju |
The tree of knowledge, or enlightenment, the pippala under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, also called bodhidruma and ficus religiosa. To plant virtue in order to attain enlightenment. |
觀樹 观树 see styles |
guān shù guan1 shu4 kuan shu kan ju |
Contemplating the tree (of knowledge, as Śākyamuni is said to have done after his enlightenment). |
觀象 观象 see styles |
guān xiàng guan1 xiang4 kuan hsiang kanzō |
Describing an elephant from sight rather than 摸觀, as would a blind man, from feeling it; i.e. immediate and correct knowledge. |
該博 该博 see styles |
gāi bó gai1 bo2 kai po kanehiro かねひろ |
erudite; broad and profound; learned (noun or adjectival noun) profundity; extensive (knowledge); (personal name) Kanehiro |
證智 证智 see styles |
zhèng zhì zheng4 zhi4 cheng chih shō chi |
adhigamavābodha. Experiential knowledge; realization; the attainment of truth by the bodhisattva in the first stage. |
識度 识度 see styles |
shí dù shi2 du4 shih tu |
knowledge and experience |
識精 识精 see styles |
shì jīng shi4 jing1 shih ching shikishō |
Pure or correct discernment or knowledge; the essence of mind. |
識見 识见 see styles |
shí jiàn shi2 jian4 shih chien shikiken; shikken しきけん; しっけん |
knowledge and experience views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight |
轉識 转识 see styles |
zhuǎn shì zhuan3 shi4 chuan shih tenjiki |
(1) pravṛtti-vijñāna; knowledge or mind being stirred, the external world enters into consciousness, the second of the five processes of mental evolution in the 起信論. (2) The seven stages of knowledge (vijñāna), other than the ālaya-vijñāna, of the 唯識論. (3) Knowledge which transmutes the common knowledge of this transmigration-world into buddha-knowledge. |
辨え see styles |
wakimae わきまえ |
(out-dated kanji) (kana only) sense; discretion; knowledge |
通人 see styles |
tōng rén tong1 ren2 t`ung jen tung jen michihito みちひと |
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person; (personal name) Michihito |
通暁 see styles |
tsuugyou / tsugyo つうぎょう |
(noun/participle) well versed; thorough knowledge |
通識 通识 see styles |
tōng shí tong1 shi2 t`ung shih tung shih |
general knowledge; overall knowledge; common knowledge; widely known; erudition |
遍智 see styles |
biàn zhì bian4 zhi4 pien chih henchi |
Universal knowledge, omniscience. |
道智 see styles |
dào zhì dao4 zhi4 tao chih michitoshi みちとし |
(male given name) Michitoshi Religious wisdom; the wisdom which understands the principles of mārga, the eightfold path. |
道識 道识 see styles |
dào shì dao4 shi4 tao shih dōshiki |
The knowledge of religion; the wisdom, or insight, attained through Buddhism. |
違陀 违陀 see styles |
wéi tuó wei2 tuo2 wei t`o wei to Ida |
Veda, knowledge, the Vedas, cf. 章, 毘. |
邪智 see styles |
xié zhì xie2 zhi4 hsieh chih jachi じゃち |
knowledge applied to evil purposes mistaken wisdom |
邪知 see styles |
jachi じゃち |
knowledge applied to evil purposes |
醫理 医理 see styles |
yī lǐ yi1 li3 i li |
medical knowledge; principles of medical science |
量有 see styles |
liáng yǒu liang2 you3 liang yu ryōu |
that which exists based upon one's knowledge |
間口 see styles |
maguchi まぐち |
(1) frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); (2) breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range; (surname) Maguchi |
闇々 see styles |
yamiyami やみやみ |
(adverb) without one's knowledge; easily |
闇闇 see styles |
yamiyami やみやみ |
(adverb) without one's knowledge; easily |
