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Simple Dictionary Definition |
和訓 see styles |
wakun わくん |
Japanese reading of a Chinese character; (given name) Wakun |
哀家 see styles |
āi jiā ai1 jia1 ai chia |
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) |
品德 see styles |
pǐn dé pin3 de2 p`in te pin te hontoku |
moral character virtue |
品性 see styles |
pǐn xìng pin3 xing4 p`in hsing pin hsing hinsei / hinse ひんせい |
nature; characteristic; moral character character |
品控 see styles |
pǐn kòng pin3 kong4 p`in k`ung pin kung |
quality control (QC), abbr. for 品質控制|品质控制 |
品格 see styles |
pǐn gé pin3 ge2 p`in ko pin ko hinkaku ひんかく |
one's character; fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) dignity; quality; grace; panache; level |
品管 see styles |
pǐn guǎn pin3 guan3 p`in kuan pin kuan |
quality control |
品節 品节 see styles |
pǐn jié pin3 jie2 p`in chieh pin chieh |
character; moral integrity |
品質 品质 see styles |
pǐn zhì pin3 zhi4 p`in chih pin chih hinshitsu ひんしつ |
character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) quality (of a product or a service) |
哈密 see styles |
hā mì ha1 mi4 ha mi Gōmitsu |
see 哈密市[Ha1mi4 Shi4] Hami, 'an ancient city and kingdom in Central Asia north-east of lake Lop in Lat. 43゜3 N., Long, 93°10 E.' Eitel. From Han to Tang times known as I-wu 伊吾, now called Kumul by Turki Mohammadans. For more than 1500 years, owing to its location and supply of water, Hami was a bridgehead for the expansion and control of the outposts of the Chinese empire in Central Asia. |
善玉 see styles |
zendama ぜんだま |
(1) (See 悪玉) good person; good guy; (2) (hist) (orig. meaning) character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints) |
喬志 see styles |
takashi たかし |
pride; self-conceit; (given name) Takashi |
單姓 see styles |
dān xìng dan1 xing4 tan hsing |
single-character surname |
單字 单字 see styles |
dān zì dan1 zi4 tan tzu |
single Chinese character; (Tw) word (of a foreign language) |
嘘字 see styles |
usoji うそじ |
incorrect character |
嘴欠 see styles |
zuǐ qiàn zui3 qian4 tsui ch`ien tsui chien |
(coll.) unable to control one's tongue; prone to say something nasty |
嚴把 严把 see styles |
yán bǎ yan2 ba3 yen pa |
to be strict; to enforce vigorously (procedures, quality control etc) |
嚴控 严控 see styles |
yán kòng yan2 kong4 yen k`ung yen kung |
to strictly control (abbr. for 嚴格控制|严格控制[yan2 ge2 kong4 zhi4]) |
四六 see styles |
shiroku しろく |
(1) four and six (minutes, etc.); (2) twenty-four (product of four and six); (3) (abbreviation) (See 四六判) shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); (4) (abbreviation) (See 四六文) elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words; (given name) Shiroku |
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. |
回車 回车 see styles |
huí chē hui2 che1 hui ch`e hui che |
to turn a vehicle around; (computing) "carriage return" character; the "Enter" key; to hit the "Enter" key |
因性 see styles |
yīn xìng yin1 xing4 yin hsing inshō |
causative; having the character of causation |
因相 see styles |
yīn xiàng yin1 xiang4 yin hsiang insō |
Causation; one of the three forms or characteristics of the ālayavijñāna, the character of the origin of all things. |
国柄 see styles |
kunitsuka くにつか |
national character; regional character; (surname) Kunitsuka |
國字 国字 see styles |
guó zì guo2 zi4 kuo tzu |
Chinese character (Hanzi); the native script used to write a nation's language See: 国字 |
土吉 see styles |
tsuchiyoshi つちよし |
earth form of "good luck" character |
圭角 see styles |
keikaku / kekaku けいかく |
(1) rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness; harshness; sharpness; (2) (orig. meaning) edges (of a gem) |
地和 see styles |
dì hú di4 hu2 ti hu chiihoo / chihoo チーホー |
(mahjong) earthly hand; a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand {mahj} blessing of earth (chi:); winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn |
地盤 地盘 see styles |
dì pán di4 pan2 ti p`an ti pan jiban(p); chiban じばん(P); ちばん |
domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth (1) ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.); (2) foundation (building, etc.); base; (3) constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold |
地金 see styles |
chikane ちかね |
(1) ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (2) (one's) true character; (surname) Chikane |
坦然 see styles |
tǎn rán tan3 ran2 t`an jan tan jan tannen |
calm; undisturbed self-possessed |
垂れ see styles |
tare(p); dare; tare; dare たれ(P); だれ; タレ; ダレ |
(1) (kana only) (oft. ダレ in compounds) sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); (2) (たれ only) hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (3) (たれ only) (kendo) loin guard; (4) (たれ only) kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (suffix noun) (5) (たれ, タレ only) (kana only) (derogatory term) (used after a noun or na-adjective; also ったれ) -ass; -head |
執事 执事 see styles |
zhí shi zhi2 shi5 chih shih shitsuji しつじ |
