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涅槃經 涅槃经 see styles |
niè pán jīng nie4 pan2 jing1 nieh p`an ching nieh pan ching Nehan gyō |
(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra Nirvāṇa Sūtra. There are two versions, one the Hīnayāna, the other the Mahāyāna, both of which are translated into Chinese, in several versions, and there are numerous treatises on them. Hīnayāna: 佛般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Po Fazu A.D. 290-306 of the Western Chin dynasty, B.N. 552. 大般涅槃經 tr. by Faxian, B.N. 118. 般泥洹經 translator unknown. These are different translations of the same work. In the Āgamas 阿含there is also a Hīnayāna Nirvāṇa Sūtra. Mahāyāna: 佛說方等般泥洹經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa of the Western Chin A.D. 265-316, B. N. 116. 大般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Faxian, together with Buddhabhadra of the Eastern Chin, A.D. 317-420, B. N. 120, being a similar and incomplete translation of B. N. 113, 114. 四童子三昧經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Jñānagupta of the Sui dynasty, A. D. 589-618, B.N. 121. The above three differ, though they are the first part of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra of the Mahāyāna. The complete translation is 大般涅槃經 tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 423, B.N. 113; v. a partial translation of fasc. 12 and 39 by Beal, in his Catena of Buddhist Scriptures, pp. 160-188. It is sometimes called 北本 or Northern Book, when compared with its revision, the Southern Book, i.e. 南方大般涅槃經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, produced in Jianye, the modem Nanjing, by two Chinese monks, Huiyan and Huiguan, and a literary man, Xie Lingyun. B.N. 114. 大般涅槃經後分 The latter part of the Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra tr. by Jñānabhadra together with Huining and others of the Tang dynasty, B.N. 115, a continuation of the last chapter of B.N. 113 and 114. |
涅槃食 see styles |
niè pán shí nie4 pan2 shi2 nieh p`an shih nieh pan shih nehan jiki |
Nirvāṇa food; the passions are faggots, wisdom is fire, the two prepare nirvāṇa as food. |
涼み客 see styles |
suzumikyaku すずみきゃく |
people out enjoying the cool breezes |
淸淨慧 see styles |
qīng jìng huì qing1 jing4 hui4 ch`ing ching hui ching ching hui shōjō e |
Pure Wisdom |
清純派 see styles |
seijunha / sejunha せいじゅんは |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.) |
渡来人 see styles |
toraijin とらいじん |
(hist) Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE) |
湯巻き see styles |
yumaki ゆまき |
(1) (rare) (See ゆもじ・1) women's waistcloth; loincloth; (2) garment worn by nobles when bathing |
満州族 see styles |
manshuuzoku / manshuzoku まんしゅうぞく |
Manchu (people) |
準二世 see styles |
junnisei / junnise じゅんにせい |
(rare) (See 二世・1) quasi-nisei (Japanese-born person who moved abroad when young) |
溜まる see styles |
tamaru たまる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up |
滅法智 灭法智 see styles |
miè fǎ zhì mie4 fa3 zhi4 mieh fa chih meppōcchi |
The knowledge or wisdom of the dogma of extinction (of passion and reincarnation); one of the 八智 q. v. |
滕王閣 滕王阁 see styles |
téng wáng gé teng2 wang2 ge2 t`eng wang ko teng wang ko |
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei |
漏盡明 漏尽明 see styles |
lòu jìn míng lou4 jin4 ming2 lou chin ming rojin myō |
The realization that the stream of transmigration is ended. |
漏盡智 漏尽智 see styles |
lòu jìn zhì lou4 jin4 zhi4 lou chin chih rojin chi |
The wisdom of the arhat. |
漢民族 汉民族 see styles |
hàn mín zú han4 min2 zu2 han min tsu kanminzoku かんみんぞく |
Han ethnic group Chinese people; Han race |
潮汕話 潮汕话 see styles |
cháo shàn huà chao2 shan4 hua4 ch`ao shan hua chao shan hua |
Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕[Chao2 shan4] |
灌頂住 灌顶住 see styles |
guàn dǐng zhù guan4 ding3 zhu4 kuan ting chu kanjō jū |
The tenth stage of a bodhisattva when he is anointed by the Buddhas as a Buddha. |
無三毒 无三毒 see styles |
wú sān dú wu2 san1 du2 wu san tu Mu sandoku |
lacking the three poisons |
無上慧 无上慧 see styles |
wú shàng huì wu2 shang4 hui4 wu shang hui mujō e |
Supreme wisdom, that of Buddha. |
無作戒 无作戒 see styles |
wú zuò jiè wu2 zuo4 jie4 wu tso chieh musa kai |
