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密宗

see styles
mì zōng
    mi4 zong1
mi tsung
 misshuu / misshu
    みっしゅう
tantra
(1) {Buddh} tantrism; esoteric Buddhism; (2) {Buddh} (See 真言宗) Shingon sect
The esoteric, mantra, Shingon, or 'True word' sect, especially prevalent in Japan, where its two chief texts are 毘盧遮那成佛經 and 金剛頂經 founded by Kōbō Daishi, it developed the two maṇḍalas of the Garbhadhātu and Vajradhātu, q.v.

密教

see styles
mì jiào
    mi4 jiao4
mi chiao
 mikkyou / mikkyo
    みっきょう
esoteric Buddhism
{Buddh} (ant: 顕教) esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
idem, also esoteric teaching in general; the two classes are divided into the密教 esoteric or Yoga school, and 顯教 the open schools or teaching, comprising all the sects of Buddhism, except the esoteric sect. The密教三藏 Tripiṭaka of the esoteic sect are, as its sutra, the 大毘盧舍那金剛頂經; as its vinaya, the 蘇婆呼經根本部; as its śāstras, the 莊嚴菩提心經, etc., q.v.

密經


密经

see styles
mì jīng
    mi4 jing1
mi ching
 mikkyō
The foundation texts of the esoteric school, i.e. the 大日經 and 金剛頂經 and various sutras, especially but not exclusively those with mantras; another group is the first two and the 蘇悉地經.

寧可


宁可

see styles
nìng kě
    ning4 ke3
ning k`o
    ning ko
 neika
preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
would rather

尉遲


尉迟

see styles
yù chí
    yu4 chi2
yü ch`ih
    yü chih
two-character surname Yuchi

尋伺


寻伺

see styles
xún sì
    xun2 si4
hsün ssu
 jinshi
vitarka and vicāra, two conditions in dhyāna discovery and analysis of principles; vitarka 毘擔迦 a dharma which tends to increase, and vicāra 毘遮羅one which tends to diminish, definiteness and clearness in the stream of consciousness; cf. 中間定.

對上


对上

see styles
duì shàng
    dui4 shang4
tui shang
to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact

對仗


对仗

see styles
duì zhàng
    dui4 zhang4
tui chang
antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound); to fight; to wage war

對口


对口

see styles
duì kǒu
    dui4 kou3
tui k`ou
    tui kou
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately; to be fit for the purposes of a job or task; (of food) to suit sb's taste

對摺


对折

see styles
duì zhé
    dui4 zhe2
tui che
to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two

對舞


对舞

see styles
duì wǔ
    dui4 wu3
tui wu
 taibu
(of two [groups of] performers) dance alternately (?)

對號


对号

see styles
duì hào
    dui4 hao4
tui hao
tick; check mark (✓); number for verification (serial number, seat number etc); (fig.) two things match up

對陣


对阵

see styles
duì zhèn
    dui4 zhen4
tui chen
(of armies) to face each other, ready for battle; (sports) (of two teams) to play against each other

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小劫

see styles
xiǎo jié
    xiao3 jie2
hsiao chieh
 shōgō
antarā-kalpa, or intermediate kalpa; according to the 倶舍論 it is the period in which human life increases by one year a century till it reaches 84,000 with men 8,400 feet high; then it is reduced at the same rate till the life-period reaches ten years with men a foot high; these two are each a small kalpa; the 智度論 reckons the two together as one kalpa; and there are other definitions.

小字

see styles
 koaza
    こあざ
(1) small characters; small letters; (2) childhood name; (place-name) Koaza

小強


小强

see styles
xiǎo qiáng
    xiao3 qiang2
hsiao ch`iang
    hsiao chiang
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)

小樓


小楼

see styles
xiǎo lóu
    xiao3 lou2
hsiao lou
small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors

小橋


小桥

see styles
xiǎo qiáo
    xiao3 qiao2
hsiao ch`iao
    hsiao chiao
 kobayashi
    こばやし
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
(surname) Kobayashi

小韻


小韵

see styles
xiǎo yùn
    xiao3 yun4
hsiao yün
homophone group (group of homophone characters, in a rhyme book)

尜尜

see styles
gá ga
    ga2 ga5
ka ka
toy formed of a spindle with two sharp ends; brochette (such as corncob)

居中

see styles
jū zhōng
    ju1 zhong1
chü chung
 kyochuu / kyochu
    きょちゅう
to be between two parties (as in mediation); to be in the middle; to be in between; (page layout) to be centered
(n,vs,adj-no) being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things; (personal name) Kyochuu

