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業病 业病 see styles |
yè bìng ye4 bing4 yeh ping goubyou / gobyo ごうびょう |
(sensitive word) incurable disease (due to evil deeds in one's past life); chronic affliction Illness as the result of previous karma. |
業盡 业尽 see styles |
yè jìn ye4 jin4 yeh chin gōjin |
karma is terminated |
業相 业相 see styles |
yè xiàng ye4 xiang4 yeh hsiang gōsō |
Action, activity, the karmic, the condition of karmic action. The first of the three 相 of the Awakening of Faith, when mental activity is stirred to action by unenlightenment. |
業秤 业秤 see styles |
yè chèng ye4 cheng4 yeh ch`eng yeh cheng gō no hakari |
The scales of karma, in which good and evil are weighed by the rulers of Hades. |
業種 业种 see styles |
yè zhǒng ye4 zhong3 yeh chung gyoushu / gyoshu ぎょうしゅ |
type of industry karmabīja; karma-seed which springs up in happy or in suffering rebirth. |
業簿 业簿 see styles |
yè bù ye4 bu4 yeh pu gōbo |
The record, or account book, kept by the rulers of Hades, recording the deeds of all sentient beings. |
業結 业结 see styles |
yè jié ye4 jie2 yeh chieh gōketsu |
The bond of karma; karma and the bond (of the passions). |
業綱 业纲 see styles |
yè gāng ye4 gang1 yeh kang gō kō |
The net of karma which entangles beings in the sufferings of rebirth. |
業緣 业缘 see styles |
yè yuán ye4 yuan2 yeh yüan gō en |
Karma-cause, karma-circumstance, condition resulting from karma. |
業縛 业缚 see styles |
yè fú ye4 fu2 yeh fu gōbaku |
Karma-bonds; the binding power of karma. |
業繩 业绳 see styles |
yè shéng ye4 sheng2 yeh sheng gōjō |
Karma-cords, the bonds of karma. |
業繫 业系 see styles |
yè xì ye4 xi4 yeh hsi gō ke |
Karma-bonds; karma-fetters. |
業羂 业羂 see styles |
yè juàn ye4 juan4 yeh chüan gōken |
The noose of karma which entangles in transmigration. |
業行 业行 see styles |
yè xíng ye4 xing2 yeh hsing gōgyō |
Deeds, actions; karma deeds, moral action which influences future rebirth. |
業賊 业贼 see styles |
yè zéi ye4 zei2 yeh tsei gōzoku |
Robber-karma; evil karma harms as does a robber. |
業通 业通 see styles |
yè tōng ye4 tong1 yeh t`ung yeh tung gōtsū |
Supernatural powers obtained from former karma; idem 報通. |
業道 业道 see styles |
yè dào ye4 dao4 yeh tao gōdō |
The way of karma. |
業鏡 业镜 see styles |
yè jìng ye4 jing4 yeh ching kazumi かずみ |
(personal name) Kazumi Karma-mirror, that kept in Hades reveals all karma. |
業障 业障 see styles |
yè zhàng ye4 zhang4 yeh chang gōshō |
karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money karmāvaraṇa; the screen, or hindrance, of past karma, hindering the attainment of bodhi. |
業風 业风 see styles |
yè fēng ye4 feng1 yeh feng gōfu |
Karma-wind: (1) the fierce wind of evil karma and the wind from the hells, at the end of the age; (2) karma as wind blowing a person into good or evil rebirth. |
業食 业食 see styles |
yè shí ye4 shi2 yeh shih gō shiki |
Karma as nutritive basis for succeeding existence. |
業餘 业余 see styles |
yè yú ye4 yu2 yeh yü gōyo |
in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) A remnant of karma after the six paths of existence. v. 三餘. |
業體 业体 see styles |
yè tǐ ye4 ti3 yeh t`i yeh ti gōtai |
idem 業性. |
業魔 业魔 see styles |
yè mó ye4 mo2 yeh mo gōma |
Karma-māras, the demons who or the karma which hinders and harms goodness. |
樊籠 樊笼 see styles |
fán lóng fan2 long2 fan lung hanrō |
bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement A cage, the cage of karma, or the world with its suffering, etc. |
標本 标本 see styles |
biāo běn biao1 ben3 piao pen hyouhon / hyohon ひょうほん |
specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease (1) specimen; sample; (2) (classic) example; type; (3) {stat} sample |
機關 机关 see styles |
jī guān ji1 guan1 chi kuan kikan |
mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick; CL:個|个[ge4] Spring, motive force, cause, opportunity, etc. |
檀越 see styles |
tán yuè tan2 yue4 t`an yüeh tan yüeh danotsu だんおつ |
(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati dānapati, an almsgiver, patron; various definitions are given, e.g. one who escapes the karma of poverty by giving. |
欲令 see styles |
yù lìng yu4 ling4 yü ling yokuryō |
to want to cause |
欲漏 see styles |
yù lòu yu4 lou4 yü lou yokuro |
The stream or flow of existence, evoked by desire interpenetrated by unenlightened views and thoughts; these stimulating desires produce karma which in turn produces reincarnation; v. 三漏. |
止觀 止观 see styles |
zhǐ guān zhi3 guan1 chih kuan shikan |