無表戒 The intangible, invisible moral law that influences the ordinand when he receives visible ordination; i.e. the internal spiritual moral law and its influence; the invisible grace of which the visible ordination is a sign; v. 無表 avijñapti. |
無師智 无师智 see styles |
wú shī zhì wu2 shi1 zhi4 wu shih chih mushi chi |
Self-attained enlightenment, wisdom attained without a teacher, that of Buddha. |
無念智 无念智 see styles |
wú niàn zhì wu2 nian4 zhi4 wu nien chih munen chi |
nonconceptual wisdom |
無極慧 无极慧 see styles |
wú jí huì wu2 ji2 hui4 wu chi hui mugoku e |
the supreme wisdom |
無漏慧 无漏慧 see styles |
wú lòu huì wu2 lou4 hui4 wu lou hui muro e |
無漏智 Passionless, or pure, wisdom, knowledge, or enlightenment. |
無漏果 无漏果 see styles |
wú lòu guǒ wu2 lou4 guo3 wu lou kuo muro ka |
The result of following the way of 戒, 定, and 慧, i.e. purity, meditation, and wisdom, with liberation from the passions and from lower incarnation. |
無漏根 无漏根 see styles |
wú lòu gēn wu2 lou4 gen1 wu lou ken muro kon |
The three roots which produce pure knowledge, 三無漏根 q.v. |
無爲法 无为法 see styles |
wú wéi fǎ wu2 wei2 fa3 wu wei fa mui hō |
asaṃskṛta dharmas, anything not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; out of time, eternal, inactive, supra-mundane. Sarvāstivādins enumerate three: ākāśa, space or ether; pratisaṃhyā-nirodha, conscious cessation of the contamination of the passions; apratisaṃhyā-nirodha, unconscious or effortless cessation. |
無相慧 无相慧 see styles |
wú xiàng huì wu2 xiang4 hui4 wu hsiang hui musōe |
markless wisdom |
無量壽 无量寿 see styles |
wú liàng shòu wu2 liang4 shou4 wu liang shou muryō ju |
boundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom Boundless, infinite life, a name for Amitābha, as in無量壽佛; 無量壽如來; 無量壽王. |
無量慧 无量慧 see styles |
wú liáng huì wu2 liang2 hui4 wu liang hui muryō e |
Infinite wisdom, a term applied to a Buddha. |
無量智 无量智 see styles |
wú liáng zhì wu2 liang2 zhi4 wu liang chih muryō chi |
immeasurable wisdom |
無障礙 无障碍 see styles |
wú zhàng ài wu2 zhang4 ai4 wu chang ai mu shōge |
barrier-free; (esp.) accessible (to people with a disability) free from obscurations |
焰慧地 see styles |
yàn huì dì yan4 hui4 di4 yen hui ti en'e ji |
The stage of flaming wisdom, the fourth of the ten Bodhisattva-stages. |
焰慧心 see styles |
yàn huì xīn yan4 hui4 xin1 yen hui hsin ene shin |
mind of glowing wisdom |
然燈佛 然灯佛 see styles |
rán dēng fó ran2 deng1 fo2 jan teng fo Nentō Butsu |
Dīpaṃkara Buddha, the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni, who always appears when a Buddha preaches the gospel found in the Lotus Sūtra, in which sūtra he is an important hearer; also 錠光; 提洹竭 (or 提和竭); 大和竭羅. |
照寂慧 see styles |
zhào jí huì zhao4 ji2 hui4 chao chi hui shōjaku e |
wisdom of illumination and quiescence |
煩惱薪 烦恼薪 see styles |
fán nǎo xīn fan2 nao3 xin1 fan nao hsin bonnō shin |
The faggots of passion, which are burnt up by the fire of wisdom. |
熱可塑 see styles |
netsukaso ねつかそ |
(can act as adjective) (See 熱可塑性) moldable when heated; thermoplastic |
燈下黑 灯下黑 see styles |
dēng xià hēi deng1 xia4 hei1 teng hsia hei |
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp; (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses |
爆金幣 爆金币 see styles |
bào jīn bì bao4 jin1 bi4 pao chin pi |
(gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated; (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money |
牟陀羅 牟陀罗 see styles |
móu tuó luó mou2 tuo2 luo2 mou t`o lo mou to lo mudara |
mardala, or mṛdaṅga, a kind of drum described as having three faces. |
牧する see styles |
bokusuru ぼくする |
(vs-s,vt) (1) to raise (livestock); (vs-s,vt) (2) to look after and govern (the people) |
物分り see styles |
monowakari ものわかり |
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom |
物解り see styles |
monowakari ものわかり |
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom |
特異日 see styles |
tokuibi とくいび |
singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur |
犬の顔 see styles |
inunokao いぬのかお |
(exp,n) {go} (See トックリ形,猫の顔) dog; dog's face; dog's head; sake bottle shape; pattern of three stones resembling a dog's face |
犬食い see styles |
inukui; inugui いぬくい; いぬぐい |
