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聖灰節 圣灰节 see styles |
shèng huī jié sheng4 hui1 jie2 sheng hui chieh |
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent) |
聖霊会 see styles |
shouryoue / shoryoe しょうりょうえ |
(1) Bon Festival; (2) Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) |
聞所成 闻所成 see styles |
wén suǒ chéng wen2 suo3 cheng2 wen so ch`eng wen so cheng mon shojō |
[wisdom] gained from listening |
肉蒲團 肉蒲团 see styles |
ròu pú tuán rou4 pu2 tuan2 jou p`u t`uan jou pu tuan |
The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3] |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
胡道人 see styles |
hú dào rén hu2 dao4 ren2 hu tao jen kodōjin |
Monks from Central Asia or India. |
胴忘れ see styles |
douwasure / dowasure どうわすれ |
(noun/participle) lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind |
能離欲 能离欲 see styles |
néng lí yù neng2 li2 yu4 neng li yü nō riyoku |
able to be free from desire |
能離相 能离相 see styles |
néng lí xiàng neng2 li2 xiang4 neng li hsiang nō risō |
capable of freedom from signs |
脱サラ see styles |
datsusara; dassara だつサラ; だっサラ |
(noun/participle) (See サラ・2) setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business |
脱する see styles |
dassuru だっする |
(suru verb) to escape from; to get out |
脱北者 see styles |
dappokusha だっぽくしゃ |
person who has fled from North Korea; North Korean defector |
脱石油 see styles |
datsusekiyu だつせきゆ |
extrication from dependence on oil |
脹れる see styles |
fukureru ふくれる hareru はれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; (2) to get cross; to get sulky; to pout; (v1,vi) to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen |
腐爛藥 腐烂药 see styles |
fǔ làn yào fu3 lan4 yao4 fu lan yao furan yaku |
medicine made from the putrid urine (of cattle) |
腕渡り see styles |
udewatari うでわたり |
brachiation; swinging from branch to branch |
腫れる see styles |
hareru はれる |
(v1,vi) to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen |
腰だめ see styles |
koshidame こしだめ |
(1) shooting from the hip; (2) (idiom) starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) |
腰ばき see styles |
koshibaki こしばき |
(noun/participle) (slang) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) |
腰パン see styles |
koshipan こしパン |
(abbreviation) (slang) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner |
腰弁当 see styles |
koshibentou / koshibento こしべんとう |
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker |
腰撓め see styles |
koshidame こしだめ |
(1) shooting from the hip; (2) (idiom) starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) |
腰穿き see styles |
koshibaki こしばき |
(noun/participle) (slang) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) |
腹所生 see styles |
fù suǒ shēng fu4 suo3 sheng1 fu so sheng fuku shoshō |
born from [his] breast |
膝隠し see styles |
hizakakushi ひざかくし |
standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider |
臘八節 腊八节 see styles |
là bā jié la4 ba1 jie2 la pa chieh |
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month |
臘八粥 腊八粥 see styles |
là bā zhōu la4 ba1 zhou1 la pa chou |
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar |
臥待月 see styles |
fushimachizuki ふしまちづき |
moon of the 19th day of the lunar month |
自家人 see styles |
zì jiā rén zi4 jia1 ren2 tzu chia jen |
sb with whom one is on familiar terms; sb from the same place (same house, same town etc); one of us |
自引き see styles |
jibiki じびき |
drawing one's desired prize from a lottery (as opposed to purchasing directly or acquiring through trade) |
自性戒 see styles |
zì xìng jiè zi4 xing4 jie4 tzu hsing chieh jishō kai |
The ten natural moral laws, i. e. which are natural to man, apart from the Buddha's commands; also 自性善. |
自恣日 see styles |
zì zì rì zi4 zi4 ri4 tzu tzu jih jishi nichi |
The last day of the annual retreat. |
自由化 see styles |
zì yóu huà zi4 you2 hua4 tzu yu hua jiyuuka / jiyuka じゆうか |