隔生 see styles |
gé shēng ge2 sheng1 ko sheng kyakushō |
Divided by birth; on rebirth to be parted from all knowledge of a previous life. |
雑学 see styles |
zatsugaku ざつがく |
miscellaneous knowledge |
離微 离微 see styles |
lí wēi li2 wei1 li wei rimi |
Apart from all the phenomenal; li is intp. as spirit, wei as its subtle, mysterious functioning; li is also intp. as nirvana in character, wei as prajñā , or intelligence, knowledge, discrimination. |
韋陀 韦陀 see styles |
wéi tuó wei2 tuo2 wei t`o wei to reeda ヴェーダ beeda ベーダ ida いだ |
(kana only) Veda (san:) 圍陀; 毘陀; 皮陀; 吠陀 (or 吠馱); 薜陀; 鞞陀 veda; knowledge, tr. 明智, or 明分 clear knowledge or discernment. The four Vedas are the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, and Athara Veda; they were never translated into Chinese, being accounted heretical. |
願智 愿智 see styles |
yuàn zhì yuan4 zhi4 yüan chih |
Wisdom resulting from the vow. |
類智 类智 see styles |
lèi zhì lei4 zhi4 lei chih |
Knowledge which is of the same order, e.g. the four fundamental dogmas (四諦 or 法智) applicable on earth which are also extended to the higher realms of form and non-form and are called 類智. |
顯識 显识 see styles |
xiǎn shì xian3 shi4 hsien shih |
Manifest, revealing, or open knowledge, the store of knowledge where all is revealed both good and bad, a name for the ālaya-vijñāna. |
飢渴 饥渴 see styles |
jī kě ji1 ke3 chi k`o chi ko |
hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) |
驢脣 驴脣 see styles |
lǘ chún lv2 chun2 lü ch`un lü chun |
Kharostha, 'donkey lips, ' name of a sage celebrated for his astronomical knowledge. |
高承 see styles |
koushou / kosho こうしょう |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (form) (usu. as ご〜; epistolary term) knowledge; awareness; (2) (honorific or respectful language) (form) (usu. as ご〜; epistolary term) acknowledgement; compliance; agreement; consent |
ＤＱＮ see styles |
dokyun; dokyuso(ik) ドキュン; ドキュソ(ik) |
(1) (slang) (derogatory term) dumb-ass; person lacking common sense or basic knowledge; (2) (slang) (derogatory term) delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person |
うん蓄 see styles |
unchiku うんちく |
(noun/participle) great erudition; extensive knowledge; one's vast stock of knowledge |
テスト see styles |
tesuto テスト |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; examination; quiz; (noun, transitive verb) (2) test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; (3) rehearsal |
一切智 see styles |
yī qiè zhì yi1 qie4 zhi4 i ch`ieh chih i chieh chih issai chi |
sarvajña; v. 薩, i.e. 佛智Buddha-wisdom, perfect knowledge, omniscience. |
三世智 see styles |
sān shì zhì san1 shi4 zhi4 san shih chih sanze chi |
One of a Tathāgata's ten kinds of wisdom, i.e. knowledge of past, present, and future. |
三種智 三种智 see styles |
sān zhǒng zhì san1 zhong3 zhi4 san chung chih sanshu chi |
The wisdom of common men, of the heterodox, and of Buddhism; i.e. (a) 世間智 normal, worldly knowledge or ideas; (b) 出世間智 other worldly wisdom, e.g. of Hīnayāna; (c) 出世間上上智 the highest other-worldly wisdom, of Mahāyāna; cf. 三種波羅蜜. |
三達智 三达智 see styles |
sān dá zhì san1 da2 zhi4 san ta chih san dacchi |
the three transcendental kinds of knowledge |
不了知 see styles |
bù liǎo zhī bu4 liao3 zhi1 pu liao chih furyōchi |
lacking thorough knowledge |
世間智 世间智 see styles |
shì jiān zhì shi4 jian1 zhi4 shih chien chih seken chi せけんち |
worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world Worldly knowledge, i. e. that of ordinary men and those unenlightened by Buddhism. |