居間


居间

see styles
jū jiān
    ju1 jian1
chü chien
 ima
    いま
positioned between (two parties); to mediate between
living room (Western style); sitting room

工口

see styles
ei luó
    ei1 luo2
ei lo
 kukuchi
    くくち
erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced "ero")
(noun or adjectival noun) (slang) (joc) (glyphic approximation of エロ using Chinese characters) (See エロ・1) erotic; pornographic; obscene; (surname) Kukuchi

差し

see styles
 sashi
    さし
ruler; measure; (1) between (e.g. two people); face to face; (2) hindrance; impediment; (3) (music) (kana only) arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; (prefix) (4) prefix used for stress or emphasis; (counter) (5) counter for traditional dance songs

巳時


巳时

see styles
sì shí
    si4 shi2
ssu shih
 shiji
9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
9-11 am

巴蜀

see styles
bā shǔ
    ba1 shu3
pa shu
 hashoku
    はしょく
Sichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han
(place-name) Sichuan (China)

帯枕

see styles
 obimakura
    おびまくら
oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

常斷


常断

see styles
cháng duàn
    chang2 duan4
ch`ang tuan
    chang tuan
 jōdan
(two extremes of) eternalism and nihilism

床本

see styles
 tokomoto
    とこもと
(hist) (See 浄瑠璃,文楽) yukahon; books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku; (surname) Tokomoto

廟号

see styles
 byougou / byogo
    びょうごう
(1) temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty); (2) name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)

弐つ

see styles
 futatsu
    ふたつ
(used in old or legal documents) two

弟矢

see styles
 otoya
    おとや
arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired); (personal name) Otoya

彌勒


弥勒

see styles
mí lè
    mi2 le4
mi le
 miroku
    みろく
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(surname) Miroku
Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras.

彌樓


弥楼

see styles
mí lóu
    mi2 lou2
mi lou
 Mirō
Meru, 'the Olympus of Hindu mythology.' M.W. Sumeru, cf. 須; but there is dispute as to the identity of the two. Meru also refers to the mountains represented by the Himālayas, in this not differing from Sumeru. It also has the general meaning of 'lofty'.

形声

see styles
 keisei / kese
    けいせい
(one of the six classes of Chinese characters) (See 六書・1) phono-semantic character; semasio-phonetic character; character consisting of a phonetic and a semantic element

形聲


形声

see styles
xíng shēng
    xing2 sheng1
hsing sheng
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
See: 形声

形譯


形译

see styles
xíng yì
    xing2 yi4
hsing i
derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")

彼二

see styles
bǐ èr
    bi3 er4
pi erh
 hi ni
those two

径間

see styles
 watarima
    わたりま
    keikan / kekan
    けいかん
distance between two points; distance between opposite supports of arch, bridge; span

很是

see styles
hěn shì
    hen3 shi4
hen shih
(formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb)

律禪


律禅

see styles
lǜ chán
    lv4 chan2
lü ch`an
    lü chan
 ritsuzen
The two schools of Discipline and Intuition.

律詩


律诗

see styles
lǜ shī
    lu:4 shi1
lü shih
 risshi
    りっし
regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
lüshi; form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters

徹す

see styles
 toosu
    とおす
(transitive verb) (1) to stick through; to force through; (2) to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; (3) to make a path between two points; (4) to proceed in a logical manner; (5) to let pass; to allow through; (6) to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; (7) to go through (a middleman); (8) to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); (9) to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); (10) to force to accept; to force agreement; (11) to continue (in a state); to persist in; (12) to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; (13) to do from beginning to end without a break; (14) to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (15) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete

心垢

see styles
xīn gòu
    xin1 gou4
hsin kou
 shinku
The impurities of the mind, i. e. 煩惱 passion and delusion; the two phrases are used as synonyms.

心法

see styles
xīn fǎ
    xin1 fa3
hsin fa
 shinpou / shinpo
    しんぽう
(surname) Shinpou
Mental dharmas, idea— all 'things' are divided into two classes 色 and 心 physical and mental; that which has 質礙 substance and resistance is physical, that which is devoid of these is mental; or the root of all phenomena is mind 緣起諸法之根本者爲心法. The exoteric and esoteric schools differ in their interpretation: the exoterics hold that mental ideas or 'things' are 無色無形 unsubstantial and invisible, the esoterics that they 有色有形 have both substance and form.

心識


心识

see styles
xīn shì
    xin1 shi4
hsin shih
 shinshiki
The mind and cognition; mind and its contents; the two are considered as identical in the Abhidharma-kośa, but different in Mahāyāna.

