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江青 see styles |
jiāng qīng jiang1 qing1 chiang ch`ing chiang ching kousei / kose こうせい |
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four (person) Jiang Qing (1915-1991) |
油絵 see styles |
aburae あぶらえ |
{art} oil painting |
法數 法数 see styles |
fǎ shù fa3 shu4 fa shu hōshu |
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc. |
法智 see styles |
fǎ zhì fa3 zhi4 fa chih hōchi |
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things. |
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. |
消点 see styles |
shouten / shoten しょうてん |
{art} (See 消失点) vanishing point |
深奥 see styles |
shēn ào shen1 ao4 shen ao shinou / shino しんおう |
(1) depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; (adjectival noun) (2) profound; deep; esoteric; abstruse 深妙; 深密; 深秘 Deep, profound, abstruse. |
湘繡 湘绣 see styles |
xiāng xiù xiang1 xiu4 hsiang hsiu |
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4]) |
滅病 灭病 see styles |
miè bìng mie4 bing4 mieh ping metsubyō |
One of the 四病 four sick or faulty ways of seeking perfection, the Hīnayāna method of endeavouring to extinguish all perturbing passions so that nothing of them remains. |
漆芸 see styles |
shitsugei / shitsuge しつげい |
(Japanese) lacquer art |
濕生 湿生 see styles |
shī shēng shi1 sheng1 shih sheng shitsushō |
Moisture-born; born in damp or wet places spawn, etc., one of the four forms of birth, v. 四生. |
灌頂 灌顶 see styles |
guàn dǐng guan4 ding3 kuan ting kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho かんじょう; かんちょう |
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music) abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc. |
火大 see styles |
huǒ dà huo3 da4 huo ta kadai |
to get mad; to be very angry The element fire, one of the 四大 four elements. |
火界 see styles |
huǒ jiè huo3 jie4 huo chieh kakai |
The realm of fire, one of the realms of the four elements 四大, i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind. Cf. 火院. |
火神 see styles |
huǒ shén huo3 shen2 huo shen honoka ほのか |
god of fire (female given name) Honoka The gods of fire, stated as numbering forty-four in the Vedic pantheon, with Mahābrahmā as the first; of these the Vairocana sutra takes twelve, i. e. 大因陀羅; 行滿; 摩嚕多; 盧醯多; 沒口栗拏; 忿怒; 闍吒羅; 吃灑耶; 意生; 羯攞微; (11th unknown); 謨賀那. Cf. 火尊; 火天. |
煗法 see styles |
nuǎn fǎ nuan3 fa3 nuan fa nan hō |
The first of the 四加行位; the stage in which dialectic processes are left behind and the mind dwells only on the four dogmas and the sixteen disciplines. |
燕國 燕国 see styles |
yān guó yan1 guo2 yen kuo |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) |
版画 see styles |
hanga はんが |
woodcut; woodblock print; art print |
狗拳 see styles |
gǒu quán gou3 quan2 kou ch`üan kou chüan |
Gou Quan - "Dog Fist" - Martial Art |
獸術 兽术 see styles |
shòu shù shou4 shu4 shou shu |
animal training; skill with animals; shoushu - "Animal skill" or "Beast-fist" - Martial Art (esp. fictional) |
玉人 see styles |
yù rén yu4 ren2 yü jen |
a jade worker; a jade statuette; a beautiful person; (term of endearment) |
玉佛 see styles |
yù fó yu4 fo2 yü fo gyokubutsu |
A famous jade Buddha recovered while digging a well in Khotan, 3 to 4 feet high. |
玉佩 see styles |
yù pèi yu4 pei4 yü p`ei yü pei |
jade pendant; jade ornament |
玉兔 see styles |
yù tù yu4 tu4 yü t`u yü tu |
the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon); the Moon |
玉器 see styles |
yù qì yu4 qi4 yü ch`i yü chi |
jade artifact |
玉帝 see styles |
yù dì yu4 di4 yü ti |
the Jade Emperor |
玉杯 see styles |
gyokuhai ぎょくはい |
jade cup |
玉柔 see styles |
yù róu yu4 rou2 yü jou gyokunyū |
Pliable jade, i. e. 牛肉 beef. |
玉玦 see styles |
yù jué yu4 jue2 yü chüeh |
penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons) |
玉珉 see styles |
yù mín yu4 min2 yü min |
jade and jade-like stone; impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom) |
玉璞 see styles |
yù pú yu4 pu2 yü p`u yü pu |
stone containing jade; uncut jade |
玉環 玉环 see styles |
yù huán yu4 huan2 yü huan tamaki たまき |
Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang (female given name) Tamaki The Jade ring in one of the right hands of the 'thousand-hand' Guanyin. |
