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洛河

see styles
luò hé
    luo4 he2
lo ho
 rakuga
    らくが
name of several rivers; North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河|渭河[Wei4 He2] in Shaanxi
(place-name) Luo River (China)

洞山

see styles
dòng shān
    dong4 shan1
tung shan
 horayama
    ほらやま
(surname) Horayama
Cave hill or monastery in Yün-chou, modern Jui-chou, Kiangsi, noted for its T'ang teacher悟本 Wu-pen.

洪武

see styles
hóng wǔ
    hong2 wu3
hung wu
Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]

活劇

see styles
 katsugeki
    かつげき
(1) (See アクションドラマ) action film; action movie; action drama; (2) riotous scene; fight scene

活動


活动

see styles
huó dòng
    huo2 dong4
huo tung
 katsudou / katsudo
    かつどう
to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
(n,vs,vi) (1) activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; (2) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 活動写真) moving picture

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

流通

see styles
liú tōng
    liu2 tong1
liu t`ung
    liu tung
 ryuutsuu / ryutsu
    りゅうつう
to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
(n,vs,vi) (1) circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; (n,vs,vi) (2) circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow; (place-name) Ryūtsuu
Spread abroad; permeate; flowing through, or everywhere, without effective hindrance.

浪跡


浪迹

see styles
làng jì
    lang4 ji4
lang chi
to roam about; to wander without a home

浮石

see styles
fú shí
    fu2 shi2
fu shih
 fuseki
    ふせき
pumice
(1) rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; (2) pumice stone; (1) pumice stone; (2) loose rock; loose stone; (3) floating group (in the game of go); group without a base; (given name) Fuseki

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.

淨肉


净肉

see styles
jìng ròu
    jing4 rou4
ching jou
 jōniku
Pure flesh, the kind which may be eaten by a monk without sin, three, five, and nine classes being given.

清唱

see styles
qīng chàng
    qing1 chang4
ch`ing ch`ang
    ching chang
to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup; to sing a cappella

清燉


清炖

see styles
qīng dùn
    qing1 dun4
ch`ing tun
    ching tun
to stew meat without seasoning

清茶

see styles
qīng chá
    qing1 cha2
ch`ing ch`a
    ching cha
green tea; only tea (without food)

清音

see styles
qīng yīn
    qing1 yin1
ch`ing yin
    ching yin
 seion / seon
    せいおん
(phonetics) voiceless sound
(1) {ling} (e.g. か, さ, た, は) (See 濁音,半濁音) syllable with an unvoiced consonant (except "p"; in Japanese); syllable written without a dakuten or handakuten; (2) clear sound; (given name) Seion

温麺

see styles
 unmen
    うんめん
    uumen / umen
    ううめん
(food term) type of somen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter

渭水

see styles
wèi shuǐ
    wei4 shui3
wei shui
Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]

渭河

see styles
wèi hé
    wei4 he2
wei ho
Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]

游撃

see styles
 yuugeki / yugeki
    ゆうげき
(noun/participle) (1) raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises; (2) (baseb) (abbreviation) shortstop; short

滅擯


灭摈

see styles
miè bìn
    mie4 bin4
mieh pin
 meppin
Blotting out the name and the expulsion of a monk who has committed a grievous sin without repentance.

滑か

see styles
 nameraka
    なめらか
    suberaka
    すべらか
(irregular okurigana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) smooth (e.g. skin or ground); glassy; velvety; (2) fluent; smooth (speaking); without a hitch

激將


激将

see styles
jī jiàng
    ji1 jiang4
chi chiang
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks

濫入

see styles
 rannyuu / rannyu
    らんにゅう
(noun/participle) enter without permission

濫竽


滥竽

see styles
làn yú
    lan4 yu2
lan yü
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]

瀧水


泷水

see styles
shuāng shuǐ
    shuang1 shui3
shuang shui
 takimizu
    たきみず
Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
(surname) Takimizu

灃水


沣水

see styles
fēng shuǐ
    feng1 shui3
feng shui
Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1], tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]

為業

see styles
 shiwaza
    しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

烟突

see styles
 entotsu
    えんとつ
(1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; (2) (slang) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

無し

see styles
 nashi
    なし
(n,n-suf) (1) (kana only) without; (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (ant: 在り・あり・2) unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory; (adj-ku) (3) (archaism) (old terminal form of 無い) (See 無い・1) nonexistent

無不


无不

see styles
wú bù
    wu2 bu4
wu pu
 mufu
none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
A double negative, making a positive; also 無非; 無沒.