paraphernalia of a guard of honor (1) steward; butler; (2) court official; (3) {Christn} deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.) To manage, control ; a manager. |
執御 执御 see styles |
zhí yù zhi2 yu4 chih yü shūgyo |
to control |
執我 执我 see styles |
zhí wǒ zhi2 wo3 chih wo shūga |
attach to as a self |
執障 执障 see styles |
zhí zhàng zhi2 zhang4 chih chang shūshō |
The holding on to the reality of self and things and the consequent hindrance to entrance into nirvana. |
塑造 see styles |
sù zào su4 zao4 su tsao sozou / sozo そぞう |
to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) molding; moulding; modeling; modelling |
塔台 see styles |
tǎ tái ta3 tai2 t`a t`ai ta tai |
control tower |
壁役 see styles |
kabeyaku かべやく |
(1) {baseb} catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; (2) tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG) |
壞鳥 坏鸟 see styles |
huài niǎo huai4 niao3 huai niao |
sinister person; unsavory character; broken (not in working order) |
声点 see styles |
shouten / shoten しょうてん |
tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone |
売名 see styles |
baimei / baime ばいめい |
self-advertisement |
変字 see styles |
henji へんじ |
conversion; converted character |
変質 see styles |
henshitsu へんしつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation; (2) perversion (esp. sexual) |
夏侯 see styles |
xià hóu xia4 hou2 hsia hou |
two-character surname Xiahou |
外乞 see styles |
wài qǐ wai4 qi3 wai ch`i wai chi gekotsu |
The mendicant monk who seeks self-control by external means, e. g. abstinence from food, as contrasted with the 内乞 who seeks it by spiritual methods. |
外字 see styles |
gaiji がいじ |
(1) {comp} external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set; (2) (See 常用漢字,人名用漢字) kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō lists; (3) foreign letters (esp. of a Western language); foreign writing |
外我 see styles |
wài wǒ wai4 wo3 wai wo gega |
An external Ego, e. g. a Creator or ruler of the world, such as Siva. |
外道 see styles |
wài dào wai4 dao4 wai tao gedou / gedo げどう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental. |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大字 see styles |
ooji おおじ |
(1) large character; (2) (e.g. 壱, 弐, etc.) alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts); (surname) Ooji |
大我 see styles |
dà wǒ da4 wo3 ta wo taiga たいが |
the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self (female given name) Taiga The greater self, or the true personality 眞我. Hīnayāna is accused of only knowing and denying the common idea of a self, or soul, whereas there is a greater self, which is a nirvana self. It especially refers to the Great Ego, the Buddha, but also to any Buddha ;v.大目經1, etc., and 涅槃經 23. |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
大牌 see styles |
dà pái da4 pai2 ta p`ai ta pai |
strong card; honor card (card games); very popular or successful person; self-important |
大白 see styles |
dà bái da4 bai2 ta pai daihaku だいはく |
to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白) large cup; (place-name) Daihaku |
大節 大节 see styles |
dà jié da4 jie2 ta chieh daisetsu だいせつ |
major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character (given name) Daisetsu key point |
天機 天机 see styles |
tiān jī tian1 ji1 t`ien chi tien chi tenki てんき |
mystery known only to heaven (archaic); inscrutable twist of fate; fig. top secret (1) secret of nature; profound secret; (2) disposition; character; nature; (3) emperor's health; emperor's well-being Natural capacity; the nature bestowed by Heaven. |
天王 see styles |
tiān wáng tian1 wang2 t`ien wang tien wang tennou / tenno てんのう |
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] (1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler. |
天領 see styles |
tenryou / tenryo てんりょう |
(1) (hist) shogun's demesne; area under direct control of the shogun; (2) (hist) imperial lands; area under direct control of the Emperor; (place-name) Tenryō |
太史 see styles |
tài shǐ tai4 shi3 t`ai shih tai shih futoshi ふとし |
two-character surname Taishi (male given name) Futoshi |
失態 失态 see styles |
shī tài shi1 tai4 shih t`ai shih tai shittai しったい |
to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation) mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit |
失手 see styles |
shī shǒu shi1 shou3 shih shou |
a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated |
失控 see styles |
shī kòng shi1 kong4 shih k`ung shih kung |
to go out of control |
奪取 夺取 see styles |
duó qǔ duo2 qu3 to ch`ü to chü dasshu だっしゅ |
to seize; to capture; to wrest control of (noun, transitive verb) usurpation; taking back; dispossession |
奴家 see styles |
nú jiā nu2 jia1 nu chia |
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female) |
好鳥 好鸟 see styles |
hǎo niǎo hao3 niao3 hao niao |
person of good character; nice person; bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage |
妙應 妙应 see styles |