世間知 see styles |
sekenchi せけんち |
worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world |
九徧知 九遍知 see styles |
jiǔ biàn zhī jiu3 bian4 zhi1 chiu pien chih ku henchi |
The nine forms of complete knowledge of the four axioms and the cutting off of passion, delusion, etc., in the processes of 見 and 修, as distinct from 無學. |
事情通 see styles |
jijoutsuu / jijotsu じじょうつう |
(See 通・1) having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source |
二十智 see styles |
èr shí zhì er4 shi2 zhi4 erh shih chih nijū chi |
The twenty kinds of wisdom or knowledge as denied by Tiantai i.e. the Hīnayāna (or三藏) with seven kinds, 通教 five, 別教four, and 圓教 four; cf. 智. |
五明論 五明论 see styles |
wǔ míng lùn wu3 ming2 lun4 wu ming lun go myōron |
five fields of knowledge |
五神通 see styles |
wǔ shén tōng wu3 shen2 tong1 wu shen t`ung wu shen tung go jinzū |
(or 五神變) pañcabhijñā; also 五通 (力) the five supernatural powers. (1 ) 天眼通 (天眼智證通) divyacakṣus ; deva-vision, instantaneous view of anything anywhere in the form-realm. (2) 天耳通 (天耳智證通) divyaśrotra, ability to hear any sound anywhere. (3) 他心通 (他心智證通) paracitta-jñāna, ability to know the thoughts of all other minds. (4) 宿命通 (宿命智證通) pūrvanivāsānusmṛti-jñāna, knowledge of all formed existences of self and others. (5) 神通 (神通智證通) 通; 神足通; 神如意通 ṛddhi-sākṣātkriyā, power to be anywhere or do anything at will. See 智度論 5. Powers similar to these are also attainable by meditation, incantations, and drugs, hence heterodox teachers also may possess them. |
五菩提 see styles |
wǔ pú tí wu3 pu2 ti2 wu p`u t`i wu pu ti go bodai |
The five bodhi, or stages of enlightenment: (1) 發心菩提 resolve on supreme bodhi; (2) 伏心菩提 mind control, i. e. of the passions and observance of the pāramitās: (3) 明心菩提 mental enlightenment, study, and increase in knowledge and in the prajñāpāramitā: (4) 出到菩提 mental expansion, freedom from the limitations of reincarnation and attainment of complete knowledge; (5) 無上菩提 attainment of a passionless condition and of supreme perfect enlightenment;. |
他心智 see styles |
tā xīn zhì ta1 xin1 zhi4 t`a hsin chih ta hsin chih ta shinchi |
他心通; 他心智通; 知他心通 paracittajñāna. Intuitive knowledge of the minds of all other beings. The eighth of the 十智, and the fourth or third of the 六神通. The eighth of Amitābha's forty-eight vows that men and devas in his paradise should all have the joy of this power. |
付焼刃 see styles |
tsukeyakiba つけやきば |
(1) thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; (2) re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) |
信現觀 信现观 see styles |
xìn xiàn guān xin4 xian4 guan1 hsin hsien kuan shin genkan |
Firm faith in the triratna as revealing true knowledge; one of the 六現觀. |
倶有依 see styles |
jù yǒu yī ju4 you3 yi1 chü yu i kuu e |
倶有根 Things or conditions on which one relies or from which things spring, e.g. knowledge. |
八解脫 八解脱 see styles |
bā jiě tuō ba1 jie3 tuo1 pa chieh t`o pa chieh to hachi gedatsu |
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā. |
具知根 see styles |
jù zhī gēn ju4 zhi1 gen1 chü chih ken guchi kon |
faculty of the power of perfect knowledge [of the Four Noble Truths] |
分別智 分别智 see styles |
fēn bié zhì fen1 bie2 zhi4 fen pieh chih funbetsu chi |
viveka. Differentiating knowledge, discrimination of phenomena, as contrasted with 無分別智 the knowledge of the fundamental identity of all things. |
功巧論 功巧论 see styles |