liberalization; freeing (from something) (noun, transitive verb) liberalization; liberalisation; freeing |
自證身 自证身 see styles |
zì zhèng shēn zi4 zheng4 shen1 tzu cheng shen jishō shin |
A title of Vairocana, his dharmakāya of self-assurance, or realization, from which issues his retinue of proclaimers of the truth. |
至那儞 see styles |
zhin à nǐ zhin4 a4 ni3 zhin a ni shinani |
cīnānī, the peach-tree, said to have been imported into India from China. |
臺巴子 台巴子 see styles |
tái bā zi tai2 ba1 zi5 t`ai pa tzu tai pa tzu |
(derog.) Taiwanese; person from Taiwan |
與授記 与授记 see styles |
yǔ shòu jì yu3 shou4 ji4 yü shou chi yo juki |
to receive a prediction from |
般涅槃 see styles |
bān niè pán ban1 nie4 pan2 pan nieh p`an pan nieh pan hatsunehan はつねはん |
{Buddh} parinirvana; final release from the cycle of karma and rebirth (般涅槃那) parinirvāṇa; 'quite extinguished, quite brought to an end; the final extinction of the individual.' M. W. The death of the Buddha. Nirvana may be attained in this life, parinirvāṇa after it; for the meaning of 'extinction' v. 涅槃. It may also correspond to the suppression of all mental activity. It is also the second of the three grades of nirvana, parinirvāṇa, and mahānirvāṇa, which are later developments and have association with the ideas of Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, and Mahāyāna, or the small, middle, and great vehicles; also with the three grades of bodhi which these three vehicles represent; and the three classes of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Other forms are:般利涅槃那; 波利涅槃那; 般尼洹. |
般茶迦 see styles |
pán chá jiā pan2 cha2 jia1 p`an ch`a chia pan cha chia hanchaka |
[Note: The middle character is erroneous; it should be 荼. Same with the next entry.] paṇḍaka. The general name for eunuchs. The five classes with various degrees of sexual impotence: (1) 扇搋 ṣaṇḍha (ṣaṇḍha paṇḍaka); by birth impotent. (2) 留拏 rugṇa or ruṇḍa paṇḍaka; 'maimed, ' i.e. emasculated males. (3) 砂梨沙掌拏 īrṣyā (īrṣyā paṇḍaka); those whose sexual desires are only aroused by jealousy. (4) 半擇迦 paṇḍaka are eunuchs in general, but in this category are described as hermaphrodites. (5) 博叉 pakṣa (pakṣa pāṇḍaka); impotent during one-half of the month. A newer classification distinguishes those with incomplete from those with complete organs; the incomplete being (1) ṣaṇḍha, or jātipaṇḍaka as above; and (2) emasculated males; the complete are the others; the fifth being stimulated when bathing or evacuating. Other forms: 般吒; 半托; 半擇迦 tr. 黃門. |
船板塀 see styles |
funaitabei / funaitabe ふないたべい |
fence made from disused ship planks |
船留め see styles |
funadome ふなどめ |
(n,vs,vi) preventing a ship from passing or from leaving port |
船饅頭 see styles |
funamanjuu / funamanju ふなまんじゅう |
low-grade prostitute; prostitute working from boats on the Sumida River |
色色業 色色业 see styles |
sè sè yè se4 se4 ye4 se se yeh shiki shikigō |
form and activities of from |
花の幕 see styles |
hananomaku はなのまく |
(exp,n) curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party |
花の雫 see styles |
hananoshizuku はなのしずく |
(poetic term) dew that trickles down from a flower |
花落ち see styles |
hanaochi はなおち |
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped |
花見幕 see styles |
hanamimaku はなみまく |
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party |
苦蘇花 see styles |
kussoka クッソか |
(obscure) kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers); kosso; cusso; koso |
苦解脫 苦解脱 see styles |
kǔ jiě tuō ku3 jie3 tuo1 k`u chieh t`o ku chieh to ku gedatsu |
liberation from suffering |
苦類智 苦类智 see styles |
kǔ lèi zhì ku3 lei4 zhi4 k`u lei chih ku lei chih kuruichi |
The wisdom which releases from suffering in all worlds. |
英吉利 see styles |
yīng jí lì ying1 ji2 li4 ying chi li igirisu いぎりす |
England (historical loan, from English) (ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Great Britain (por:); United Kingdom; (place-name) Great Britain; United Kingdom |