忍智

see styles
rěn zhì
    ren3 zhi4
jen chih
 ninchi
Patience and wisdom. In the Hīnayāna, patience is cause, wisdom effect; in Mahāyāna, the two are merged, though patience precedes wisdom.

忿怒

see styles
fèn nù
    fen4 nu4
fen nu
 funnu
    ふんぬ
variant of 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4]
(n,adj-no,vs) anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
Anger, angry, fierce, over-awing: a term for the 忿王 or 忿怒王 (忿怒明王) the fierce mahārājas as opponents of evil and guardians of Buddhism; one of the two bodhisattva forms, resisting evil, in contrast with the other form, manifesting goodness. There are three forms of this fierceness in the Garbhadhātu group and five in the Diamond group.

恆心


恒心

see styles
héng xīn
    heng2 xin1
heng hsin
perseverance
See: 恒心

悉曇


悉昙

see styles
xī tán
    xi1 tan2
hsi t`an
    hsi tan
 shittan
    しったん
(1) Siddham (characters) (san:); (2) (abbreviation) (See 悉曇学) Siddham studies
悉檀; 悉談 siddha(m), accomplished, finished, v. siddhi above; and next.

悟忍

see styles
wù rěn
    wu4 ren3
wu jen
 gonin
The patience of enlightenment, obtained by Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, 'on her vision of Amitābha,' also known as Joy-perseverance, or Faith-perseverance; one of the ten stages of faith.

悲智

see styles
bēi zhì
    bei1 zhi4
pei chih
 hichi
Pity and wisdom; the two characteristics of a bodhisattva seeking to attain perfect enlightenment and the salvation of all beings. In the esoteric sects pity is represented by the Garbadhātu or the womb treasury, while wisdom is represented by the Vajradhātu, the diamond treasury. Pity is typified by Guanyin, wisdom by Mahāsthāmaprāpta, the two associates of Amitābha.

情頭


情头

see styles
qíng tóu
    qing2 tou2
ch`ing t`ou
    ching tou
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4])

感情

see styles
gǎn qíng
    gan3 qing2
kan ch`ing
    kan ching
 kanjou / kanjo
    かんじょう
emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
(noun - becomes adjective with の) emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

慕容

see styles
mù róng
    mu4 rong2
mu jung
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Murong

應身


应身

see styles
yìng shēn
    ying4 shen1
ying shen
 ōjin
nirmāṇakāya, one of the 三身 q.v. Any incarnation of Buddha. The Buddha-incarnation of the 眞如q.v. Also occasionally used for the saṃbhogakāya. There are various interpretation (a) The 同性經 says the Buddha as revealed supernaturally in glory to bodhisattvas is應身, in contrast with 化身, which latter is the revelation on earth to his disciples. (b) The 起信論 makes no difference between the two, the 應身 being the Buddha of the thirty-two marks who revealed himself to the earthly disciples. The 金光明經 makes all revelations of Buddha as Buddha to be 應身; while all incarnations not as Buddha, but in the form of any of the five paths of existence, are Buddha's 化身. Tiantai has the distinction of 勝應身 and 劣應身, i.e. superior and inferior nirmāṇakāya, or supernatural and natural.

成語


成语

see styles
chéng yǔ
    cheng2 yu3
ch`eng yü
    cheng yü
 seigo / sego
    せいご
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
set phrase; idiomatic expression

戒學


戒学

see styles
jiè xué
    jie4 xue2
chieh hsüeh
 kaigaku
The study of the rules or discipline; one of the three departments 三學, the other two being meditation and philosophy.

截斷


截断

see styles
jié duàn
    jie2 duan4
chieh tuan
to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate
See: 截断

房子

see styles
fáng zi
    fang2 zi5
fang tzu
 fusashi
    ふさし
house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
(given name) Fusashi

抬秤

see styles
tái chèng
    tai2 cheng4
t`ai ch`eng
    tai cheng
large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight

拆字

see styles
chāi zì
    chai1 zi4
ch`ai tzu
    chai tzu
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters

拉鋸


拉锯

see styles
lā jù
    la1 ju4
la chü
a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides

拱肩

see styles
gǒng jiān
    gong3 jian1
kung chien
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

持犯

see styles
chí fàn
    chi2 fan4
ch`ih fan
    chih fan
 jibon
maintaining and transgressing', i. e. keeping the commandments by 止持 ceasing to do wrong and 作持 doing what is right, e. g. worship, the monastic life, etc.; transgression is also of two kinds, i. e. 作犯 positive in doing evil and 止犯 negative in not doing good.