miào yìng miao4 ying4 miao ying myōō |
The miraculous response, or self-manifestation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. |
妙覺 妙觉 see styles |
miào jué miao4 jue2 miao chüeh myōgaku |
The wonderful enlightenment of Mahāyāna, or self-enlightenment to enlighten others. |
始覺 始觉 see styles |
shǐ jué shi3 jue2 shih chüeh shigaku |
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
字串 see styles |
zì chuàn zi4 chuan4 tzu ch`uan tzu chuan |
(computing) character string (Tw) |
字体 see styles |
jitai じたい |
(1) form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); (2) (See 書体・1) type; typeface; font |
字元 see styles |
zì yuán zi4 yuan2 tzu yüan |
character (computing) (Tw) |
字典 see styles |
zì diǎn zi4 dian3 tzu tien jiten じてん |
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary; CL:本[ben3] character dictionary; kanji dictionary |
字凧 see styles |
jidako じだこ |
kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it |
字彙 字汇 see styles |
zì huì zi4 hui4 tzu hui jii / ji じい |
(computer) character repertoire; glossary, lexicon dictionary of Chinese characters |
字形 see styles |
zì xíng zi4 xing2 tzu hsing jikei / jike じけい |
form of a Chinese character; variant of 字型[zi4 xing2] character style; character form |
字書 字书 see styles |
zì shū zi4 shu1 tzu shu jisho じしょ |
character book (i.e. school primer) (1) dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary; (2) (See 辞書・1) dictionary |
字林 see styles |
zì lín zi4 lin2 tzu lin jirin じりん |
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD kanji dictionary |
字根 see styles |
zì gēn zi4 gen1 tzu ken |
component of a Chinese character; (linguistics) word root; etymon |
字樣 字样 see styles |
zì yàng zi4 yang4 tzu yang |
model or template character; written slogan or phrase; mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) |
字母 see styles |
zì mǔ zi4 mu3 tzu mu jibo じぼ |
letter (of the alphabet); CL:個|个[ge4] (1) letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character; (2) (See 母型) matrix; printing type; (3) {ling} (See 三十六字母) representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant The Sanskrit alphabet of 42, 47, or 50 letters, the 'Siddham' 悉曇 consisting of 35 體文 consonants and 12 摩多 vowels. The 字母表 deals with the alphabet in 1 juan. The 字母品 is an abbreviation of 文殊問經字母品. |
字源 see styles |
zì yuán zi4 yuan2 tzu yüan jigen じげん |
etymology (of a non-Chinese word); origin of a character (1) origin of a character; (2) composition of a Chinese character; (3) Chinese character from which a kana character is derived |
字画 see styles |
jikaku じかく |
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character |
字畫 字画 see styles |
zì huà zi4 hua4 tzu hua |
the strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting See: 字画 |
字眼 see styles |
zì yǎn zi4 yan3 tzu yen jigan じがん |
wording decisive character (Chinese poetry) |
字碼 字码 see styles |
zì mǎ zi4 ma3 tzu ma |
character code |
字種 see styles |
jishu じしゅ |
character class (e.g. distinct kanji character and its alternative written forms) |
字符 see styles |
zì fú zi4 fu2 tzu fu |
character (computing) |
字義 字义 see styles |
zì yì zi4 yi4 tzu i jigi じぎ |
meaning of a character meaning of a word; meaning of the kanji (that make up a word) |
字號 字号 see styles |
zì hao zi4 hao5 tzu hao |
character size; font size; fame; reputation; shop; name of a shop See: 字号 |
字調 字调 see styles |
zì diào zi4 diao4 tzu tiao |
tone of a character |
字間 see styles |
jikan じかん |
character spacing; space between letters or characters |
字集 see styles |
zì jí zi4 ji2 tzu chi |
character set |
字音 see styles |
zì yīn zi4 yin1 tzu yin jion じおん |
phonetic value of a character (See 音読み,字訓) Chinese-derived reading of a kanji |
字頭 字头 see styles |
zì tóu zi4 tou2 tzu t`ou tzu tou |
single-character headword (in a dictionary); first character of a Chinese word; the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character; the initial of a Chinese syllable |
孤調 孤调 see styles |
gū diào gu1 diao4 ku tiao kochō |
Self-arranging, the Hīnayāna method of salvation by individual effort. |
宇文 see styles |
yǔ wén yu3 wen2 yü wen ubun うぶん |
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Yuwen (place-name) Ubun |
守刀 see styles |
mamorigatana まもりがたな |
(irregular okurigana usage) sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence |
完顏 完颜 see styles |
wán yán wan2 yan2 wan yen |
two-character surname Wanyan |
定力 see styles |
dìng lì ding4 li4 ting li jouriki / joriki じょうりき |
ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve (place-name) Jōriki samādhibala. The power of abstract or ecstatic meditation, ability to overcome all disturbing thoughts, the fourth of the five bāla 五力; described also as 攝心 powers of mind-control. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Character and Self-Control" 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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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