玉皇 see styles |
yù huáng yu4 huang2 yü huang |
Jade Emperor (in Taoism) |
玉石 see styles |
yù shí yu4 shi2 yü shih tamaishi たまいし |
jade; jade and stone; (fig.) the good and the bad pebble; round stone; boulder; (surname) Tamaishi |
王勃 see styles |
wáng bó wang2 bo2 wang po |
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
玲瓏 玲珑 see styles |
líng lóng ling2 long2 ling lung reirou / rero れいろう |
(onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble (adj-t,adv-to) clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade); (male given name) Reirou exquisite |
珂月 see styles |
kē yuè ke1 yue4 k`o yüeh ko yüeh kagatsu |
The jade-like or pearly moon. |
珂貝 珂贝 see styles |
kē bèi ke1 bei4 k`o pei ko pei kabai |
Jade (or white quartz) and shells (cowries), used as money in ancient times. |
珂雪 see styles |
kē xuě ke1 xue3 k`o hsüeh ko hsüeh kasetsu |
Snow-white as jade (or white quartz). |
琤瑽 琤𪻐 see styles |
chēng cōng cheng1 cong1 ch`eng ts`ung cheng tsung |
(literary) (onom.) tinkling of jade pendants; plashing of flowing water; musical notes of a zither |
琴書 琴书 see styles |
qín shū qin2 shu1 ch`in shu chin shu |
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment |
瑤池 瑶池 see styles |
yáo chí yao2 chi2 yao ch`ih yao chih |
the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 See: 瑶池 |
瑽瑢 𪻐瑢 see styles |
cōng róng cong1 rong2 ts`ung jung tsung jung |
(literary) (onom.) tinkling of jade pendants |
璧玉 see styles |
bì yù bi4 yu4 pi yü |
jade disk with a hole in the center |
璨玉 see styles |
càn yù can4 yu4 ts`an yü tsan yü |
lustrous jade |
瓊瑛 琼瑛 see styles |
qióng yīng qiong2 ying1 ch`iung ying chiung ying |
jade-like stone |
瓔珞 璎珞 see styles |
yīng luò ying1 luo4 ying lo youraku / yoraku ようらく |
jade or pearl necklace (1) personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; (2) moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc. A necklace of precious stones; things strung together. |
甘露 see styles |
gān lòu gan1 lou4 kan lou kanro かんろ |
(noun or adjectival noun) nectar; sweetness; (surname, female given name) Kanro 阿密哩多 (or 啞密哩多) (or 啞密哩達) amṛta, sweet dew, ambrosia, the nectar of immortality; tr. by 天酒 deva-wine, the nectar of the gods. Four kinds of ambrosia are mentioned— green, yellow, red, and white, all coming from 'edible trees' and known as 蘇陀 sudhā, or 蘇摩 soma. |
生化 see styles |
shēng huà sheng1 hua4 sheng hua shōke |
biochemistry 化生 aupapāduka; one of the four forms of birth, i. e. by transformation, without parentage, and in full maturity; thus do bodhisattvas come from the Tuṣita heaven; the dhyāni-buddhas and bodhisattvas are also of such miraculous origin. |
生有 see styles |
shēng yǒu sheng1 you3 sheng yu shouu / shou しょうう |
{Buddh} (See 四有) the instant of birth (rebirth) One of the four forms of existence, cf. 有. |
生死 see styles |
shēng sǐ sheng1 si3 sheng ssu seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし |
life or death (1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts. |
生趣 see styles |
shēng qù sheng1 qu4 sheng ch`ü sheng chü shōshu |
The 四生 four forms of birth and the 六趣 six forms of transmigration. |
画力 see styles |
garyoku がりょく |
drawing ability; skill at art |
画商 see styles |
gashou / gasho がしょう |
picture dealer; commercial art gallery |
画因 see styles |
gain がいん |
art motif |
画室 see styles |
gashitsu がしつ |
art studio |
画展 see styles |
gaten がてん |
(See 絵画展) exhibition of pictures; painting exhibition; art exhibition |
画廊 see styles |
garou / garo がろう |
(See ギャラリー・2) art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery |
画材 see styles |
gazai がざい |
(1) subject matter of a painting; (2) art supplies; art materials |
画法 see styles |
gahou / gaho がほう |
art of drawing and painting |
画談 see styles |
gadan がだん |
discussions on art and painting |
画道 see styles |
gadou / gado がどう |
art of painting |
界畫 界画 see styles |
jiè huà jie4 hua4 chieh hua |
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art); picture created using this technique |
留白 see styles |
liú bái liu2 bai2 liu pai |
to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) |