(n,vs,vi) (1) eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; eating from a bowl without picking it up (when using chopsticks); (2) (archaism) dogfighting |
狄仁傑 狄仁杰 see styles |
dí rén jié di2 ren2 jie2 ti jen chieh |
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4] |
狄公案 see styles |
dí gōng àn di2 gong1 an4 ti kung an |
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee |
狗屎運 狗屎运 see styles |
gǒu shǐ yùn gou3 shi3 yun4 kou shih yün |
(coll.) (other people's) dumb luck |
猛打賞 see styles |
moudashou / modasho もうだしょう |
{baseb} hitting three or more times in a game (NPB) |
猫の顔 see styles |
nekonokao ねこのかお |
(exp,n) {go} tiger's mouth; pattern of three stones resembling a cat's face; used as a connection |
獨龍江 独龙江 see styles |
dú lóng jiāng du2 long2 jiang1 tu lung chiang |
Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit |
玩不起 see styles |
wán bu qǐ wan2 bu5 qi3 wan pu ch`i wan pu chi |
can't afford to play; (fig.) can't accept it when one loses |
班分け see styles |
hanwake はんわけ |
(noun, transitive verb) dividing into groups (of people) |
現代人 现代人 see styles |
xiàn dài rén xian4 dai4 ren2 hsien tai jen gendaijin げんだいじん |
modern man; Homo sapiens modern person; people of today |
現前時 现前时 see styles |
xiàn qián shí xian4 qian2 shi2 hsien ch`ien shih hsien chien shih genzen ji |
when it appears |
現起光 现起光 see styles |
xiàn qǐ guāng xian4 qi3 guang1 hsien ch`i kuang hsien chi kuang genki kō |
The phenomenal radiance of Buddha which shines out when circumstances require it, as contrasted to his noumenal radiance which is constant. |
理法身 see styles |
lǐ fǎ shēn li3 fa3 shen1 li fa shen ri hosshin |
The dharmakāya as absolute being, in contrast with 智法身 the dharmakāya as wisdom, both according to the older school being 無爲 noumenal; later writers treat 理法身 as noumenal and 智法身 as kinetic or active. |
生三有 see styles |
shēng sān yǒu sheng1 san1 you3 sheng san yu shō san'u |
born in the three realms |
生三界 see styles |
shēng sān jiè sheng1 san1 jie4 sheng san chieh shō sangai |
gives rise to the three realms |
生得慧 see styles |
shēng dé huì sheng1 de2 hui4 sheng te hui Shōtoku e |
innate wisdom |
甫めて see styles |
hajimete はじめて |
(adv,adj-no) (1) for the first time; (adverb) (2) only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... |
界內惑 界内惑 see styles |
jien ei huò jien4 ei4 huo4 jien ei huo kainai (no) waku |
Illusion of the two schools of 界內事教 and 界內理教; illusion of, or in, the above three realms which gives rise to rebirths. |
界外惑 see styles |
jiè wài huò jie4 wai4 huo4 chieh wai huo kaige waku |
mental disturbances that lie beyond the (three) realms |
界外教 see styles |
jiè wài jiào jie4 wai4 jiao4 chieh wai chiao kaige (no) kyō |
The two schools of 界外事教 and 界外理教. |
留里克 see styles |
liú lǐ kè liu2 li3 ke4 liu li k`o liu li ko |
Rurik (c. 830-879), Varangian chieftain of the Rus' people |
畢境智 see styles |
bì jìng zhì bi4 jing4 zhi4 pi ching chih |
Ultimate, or final wisdom, or knowledge of the ultimate. |
畢竟智 毕竟智 see styles |
bì jìng zhì bi4 jing4 zhi4 pi ching chih hikkyō chi |
ultimate wisdom |
當事者 当事者 see styles |
dāng shì zhě dang1 shi4 zhe3 tang shih che |
the person involved; the people holding power See: 当事者 |
癖して see styles |
kuseshite くせして |
(conj,prt) (kana only) (See くせに) and yet; though; when; in spite of |
白耳曼 see styles |
geruman ゲルマン |
(can act as adjective) (kana only) Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.) (ger: Germane) |
百人力 see styles |
hyakuninriki ひゃくにんりき |
(idiom) tremendous strength; strength of a hundred people |
皇民化 see styles |
kouminka / kominka こうみんか |
(noun/participle) making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization |
盂蘭盆 盂兰盆 see styles |
yú lán pén yu2 lan2 pen2 yü lan p`en yü lan pen urabon うらぼん |
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns (盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經). |
盛り場 see styles |
sakariba さかりば |
(See 繁華街) busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters |
盥回し see styles |
taraimawashi たらいまわし |
(noun/participle) (1) acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); (2) handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); (3) handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility) |