范斯坦 see styles |
fàn sī tǎn fan4 si1 tan3 fan ssu t`an fan ssu tan |
Dianne Feinstein (1933-), US Senator from California |
茴香豆 see styles |
huí xiāng dòu hui2 xiang1 dou4 hui hsiang tou |
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province) |
茶断ち see styles |
chadachi ちゃだち |
(n,vs,vi) giving up or abstaining from tea |
茶矩磨 see styles |
chá jǔ mó cha2 ju3 mo2 ch`a chü mo cha chü mo chakuma |
Fragrant flowers, i.e. 鬱金 from Western or Central Asia for scenting wine, and for calling down the spirits. |
茶褐色 see styles |
chá hè sè cha2 he4 se4 ch`a ho se cha ho se chakasshoku ちゃかっしょく |
dark brown; tawny (noun - becomes adjective with の) dark reddish-brown; liver color brownish color made from bark |
草の根 see styles |
kusanone くさのね |
(exp,n) (1) (See 草の根を分けて探す) roots of grass; places hidden from sight; (exp,n) (2) grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file |
草刈場 see styles |
kusakariba くさかりば |
(1) hay-meadow commons; (2) place (or organization, etc.) from which numerous people hope to benefit; (place-name) Kusakariba |
菊人形 see styles |
kikuningyou / kikuningyo きくにんぎょう |
doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers |
菠蘿包 菠萝包 see styles |
bō luó bāo bo1 luo2 bao1 po lo pao pooroopaau / pooroopau ポーローパーウ |
pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin) (See メロンパン) pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan) |
菩薩戒 菩萨戒 see styles |
pú sà jiè pu2 sa4 jie4 p`u sa chieh pu sa chieh bosatsu kai |
The rules are found in the sūtra of this name, taken from the 梵網經. |
華の雫 see styles |
hananoshizuku はなのしずく |
(poetic term) dew that trickles down from a flower |
華嚴時 华严时 see styles |
huā yán shí hua1 yan2 shi2 hua yen shih Kegon ji |
The first of the 'five periods' as defined by Tiantai, according to which school this sūtra was delivered by Śākyamuni immediately after his enlightenment; but accounts vary as to whether it was on the second or third seventh day; all these claims are, however, devoid of evidence, the sūtra being a Mahāyāna creation. |
菱花鏡 菱花镜 see styles |
líng huā jìng ling2 hua1 jing4 ling hua ching |
antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty |
萬靈節 万灵节 see styles |
wàn líng jié wan4 ling2 jie2 wan ling chieh |
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November) |
落とし see styles |
otoshi おとし |
(1) (abbreviation) dropping; losing; (2) missing item; something one forgot to write down; (3) trap; (4) wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; (5) conclusion (of a speech, etc.); (6) metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi |
落とす see styles |
otosu おとす |
(transitive verb) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) (computer terminology) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) (martial arts term) to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting) |
蓬莱飾 see styles |
houraikazari / horaikazari ほうらいかざり |
(irregular okurigana usage) Kansai New Year decoration (made from food) |
蔓返し see styles |
tsurugaeshi つるがえし |
(kana only) digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product |
蔵入り see styles |
kurairi くらいり |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (idiom) (See お蔵入り・1) being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; being withheld from publication; (n,vs,vi) (2) (lit. meaning) putting in storage; item in storage; warehoused goods |
蔵出し see styles |
kuradashi くらだし |
(n,adj-no,vs) releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse) |
薄一波 see styles |
bó yī bō bo2 yi1 bo1 po i po |
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping |
薄拘羅 薄拘罗 see styles |
bó jū luó bo2 ju1 luo2 po chü lo Bakkura |
also 薄矩羅; 薄倶羅; 薄羅婆拘羅; 縛矩羅; 波鳩蠡Vakula, a disciple who, during his eighty years of life, never had a moment's illness or pain. |
薄瑞光 see styles |
bó ruì guāng bo2 rui4 guang1 po jui kuang |