畫展 画展 see styles |
huà zhǎn hua4 zhan3 hua chan |
art exhibition See: 画展 |
畫師 画师 see styles |
huà shī hua4 shi1 hua shih gashi |
(art) painter master painter |
畫廊 画廊 see styles |
huà láng hua4 lang2 hua lang |
art gallery; decorated corridor See: 画廊 |
異化 异化 see styles |
yì huà yi4 hua4 i hua ika いか |
alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation (noun, transitive verb) (1) (ant: 同化・1) dissimilation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {biol} (ant: 同化・3) catabolism; (n,vs,vi) (3) {ling} (ant: 同化・4) dissimilation (phonology); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {art} defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie; alienation |
白樸 白朴 see styles |
bái pǔ bai2 pu3 pai p`u pai pu |
Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 |
白玉 see styles |
bái yù bai2 yu4 pai yü shiratama しらたま |
white jade; tofu (by analogy) (rare) (See 白玉・しらたま・1) white gem; (surname) Shiratama |
百八 see styles |
bǎi bā bai3 ba1 pai pa hyakuhachi ひゃくはち |
(numeric) (1) 108; one hundred and eight; (2) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; (3) (See 七十二候,節気) the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year; (given name) Hyakuhachi 108 |
百法 see styles |
bǎi fǎ bai3 fa3 pai fa hyappō |
The hundred divisions of all mental qualities and their agents, of the 唯識 School; also known as the 五位百法five groups of the 100 modes or 'things': (1) 心法 the eight 識 perceptions, or forms of consciousness; (2) 心所有法 the fifty-one mental ideas; (3) 色法 the five physical organs and their six modes of sense, e. g. ear and sound; (4) 不相應行 twenty-four indefinites, or unconditioned elements; (5) 無爲 six inactive or metaphysical concepts. |
皆伝 see styles |
minaden みなでん |
(noun, transitive verb) initiation into an art or discipline; (surname) Minaden |
眼鏡 眼镜 see styles |
yǎn jìng yan3 jing4 yen ching megane めがね |
spectacles; eyeglasses; CL:副[fu4] (1) (kana only) glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; (2) (kana only) judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight; (3) (kana only) (derogatory term) four-eyes; (place-name) Megane |
石鉢 see styles |
shí bō shi2 bo1 shih po ishibachi いしばち |
(surname) Ishibachi The four heavy stone begging bowls handed by the four devas to the Buddha on his enlightenment, which he miraculously received one piled on the other. |
祕教 秘教 see styles |
mì jiào mi4 jiao4 mi chiao hikyō |
(祕密教) Its teaching; the sect itself; one of the four modes of teaching defined by the Tiantai; a name for the 圓教. |
禪天 禅天 see styles |
chán tiān chan2 tian1 ch`an t`ien chan tien zenten |
dhyāna heavens, four in number, where those who practise meditation may be reborn, v. 禪. |
禪那 禅那 see styles |
chán nà chan2 na4 ch`an na chan na zenna |
dhyāna, abstract contemplation. There are four degrees through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception, and will; v. 禪. The River Jumna. |
私多 see styles |
sī duō si1 duo1 ssu to shita |
私陀; 悉陀; 徒多; 枲多 Sītā. Described as the 'cold' river; one of the four great rivers flowing from the Anavatpta or Anavadata Lake 阿耨達池 in Tibet. One account makes it 'an eastern outflux' which subsequently becomes the Yellow River. It is also said to issue from the west. Again, 'the Ganges flows eastward, the Indus south, Vatsch (Oxus) west, Sītā north.' Vatsch = Vākṣu. 'According to Xuanzang, however, it is the northern outflux of the Sirikol [Sarikkol] Lake (Lat. 38°20′N., Long. 74°E.) now called Yarkand daria, which flows into Lake Lop, thence underneath the desert of Gobi, and reappears as the source of the Huanghe.' Eitel. According to Richard, the Huanghe 'rises a little above two neighbouring lakes of Khchara (Charingnor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by a channel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 feet. It may perhaps be at first confounded with Djaghing-gol, a river 110 miles long, which flows from the south and empties into the channel joining the two lakes'. |
秘伝 see styles |
hiden ひでん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art) |
秘技 see styles |
mì jì mi4 ji4 mi chi higi ひぎ |