奢摩他毗婆舍那 (or 奢摩他毗鉢舍那) śamatha-vipaśyanā, which Sanskrit words are intp. by 止觀; 定慧; 寂照; and 明靜; for their respective meanings see 止 and 觀. When the physical organism is at rest it is called 止 zhi, when the mind is seeing clearly it is called 觀 guan. The term and form of meditation is specially connected with its chief exponent, the founder of the Tiantai school, which school is styled 止觀宗 Zhiguan Zong, its chief object being concentration of the mind by special methods for the purpose of clear insight into truth, and to be rid of illusion. The Tiantai work gives ten fields of mediation, or concentration: (1) the 五陰, 十八界, and 十二入; (2) passion and delusion; (3) sickness; (4) karma forms; (5) māra-deeds; (6) dhyāna; (7) (wrong) theories; (8) arrogance; (9) the two Vehicles; (10) bodhisattvahood. |
正報 正报 see styles |
zhèng bào zheng4 bao4 cheng pao seihou / seho せいほう |
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果. |
死因 see styles |
sǐ yīn si3 yin1 ssu yin shiin / shin しいん |
cause of death cause of death |
死士 see styles |
sǐ shì si3 shi4 ssu shih |
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause) |
死相 see styles |
sǐ xiàng si3 xiang4 ssu hsiang shisou / shiso しそう |
(1) look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; (2) (See 死に顔) face of a dead person The appearance of death; signs at death indicating the person's good or evil karma. |
死節 死节 see styles |
sǐ jié si3 jie2 ssu chieh shisetsu |
to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death mortal spot |
死難 死难 see styles |
sǐ nàn si3 nan4 ssu nan |
to die in an accident; to die for a just cause |
殉道 see styles |
xùn dào xun4 dao4 hsün tao |
to die for a just cause |
殉難 殉难 see styles |
xùn nàn xun4 nan4 hsün nan junnan じゅんなん |
to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster (n,vs,vi) martyrdom |
殺業 杀业 see styles |
shā yè sha1 ye4 sha yeh setsugō |
The karma resulting from killing. |
沖塌 冲塌 see styles |
chōng tā chong1 ta1 ch`ung t`a chung ta |
to cause (a dam) to collapse |
治本 see styles |
zhì běn zhi4 ben3 chih pen |
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) |
治標 治标 see styles |
zhì biāo zhi4 biao1 chih piao |
to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause |
法界 see styles |
fǎ jiè fa3 jie4 fa chieh hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai ほっかい; ほうかい |
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle. |
法緣 法缘 see styles |
fǎ yuán fa3 yuan2 fa yüan hōen |
Dharma-caused, i.e. the sense of universal altruism giving rise to pity and mercy. |
流す see styles |
nagasu ながす |
(transitive verb) (1) to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill; (transitive verb) (2) to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; (transitive verb) (3) to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away; (transitive verb) (4) to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire); (transitive verb) (5) to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute; (v5s,vi) (6) to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place; (transitive verb) (7) to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill); (transitive verb) (8) to forfeit (a pawn); (v5s,vi) (9) to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly; (transitive verb) (10) to exile; to banish; (transitive verb) (11) {baseb} to hit (the ball) to the opposite field; (suf,v5s) (12) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing; (transitive verb) (13) to cause a miscarriage; to abort |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) (1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘. |
消滅 消灭 see styles |
xiāo miè xiao1 mie4 hsiao mieh shoumetsu / shometsu しょうめつ |
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) (noun/participle) (1) extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; (noun/participle) (2) {physics} annihilation To put an end to, cause to cease. |
淨業 淨业 see styles |
jìng yè jing4 ye4 ching yeh jōgō |
Good karma; also the deeds which lead to birth in the Pure Land. |
添亂 添乱 see styles |
tiān luàn tian1 luan4 t`ien luan tien luan |
(coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience |
渇筆 see styles |
kappitsu かっぴつ |
drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting |
源頭 源头 see styles |
yuán tóu yuan2 tou2 yüan t`ou yüan tou gentou / gento げんとう |
source; fountainhead (1) river source; source of a river; (2) cause; root |