gōng qiǎo lùn gong1 qiao3 lun4 kung ch`iao lun kung chiao lun Kukō ron |
功明論 (or 巧明論) Śilpasthāna-vidyā-śāstra; 'the śāstra of arts and sciences, ' i. e. of 術 and 數, one of the 五明 five works on knowledge; it treats of 'arts, mechanics, dual philosophy, and calendaric calculations'. Eitel. |
半可通 see styles |
hankatsuu / hankatsu はんかつう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) superficial knowledge; smattering (of); (2) person with superficial knowledge; person who pretends to be knowledgeable; smatterer; dilettante; sciolist |
半桶水 see styles |
bàn tǒng shuǐ ban4 tong3 shui3 pan t`ung shui pan tung shui |
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of something); dabbler |
受売り see styles |
ukeuri うけうり |
(noun/participle) (1) retailing; (2) second-hand opinion or knowledge; telling at second hand; second-hand telling |
向学心 see styles |
kougakushin / kogakushin こうがくしん |
love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge |
吠陀論 吠陀论 see styles |
fèi tuó lùn fei4 tuo2 lun4 fei t`o lun fei to lun haida ron |
fields of knowledge |
四空定 see styles |
sì kōng dìng si4 kong1 ding4 ssu k`ung ting ssu kung ting shi kūjō |
四無色定 The last four of the twelve dhyānas; the auto-hypnotic, or ecstatic entry into the four states represented by the four dhyāna heavens, i. e. 四 空 處 supra. In the first, the mind becomes void and vast like space; in the second, the powers of perception and understanding are unlimited; in the third, the discriminative powers of mind are subdued; in the fourth, the realm of consciousness or knowledge) without thought is reached, e. g. intuitive wisdom. These four are considered both as states of dhyāna, and as heavens into which one who practices these forms of dhyāna may be born. |
四空處 四空处 see styles |
sì kōng chù si4 kong1 chu4 ssu k`ung ch`u ssu kung chu shi kūsho |
(or四空天) catur-ārūpya brahmalokas; also 四無色界 and see 四空定. The four immaterial or formless heavens, arūpa-dhātu, above the eighteen brahmalokas: (1) 空無邊處 ākāśānantyāyatana, also termed 虛空 處 the state or heaven of boundless space; (2) 識無邊處 vijñānanāntyāyatana, of boundless knowledge; (3) 無所有處 ākiñcanyāyatana, of nothing, or nonexistence; (4) 非想非非想處 naivasanjñānasañjnāyatana, also styled 非有想非無想 the state of neither thinking nor not thinking (which may resemble a state of intuition). Existence in the first state lasts 20, 000 great kalpas, increasing respectively to 40, 000, 60, 000 and 80, 000 in the other three. |
四自在 see styles |
sì zì zài si4 zi4 zai4 ssu tzu tsai shi jizai |
The four sovereign powers: 戒 the moral law; 神通 supernatural powers; 智 knowledge; and 慧 wisdom. |
增上慢 see styles |
zēng shàng màn zeng1 shang4 man4 tseng shang man zōjō man |
Arrogance, pride (of superior knowledge); e.g. the 5,000 disciples who, in their Hīnayāna superiority, thought they had gained all wisdom and refused to hear the Lotus gospel. |
大智慧 see styles |
dà zhì huì da4 zhi4 hui4 ta chih hui dai chie |
great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) great wisdom |
如實智 如实智 see styles |
rú shí zhì ru2 shi2 zhi4 ju shih chih nyojitsu chi |
Knowledge of reality, i. e. of all things whether whole or divided, universal or particular, as distinguished from their seeming; Buddha-omniscience. |
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This page contains 100 results for "Knowledge" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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