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 |
薬味酒 see styles |
yakumishu やくみしゅ |
medicinal drink made from plants steeped in mirin |
處不退 处不退 see styles |
chù bù tuì chu4 bu4 tui4 ch`u pu t`ui chu pu tui sho futai |
Not to fall away from the status attained. |
虚ける see styles |
utsukeru うつける |
(v1,vi) (1) to become empty (hollow); (2) to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state |
虛無身 虚无身 see styles |
xū wú shēn xu1 wu2 shen1 hsü wu shen komu shin |
The immaterial Buddha-body, the spirit free from all limitations. |
虛空天 虚空天 see styles |
xū kōng tiān xu1 kong1 tian1 hsü k`ung t`ien hsü kung tien kokū ten |
The four heavens of desire above Meru in space, from the Yama heaven upwards. |
虫干し see styles |
mushiboshi むしぼし |
(noun, transitive verb) (See 土用干し) airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) |
蚊火屋 see styles |
kabiya かびや kahiya かひや |
(archaism) hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept |
蚵仔煎 see styles |
é zǐ jiān e2 zi3 jian1 o tzu chien |
(Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian]) |
蜜大腿 see styles |
mì dà tuǐ mi4 da4 tui3 mi ta t`ui mi ta tui |
(coll.) curvaceous thighs (loanword from Korean) |
蝶々魚 see styles |
chouchouuo / chochouo ちょうちょううお |
(kana only) Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) |
蝶蝶魚 see styles |
chouchouuo / chochouo ちょうちょううお |
(kana only) Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) |
螺螄粉 螺蛳粉 see styles |
luó sī fěn luo2 si1 fen3 lo ssu fen |
luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots) |
蟲白蠟 虫白蜡 see styles |
chóng bái là chong2 bai2 la4 ch`ung pai la chung pai la |
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) |
蠶繭紙 蚕茧纸 see styles |
cán jiǎn zhǐ can2 jian3 zhi3 ts`an chien chih tsan chien chih |
paper made from silkworm cocoons |
血合い see styles |
chiai ちあい |
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine |
血抜き see styles |
chinuki ちぬき |
(noun/participle) letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc. |
血盆經 血盆经 see styles |
xiě pén jīng xie3 pen2 jing1 hsieh p`en ching hsieh pen ching Ketsubon kyō |
The sutra describing the blood bath for women in Hades; it is a Chinese invention and is called by Eitel "the placenta tank, which consists of an immense pool of blood, and from this hell, it is said, no release is possible"; but there are ceremonies for release from it. |
衆緣生 众缘生 see styles |
zhòng yuán shēng zhong4 yuan2 sheng1 chung yüan sheng shuen shō |
produced from myriad conditions |
行進擋 行进挡 see styles |
xíng jìn dǎng xing2 jin4 dang3 hsing chin tang |
forward gear |
衍生物 see styles |
yǎn shēng wù yan3 sheng1 wu4 yen sheng wu |
a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) |
衛生上 see styles |
eiseijou / esejo えいせいじょう |
(can be adjective with の) (1) hygiene-related; sanitary; (adverb) (2) from a hygiene standpoint; in terms of hygiene; with respect to health |
衞世師 衞世师 see styles |
wèi shì shī wei4 shi4 shi1 wei shih shih Eiseishi |
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy. |
衰弱死 see styles |
suijakushi すいじゃくし |
(noun/participle) death from prostration; death from emaciation |
衲伽梨 see styles |
nà qié lí na4 qie2 li2 na ch`ieh li na chieh li nōgyari |
The saṅghātī, or coat of patches varying from 9 to 25. |
袖看板 see styles |
sodekanban そでかんばん |
projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building |
被曝者 see styles |
hibakusha ひばくしゃ |
(See 被爆者・1) person exposed to a harmful amount of radiation (from a bomb, industrial disaster, lab experiment, etc.) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "From This Moment Forward - From This Day Forward" 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
license.
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.
We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.
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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