滅業 灭业 see styles |
miè yè mie4 ye4 mieh yeh metsugō |
The work or karma of nirodha, the karma resulting from the extinction of suffering, i.e. nirvāṇa. |
滅觀 灭观 see styles |
miè guān mie4 guan1 mieh kuan mekkan |
The contemplation of extinction: the destruction of ignorance is followed by the annihilation of karma, of birth, old age, and death. |
滋事 see styles |
zī shì zi1 shi4 tzu shih |
to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute |
滋擾 滋扰 see styles |
zī rǎo zi1 rao3 tzu jao |
to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute |
滋生 see styles |
zī shēng zi1 sheng1 tzu sheng shigemi しげみ |
to breed; to flourish; to cause; to provoke; to create (female given name) Shigemi |
滿果 满果 see styles |
mǎn guǒ man3 guo3 man kuo manka |
滿業 The fruit, or karma, which fills out the details of any incarnation, as distinguished from 引業 which determines the type, e.g. man, animal, etc., of that incarnation. |
滿業 满业 see styles |
mǎn yè man3 ye4 man yeh mangō |
particularizing karma |
漏業 漏业 see styles |
lòu yè lou4 ye4 lou yeh rogō |
The deeds of the sinner in the stream of transmigration, which produce his karma. |
演出 see styles |
yǎn chū yan3 chu1 yen ch`u yen chu enshutsu えんしゅつ |
to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] (noun, transitive verb) (1) direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; (noun, transitive verb) (2) organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect); orchestration emits |
潤業 润业 see styles |
rùn yè run4 ye4 jun yeh ningō |
Fertilized karma, the original karma fertilized by the passions and distresses of life. |
激起 see styles |
jī qǐ ji1 qi3 chi ch`i chi chi |
to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up |
濁業 浊业 see styles |
zhuó yè zhuo2 ye4 cho yeh jokugō |
Contaminated karma, that produced by 貪 desire. |
濃重 浓重 see styles |
nóng zhòng nong2 zhong4 nung chung |
dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect) |
火気 see styles |
kaki; kakki; hoke(ok) かき; かっき; ほけ(ok) |
(1) fire; trace of fire; heat of fire; (2) (かき, かっき only) force of a fire; (3) cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.) |
火種 火种 see styles |
huǒ zhǒng huo3 zhong3 huo chung hidane ひだね |
tinder; source of a fire; inflammable material; (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) (1) live coals (for firelighting); (2) cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger |
為め see styles |
tame ため |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) (kana only) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) (kana only) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) (kana only) consequence; result; effect; (4) (kana only) affecting; regarding; concerning |
為る see styles |
suru する |
(suru verb - irregular) (1) (kana only) to do; to carry out; to perform; (2) (kana only) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); (3) (kana only) to serve as; to act as; to work as; (4) (kana only) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); (5) (kana only) (as 〜にする,〜とする) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; (6) (kana only) (as 〜にする) to decide on; to choose; (vs-i,vi) (7) (kana only) (as 〜がする) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); (8) (kana only) to be (in a state, condition, etc.); (9) (kana only) to be worth; to cost; (10) (kana only) to pass (of time); to elapse; (vs-i,vt) (11) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B; (12) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B; (13) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B; (14) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to feel A about B; (suf,vs-i) (15) (kana only) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); (aux-v,vs-i) (16) (kana only) (See お願いします,御・1) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); (17) (kana only) (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする) (See とする・1) to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to |
烏波 乌波 see styles |
wū bō wu1 bo1 wu po uha |
upādāna, laying hold of, grasp; hence material, things; it transliterates bhāva and is intp. as 有 to have, be, exist, things, the resultant or karma of all previous and the cause of all future lives. v. 取 and 優. |
無因 无因 see styles |
wú yīn wu2 yin1 wu yin muin |
nonexistence of cause |
無故 无故 see styles |
wú gù wu2 gu4 wu ku |
without cause or reason |
無爲 无为 see styles |
wú wéi wu2 wei2 wu wei mui |