無休

see styles
 mukyuu / mukyu
    むきゅう
without a holiday; nonstop

無位


无位

see styles
wú wèi
    wu2 wei4
wu wei
 mui
    むい
(adj-no,n) without rank
no rank

無作


无作

see styles
wú zuò
    wu2 zuo4
wu tso
 musa
Not creating; uncreated; not doing; inactive, physically or mentally; independent of action, word, or will i.e. natural, intuitive.

無倒


无倒

see styles
wú dào
    wu2 dao4
wu tao
 mudō
Not upside-down, seeing things right-side up, or correctly, i.e. correct views of truth and things, e.g. not regarding the seeming as real, the temporal as eternal, etc.

無傷


无伤

see styles
wú shāng
    wu2 shang1
wu shang
 mukizu
    むきず
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) unhurt; uninjured; unwounded; unscathed; unharmed; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; undamaged; perfect (condition); (adj-no,adj-na,n) (3) spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance); perfect (record); without failure; without defeat
unimpaired; unvitiated

無償


无偿

see styles
wú cháng
    wu2 chang2
wu ch`ang
    wu chang
 mushou / musho
    むしょう
free; no charge; at no cost
(adj-no,n) (1) without compensation; without reward; without pay; (adj-no,n) (2) (See 無料) free (of charge); (personal name) Mushou

無冠

see styles
 mukan
    むかん
(adj-no,n) (1) uncrowned; without rank; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) having no championship wins; receiving no (major) awards

無到


无到

see styles
wú dào
    wu2 dao4
wu tao
 mutō
without fault

無勉

see styles
 muben
    むべん
(slang) without studying

無塵


无尘

see styles
wú chén
    wu2 chen2
wu ch`en
    wu chen
 mujin
Dustless, without an atom of the material or unclean, immaterial, pure.

無失


无失

see styles
wú shī
    wu2 shi1
wu shih
 mushitsu
without loss

無始


无始

see styles
wú shǐ
    wu2 shi3
wu shih
 mushi
    むし
(1) {Buddh} beginninglessness; (2) (archaism) distant past
Without beginning, as is the chain of transmigration.

無姓


无姓

see styles
wú xìng
    wu2 xing4
wu hsing
 mushou / musho
    むしょう
(surname) Mushou
without lineage

無字


无字

see styles
wú zì
    wu2 zi4
wu tzu
 muji
    むじ
{Buddh} (See 狗子仏性) the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
without letters

無届

see styles
 mutodoke
    むとどけ
(1) without notice; without leave (e.g. absence); (2) unregistered; unreported (e.g. marriage, business, etc.)

無師


无师

see styles
wú shī
    wu2 shi1
wu shih
 mushi
without a teacher

無念


无念

see styles
wú niàn
    wu2 nian4
wu nien
 munen
    むねん
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) regret; chagrin; mortification; (2) {Buddh} (See 有念) freedom from obstructive thoughts
Without a thought; without recollection; absence of false ideas or thoughts, i.e. correct ideas or thoughts; apart from thought (nothing exists).

無思


无思

see styles
wú sī
    wu2 si1
wu ssu
 mushi
without thought

無性


无性

see styles
wú xìng
    wu2 xing4
wu hsing
 musei / muse
    むせい
sexless; asexual (reproduction)
(adj-no,n) (1) sexless; nonsexual; asexual; (adj-no,n) (2) {biol} asexual; agamic; (adj-no,n) (3) {gramm} genderless
Without a nature, nothing has an independent nature of its own; cf. 三無性.

無恥


无耻

see styles
wú chǐ
    wu2 chi3
wu ch`ih
    wu chih
 muchi
    むち
without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
(noun or adjectival noun) shameless
shameless

無想


无想

see styles
wú xiǎng
    wu2 xiang3
wu hsiang
 musou / muso
    むそう
a blank mind; (given name) Musou
Without thought, absence of thinking.

無愛


无爱

see styles
wú ài
    wu2 ai4
wu ai
 muai
Without love, or craving, or attachment.

