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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)

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

石敢當


石敢当

see styles
shí gǎn dāng
    shi2 gan3 dang1
shih kan tang
 sekkantou / sekkanto
    せっかんとう
    ishigandou / ishigando
    いしがんどう
    ishigantou / ishiganto
    いしがんとう
stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

確定力

see styles
 kakuteiryoku / kakuteryoku
    かくていりょく
{law} power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice)

磐石劫

see styles
pán shí jié
    pan2 shi2 jie2
p`an shih chieh
    pan shih chieh
 hanjakugō
The rock kalpa. Let a rock 40 li in extent be brushed once in a hundred years by a deva garment; when brushed away the kalpa is ended.

祖父輩


祖父辈

see styles
zǔ fù bèi
    zu3 fu4 bei4
tsu fu pei
people of one's grandparents' generation

祖魯人


祖鲁人

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zǔ lǔ rén
    zu3 lu3 ren2
tsu lu jen
Zulu people

神の民

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 kaminotami
    かみのたみ
(exp,n) (1) People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; (exp,n) (2) People of God (i.e. Christians)

神女峰

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shén nǚ fēng
    shen2 nu:3 feng1
shen nü feng
name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2]

神足月

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shén zú yuè
    shen2 zu2 yue4
shen tsu yüeh
 jinsoku gatsu
The first, fifth, and ninth months, when the devas go on circuit throughout the earth.

禪梵天


禅梵天

see styles
chán fàn tiān
    chan2 fan4 tian1
ch`an fan t`ien
    chan fan tien
 zen bonten
The three brahmaloka heavens of the first dhyāna; cf. 禪.

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

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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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