目犍連 目犍连 see styles |
mù jiān lián mu4 jian1 lian2 mu chien lien Mokkenren |
目連; 摩訶目犍連 (or 摩訶羅夜那); 大目犍連 (or 大目乾連) ; 沒特伽羅子 (or 沒力伽羅子); 目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga 胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as 拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel. |
相悔み see styles |
aikuyami あいくやみ |
mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning |
相挟み see styles |
aibasami あいばさみ |
(1) multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks; (2) passing something from chopstick to chopstick |
相續假 相续假 see styles |
xiāng xù jiǎ xiang1 xu4 jia3 hsiang hsü chia sōzoku ke |
Illusory ideas continuously succeed one another producing other illusory ideas, one of the three hypotheses of the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra. |
県人会 see styles |
kenjinkai けんじんかい |
association of people from the same prefecture |
県外人 see styles |
kengaijin けんがいじん |
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures |
県民性 see styles |
kenminsei / kenminse けんみんせい |
character traits of the people of a prefecture; prefectural characteristic; regional characteristic |
眞實明 眞实明 see styles |
zhēn shí míng zhen1 shi2 ming2 chen shih ming shinjitsu myō |
The Truth-wisdom, or Buddha-illumination, i.e. prajñā. |
眞言宗 see styles |
zhēn yán zōng zhen1 yan2 zong1 chen yen tsung Shingon Shū |
The True-word or Shingon sect, founded on the mystical teaching 'of all Buddhas,' the 'very words ' of the Buddhas; the especial authority being Vairocana; cf. the 大日 sutra, 金剛頂經; 蘇悉地經, etc. The founding of the esoteric sect is attributed to Vairocana, through the imaginary Bodhisattva Vajrasattva, then through Nāgārjuna to Vajramati and to Amoghavajra, circa A.D. 733; the latter became the effective propagator of the Yogācāra school in China; he is counted as the sixth patriarch of the school and the second in China. The three esoteric duties of body, mouth, and mind are to hold the symbol in the hand, recite the dhāraṇīs, and ponder over the word 'a' 阿 as the principle of the ungenerated, i.e. the eternal. |
眞言智 see styles |
zhēn yán zhì zhen1 yan2 zhi4 chen yen chih shingon chi |
The mantra wisdom, which surpasses all other wisdom. |
真行草 see styles |
shingyousou / shingyoso しんぎょうそう |
(1) (See 真書・1,行書,草書) printed, semi-cursive, and cursive styles of writing Chinese characters; (2) three-category system in traditional disciplines: basic, halfway, and transformed |
着心地 see styles |
kigokochi きごこち |
(good or bad) feel when wearing something |
瞌睡蟲 瞌睡虫 see styles |
kē shuì chóng ke1 shui4 chong2 k`o shui ch`ung ko shui chung |
mythological insect that makes people doze off; (fig.) drowsiness; (coll.) person who loves sleeping; sleepaholic |
瞿塘峽 瞿塘峡 see styles |
qú táng xiá qu2 tang2 xia2 ch`ü t`ang hsia chü tang hsia |
Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] |
矢先に see styles |
yasakini やさきに |
(adverb) just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of |
矢叫び see styles |
yasakebi; yatakebi やさけび; やたけび |
yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle |
Variations: |
chi ち |
(1) wisdom; (2) {Buddh} jnana (higher knowledge) |
知恵歯 see styles |
chieba ちえば |
(See 親知らず・1) wisdom tooth |
知恵熱 see styles |
chienetsu; chiebotori ちえねつ; ちえぼとり |
(1) unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; wisdom fever; (2) (colloquialism) fever that comes from using one's head too much |
知恵袋 see styles |
chiebukuro ちえぶくろ |
(1) all one's wisdom; bag (full) of wisdom; (2) the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom; personal adviser |
知日派 see styles |
chinichiha ちにちは |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) people knowledgeable about Japan; Japan experts |
短衣幫 短衣帮 see styles |
duǎn yī bāng duan3 yi1 bang1 tuan i pang |
lit. short jacket party; working people; the toiling masses; blue collar workers |
石敢当 see styles |
sekkantou / sekkanto せっかんとう ishigandou / ishigando いしがんどう ishigantou / ishiganto いしがんとう |
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "When Three People Gather - Wisdom is Multiplied" 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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