無慚


无惭

see styles
wú cán
    wu2 can2
wu ts`an
    wu tsan
 muzan
    むざん
(noun or adjectival noun) cruelty; atrocity; cold-bloodedness; tragedy; misery
ahrīka, without shame, shameless.

無慢


无慢

see styles
wú màn
    wu2 man4
wu man
 muman
without pride

無憂


无忧

see styles
wú yōu
    wu2 you1
wu yu
 muu
aśoka, 'without sorrow, not feeling or not causing sorrow.' M. W.

無懈


无懈

see styles
wú xiè
    wu2 xie4
wu hsieh
 muke
without laziness

無掉


无掉

see styles
wú diào
    wu2 diao4
wu tiao
 mutō
without agitation

無援


无援

see styles
wú yuán
    wu2 yuan2
wu yüan
 muen
    むえん
without support; helpless
helpless; unsupporting

無故


无故

see styles
wú gù
    wu2 gu4
wu ku
without cause or reason

無明


无明

see styles
wú míng
    wu2 ming2
wu ming
 mumyou / mumyo
    むみょう
avidya (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion
{Buddh} avidya (ignorance)
avidyā, ignorance, and in some senses Māyā, illusion; it is darkness without illumination, the ignorance which mistakes seeming for being, or illusory phenomena for realities; it is also intp. as 痴 ignorant, stupid, fatuous; but it means generally, unenlightened, unillumined. The 起信論 distinguishes two kinds as 根本: the radical, fundamental, original darkness or ignorance considered as a 無始無明 primal condition, and 枝末 'branch and twig' conditions, considered as phenomenal. There is also a list of fifteen distinctions in the Vibhāṣā-śāstra 2. avidyā is also the first, or last of the twelve nidānas.; Commonly tr. 'ignorance', means an unenlightened condition, non-perception, before the stirrings of intelligence, belief that the phenomenal is real, etc.

無望


无望

see styles
wú wàng
    wu2 wang4
wu wang
without hope; hopeless; without prospects

無札

see styles
 musatsu
    むさつ
(riding or entering) without a ticket

無根


无根

see styles
wú gēn
    wu2 gen1
wu ken
 mukon
    むこん
(noun or adjectival noun) groundless
Without root; without organs; without the organs of sex.

無業


无业

see styles
wú yè
    wu2 ye4
wu yeh
 mugyou / mugyo
    むぎょう
unemployed; jobless; out of work
(noun - becomes adjective with の) without an occupation
non-karmic

無比


无比

see styles
wú bǐ
    wu2 bi3
wu pi
 muhi
    むひ
incomparable; matchless
(adj-na,adj-no,n) peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
Without comparison, no comparing, incomparable.

無求


无求

see styles
wú qiú
    wu2 qiu2
wu ch`iu
    wu chiu
 mugu
without expectation

無灯

see styles
 mutou / muto
    むとう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) without lights

無点

see styles
 muten
    むてん
(1) (See 訓点・くんてん) kanji without kanbun assistance markings; (2) poetry, haiku, etc. without comments or corrections; (adjectival noun) (3) meaningless; incomprehensible

無猜


无猜

see styles
wú cāi
    wu2 cai1
wu ts`ai
    wu tsai
unsuspecting; innocent and without apprehension

無生


无生

see styles
wú shēng
    wu2 sheng1
wu sheng
 mushō
Not born, without being born or produced; uncreated; no rebirth; immoral; nirvāṇa as not subject to birth and death, or reincarnation, and which negates them; the condition of the absolute.

無由


无由

see styles
wú yóu
    wu2 you2
wu yu
to be unable (to do something); no reason to ...; without rhyme or reason

無疑


无疑

see styles
wú yí
    wu2 yi2
wu i
 mugi
undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
Undoubted, without doubt.

無相


无相

see styles
wú xiàng
    wu2 xiang4
wu hsiang
 musou / muso
    むそう
(surname) Musou
animitta; nirābhāsa. Without form, or sign; no marks, or characteristics; nothingness; absolute truth as having no differentiated ideas; nirvāṇa.