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu. |
無記 无记 see styles |
wú jì wu2 ji4 wu chi mugi |
? avyākṛta, or avyākhyāta. UnrecordabIe (either as good or bad); neutral, neither good nor bad; things that are innocent or cannot be classified under moral categories. Cf. 三性. |
煩亂 烦乱 see styles |
fán luàn fan2 luan4 fan luan bonran |
anxious; agitated to cause confusion |
熟變 熟变 see styles |
shú biàn shu2 bian4 shu pien jukuhen |
transformation in accordance with the fruition of karma |
燃爆 see styles |
rán bào ran2 bao4 jan pao |
to cause to explode; to fire; to set off |
燒罪 烧罪 see styles |
shāo zuì shao1 zui4 shao tsui shōzai |
consumes bad karma by fire |
爲因 为因 see styles |
wéi yīn wei2 yin1 wei yin iin |
[taken] as cause |
父母 see styles |
fù mǔ fu4 mu3 fu mu fubo ふぼ |
father and mother; parents father and mother; parents; (surname) Fubo pitṛ-mātṛ, father and mother, parents; 無明 ignorance is referred to as father, and 貪愛 desire, or concupiscence, as mother, the two— ignorance and concupiscence— being the parents of all delusion and karma. Samādhi is also referred to as father, and praj na (wisdom) as mother, the parents of all knowledge and virtue. In the vast interchanges of rebirth all have been or are my parents, therefore all males are my father and all females my mother: 一切男女我父母 see 心地觀經 2. |
特技 see styles |
tè jì te4 ji4 t`e chi te chi tokugi とくぎ |
special effect; stunt special skill |
特效 see styles |
tè xiào te4 xiao4 t`e hsiao te hsiao |
specially good effect; special efficacy; (cinema etc) special effects |
牽生 牵生 see styles |
qiān shēng qian1 sheng1 ch`ien sheng chien sheng kenshō |
subtly produced (karma) or unmanifestly produced karma |
王事 see styles |
wáng shì wang2 shi4 wang shih ouji / oji おうじ |
imperial cause; royal cause royal affairs |
現行 现行 see styles |
xiàn xíng xian4 xing2 hsien hsing genkou / genko げんこう |
to be in effect; in force; current (noun - becomes adjective with の) present; current; in operation Now going, or proceeding; present or manifest activities. |
理事 see styles |
lǐ shì li3 shi4 li shih riji りじ |
member of council; (literary) to take care of matters director; trustee Noumena and phenomena, principle and practice, absolute and relative, real and empirical, cause and effect, fundamental essence and external activity, potential and actual; e.g. store and distribution, ocean and wave, static and kinetic. |
生因 see styles |
shēng yīn sheng1 yin1 sheng yin shō in |
generative cause |
生效 see styles |
shēng xiào sheng1 xiao4 sheng hsiao |
to take effect; to go into effect |
生業 生业 see styles |
shēng yè sheng1 ye4 sheng yeh sugiwai(gikun) すぎわい(gikun) |
(dated) occupation; livelihood particularizing karma |
生起 see styles |
shēng qǐ sheng1 qi3 sheng ch`i sheng chi seiki / seki せいき |
(n,vs,vi) occurrence; taking place; happening; (given name) Seiki Birth and what arises from it; cause of an act; the beginning and rise. |
甲斐 see styles |
kouhi / kohi こうひ |
(suffix) (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb) (See 甲斐・かい) result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail; (surname) Kōhi |
界繫 界系 see styles |
jiè xì jie4 xi4 chieh hsi kaike |
The karma which binds to the finite, i. e. to any one of the three regions. |
異因 异因 see styles |
yì yīn yi4 yin1 i yin iin |
A different cause, or origin. |
異熟 异熟 see styles |
yì shóu yi4 shou2 i shou ijuku |
vipāka, different when cooked, or matured, i.e. the effect differing from the cause, e. g. pleasure differing from goodness its cause, and pain from evil. Also, maturing or producing its effects in another life. |
當果 当果 see styles |
dāng guǒ dang1 guo3 tang kuo tō ka |
future effect |
疑竇 疑窦 see styles |
yí dòu yi2 dou4 i tou |
(literary) doubts; suspicions; cause for suspicion |
疫鬼 see styles |
ekiki えきき |
gods or demons that cause epidemics |
病原 see styles |
bìng yuán bing4 yuan2 ping yüan byougen / byogen びょうげん |
cause of disease; pathogen (noun - becomes adjective with の) origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology |
病因 see styles |
bìng yīn bing4 yin1 ping yin byouin / byoin びょういん |
cause of disease; pathogen (noun - becomes adjective with の) the cause of a disease |
病弊 see styles |
byouhei / byohe びょうへい |
evil influence; ill effect |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Karma - Cause and Effect" 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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