cheat code secret technique; secret art |
秘決 see styles |
hiketsu ひけつ |
(irregular kanji usage) secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe |
秘芸 see styles |
higei / hige ひげい |
(colloquialism) (See 秘技) secret technique; secret art |
秘術 see styles |
hijutsu ひじゅつ |
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art) |
秘訣 秘诀 see styles |
mì jué mi4 jue2 mi chüeh hiketsu ひけつ |
secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success) secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe |
空定 see styles |
kōng dìng kong1 ding4 k`ung ting kung ting kūjō |
The meditation which dwells on the Void or the Immaterial; it is divided into 内道, i.e. the 三三昧, and 外道, the latter limited to the four dhyānas 四空定 q.v., except the illusion that things have a reality in themselves, as individuals 法我 q.v. |
空處 空处 see styles |
kōng chù kong1 chu4 k`ung ch`u kung chu sorajo そらじょ |
(surname) Sorajo 空無邊處 Ākāśānantyāyatana; the abode of infinite space, the formless, or immaterial world 無色界 the first of the arūpaloka heavens, one of the four brahmalokas. |
空門 空门 see styles |
kōng mén kong1 men2 k`ung men kung men sorakado そらかど |
(surname) Sorakado (1) The teaching which regards everything as unreal, or immaterial. (2) The school of unreality, one of the four divisions made by Tiantai (3) The teaching of immateriality, the door to nirvana, a general name for Buddhism; hence空門子 are Buddhist monks. |
立鼓 see styles |
ryuugo / ryugo りゅうご |
(1) hourglass-shaped object; (2) sarugaku performance art using such an object |
節気 see styles |
sekki せっき |
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons |
米印 see styles |
komejirushi こめじるし |
rice symbol; note (supplementary information) symbol; symbol with an "x" and four dots |
粵繡 粤绣 see styles |
yuè xiù yue4 xiu4 yüeh hsiu |
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4]) |
精品 see styles |
jīng pǐn jing1 pin3 ching p`in ching pin |
quality goods; premium product; fine work (of art) |
精妙 see styles |
jīng miào jing1 miao4 ching miao seimyou / semyo せいみょう |
exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) (noun or adjectival noun) exquisite |
紅学 see styles |
kougaku / kogaku こうがく |
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels |
素材 see styles |
sù cái su4 cai2 su ts`ai su tsai sozai そざい |
source material (in literature and art) (1) ingredient; (raw) material; resource; (2) unprocessed timber; raw timber; (3) subject matter; topic |
絵心 see styles |
egokoro えごころ |
(1) artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; (2) desire to paint |
絵絹 see styles |
eginu えぎぬ |
{art} sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting) |
緣起 缘起 see styles |
yuán qǐ yuan2 qi3 yüan ch`i yüan chi engi |
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor Arising from conditional causation; everything arises from conditions, and not being spontaneous and self-contained has no separate and independent nature; cf. 緣生. It is a fundamental doctrine of the Huayan school, which defines four principal uses of the term: (1) 業感緣起 that of the Hīnayāna, i.e. under the influence of karma the conditions of reincarnation arise; (2) 賴耶緣起 that of the primitive Mahāyāna school, i.e. that all things arise from the ālaya, or 藏 fundamental store; (3) 如來藏緣起 that of the advancing Mahāyāna, that all things arise from the tathāgatagarbha, or bhūtatathatā; (4) 法界緣起 that of complete Mahāyāna, in which one is all and all are one, each being a universal cause. |
縛芻 缚刍 see styles |
fú chú fu2 chu2 fu ch`u fu chu Bakusu |
Vakṣu; Vaṅkṣu; 婆芻 (or 婆槎 or婆輸); 薄叉; 博叉; the Oxus 靑河 or Blue River, one of the 'four great rivers of Jambudvīpa', rising in the west of the Anavatapta lake (Tibet) and flowing into the north-west sea, the Caspian; cf. 西城記 1. |
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This page contains 100 results for "Jade Four Seasons-Art" 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
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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.
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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