無着


无着

see styles
wú zhāo
    wu2 zhao1
wu chao
 muchiyaku
    むちやく
(surname) Muchiyaku
without attachment

無礙


无碍

see styles
wú ài
    wu2 ai4
wu ai
 muge
    むげ
without inconvenience; unimpeded; unhindered; unobstructed; unfettered; unhampered
(noun or adjectival noun) free from obstacles
apratihata. Unhindered, without obstacle, resistless, without resistance, permeating everywhere, all pervasive, dynamic omnipresence which enters everywhere without hindrance like the light of a candle.

無穢


无秽

see styles
wú huì
    wu2 hui4
wu hui
 mue
without stain

無等


无等

see styles
wú děng
    wu2 deng3
wu teng
 mutō
asama; unequal, unequalled; the one without equal Buddha.

無緣


无缘

see styles
wú yuán
    wu2 yuan2
wu yüan
 muen
to have no opportunity; no way (of doing something); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
Causeless, without immediate causal connection, uncaused, underived, independent.

無縁

see styles
 muen
    むえん
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (ant: 有縁・2) unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one; (adj-no,n) (2) without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; (adj-no,n) (3) {Buddh} (ant: 有縁・1) unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

無義


无义

see styles
wú yì
    wu2 yi4
wu i
 mugi
without meaning; nonsense; immoral; faithless
meaningless

無職

see styles
 mushoku
    むしょく
(adj-no,n) (ant: 有職・ゆうしょく・1) without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

無能


无能

see styles
wú néng
    wu2 neng2
wu neng
 munou / muno
    むのう
incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) (ant: 有能) incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incapacity; (2) incompetent person; (surname) Munou
Unable, without power.

無言


无言

see styles
wú yán
    wu2 yan2
wu yen
 mugon
    むごん
to remain silent; to have nothing to say
(noun - becomes adjective with の) silence (not speaking); muteness
Without words, silent, speechless.

無誑


无诳

see styles
wú kuáng
    wu2 kuang2
wu k`uang
    wu kuang
 mukyō
without deception

無誘


无诱

see styles
wú yòu
    wu2 you4
wu yu
 mu yū
without invitation

無諂


无谄

see styles
wú chǎn
    wu2 chan3
wu ch`an
    wu chan
 muten
without trickery

無諍


无诤

see styles
wú zhēng
    wu2 zheng1
wu cheng
 mujō
Without strife, debate, or contradiction; passionless; abiding in the 'empty' or spiritual life without debate, or without striving with others.

無越


无越

see styles
wú yuè
    wu2 yue4
wu yüeh
 muotsu
without overstepping

無遺


无遗

see styles
wú yí
    wu2 yi2
wu i
 mu i
completely; fully; without omission
no remainder

無邊


无边

see styles
wú biān
    wu2 bian1
wu pien
 muhen
without boundary; not bordered
ananta; endless, boundless, limitless, infinite, e.g. like space.

無邪


无邪

see styles
wú xié
    wu2 xie2
wu hsieh
 muja
without guilt
non-deviant

無配

see styles
 muhai
    むはい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) without dividend

無銘

see styles
 mumei / mume
    むめい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) unsigned; without a signature

無銭

see styles
 musen
    むせん
without money; no need for money

無間


无间

see styles
wú jiàn
    wu2 jian4
wu chien
 muken; mugen
    むけん; むげん
very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishable
(1) ceaselessness; incessancy; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 無間地獄) the Avici hell
avīci, uninterrupted, unseparated, without intermission.

無隔


无隔

see styles
wú gé
    wu2 ge2
wu ko
 mukyaku
without gap

無難


无难

see styles
wun án
    wun2 an2
wun an
 bunan
    ぶなん
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; inoffensive; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) acceptable; passable; satisfactory; adequate; faultless; without flaw; (personal name) Bunan
no difficulty

無題


无题

see styles
wú tí
    wu2 ti2
wu t`i
    wu ti
 mudai
    むだい
untitled
(can be adjective with の) untitled; titleless; without a title; no subject (email)

無餘


无余

see styles
wú yú
    wu2 yu2
wu yü
 muyo
aśesa. Without remainder, no remnant, final; applied to the section of the Vinaya regarding expulsion for unpardonable sin from the monkhood; also to final nirvāṇa without remainder of reincarnation.

煙突


烟突

see styles
yān tū
    yan1 tu1
yen t`u
    yen tu
 entotsu
    えんとつ
chimney
(1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; (2) (slang) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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