指し

see styles
 sashi
    さし
ruler; measure; (1) between (e.g. two people); face to face; (2) hindrance; impediment; (3) (music) (kana only) arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; (prefix) (4) prefix used for stress or emphasis; (counter) (5) counter for traditional dance songs

指事

see styles
zhǐ shì
    zhi3 shi4
chih shih
 shiji
    しじ
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character
(one of the six classes of Chinese characters) (See 六書・1) logogram; indicative; character depicting an abstract idea
Zhishi

指叉

see styles
 sasumata
    さすまた
(martial arts term) two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork

挾侍


挟侍

see styles
jiā shì
    jia1 shi4
chia shih
 kyōji
脇士 The two assistants of a buddha, etc., right and left.

掛声

see styles
 kakegoe
    かけごえ
(noun/participle) yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

接駁


接驳

see styles
jiē bó
    jie1 bo2
chieh po
to access; to transfer passengers between two railway lines

揃目

see styles
 zorome
    ぞろめ
(irregular kanji usage) (1) matching dice; doublets; (2) bet on two horses in the same bracket; (3) (mathematics term) repdigit; monodigit

描紅


描红

see styles
miáo hóng
    miao2 hong2
miao hung
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write); paper printed with red characters to trace over

插足

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chā zú
    cha1 zu2
ch`a tsu
    cha tsu
to squeeze in; to step in; to take part; to step between (two persons in a relationship)

握り

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 nigiri(p); nigiri(sk)
    にぎり(P); ニギリ(sk)
(1) grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch; (2) handful; fistful; (3) handle; grip; knob; (4) (abbreviation) {food} (See 握り飯) onigiri; rice ball; (5) (abbreviation) {food} (See 握り寿司) nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.; (6) (kana only) {go} (usu. ニギリ) nigiri; determining who plays black by taking a handful of white stones and using one or two black stones to guess whether it is odd or even

教證


教证

see styles
jiào zhèng
    jiao4 zheng4
chiao cheng
 kyōshō
The two ways of learning, by teaching or experience.; Teaching and evidence, doctrine and its evidential results, or realization.

散り

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 chiri; chiri(sk)
    ちり; チリ(sk)
(1) {archit} displacement between two surfaces; (2) (kana only) {print} (usu. チリ) squares (projection of the boards beyond the edges of the book block); (3) scattering; dispersal; falling (of blossoms, leaves, etc.)

数個

see styles
 suuko / suko
    すうこ
several (objects, usu. from two to six)

数字

see styles
 suuji / suji
    すうじ
(1) numeral; digit; numeric character; (2) figure; number; (3) a few characters

數秒


数秒

see styles
shǔ miǎo
    shu3 miao3
shu miao
to count the number of seconds (between two events)

斷弦


断弦

see styles
duàn xián
    duan4 xian2
tuan hsien
widowed; lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

方等

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fāng děng
    fang1 deng3
fang teng
 hōdō
vaipulya; cf. 方廣. 方 is interpreted as referring to the doctrine, 等 as equal, or universal, i. e. everynwhere equally. An attempt is made to distinguish between the two above terms, 方廣 being now used for vaipulya, but they are interchangeable. Eitel says the vaipulya sutras 'are distinguished by an expansion of doctrine and style (Sūtras developées, Burnouf). They are apparently of later date, showing the influence of different schools; their style is diffuse and prolix, repeating the same idea over and over again in prose and in verse; they are also frequently interlarded with prophecies and dhāraṇīs'; but the two terms seem to refer rather to the content than the form. The content is that of universalism. Chinese Buddhists assert that all the sutras from the 華嚴 Huayan onwards are of this class and therefore are Mahāyāna. Consequently all 方等 or 方廣 sutras are claimed by that school. Cf. 方便.

日種


日种

see styles
rì zhǒng
    ri4 zhong3
jih chung
 nitsushiyu
    につしゆ
(surname) Nitsushiyu
Sūrya-vaṃśa, one of the five surnames of Śākyamuni, sun-seed or lineage, his first ancestors having been produced by the sun from. 'two stalks of sugar-cane'; v. Ikṣvāku.

早矢

see styles
 haya
    はや
arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired); (female given name) Haya

明藏

see styles
míng zàng
    ming2 zang4
ming tsang
 Myō zō
The Buddhist canon of the Ming dynasty; there were two editions, one the Southern at Nanjing made by T'ai Tsu, the northern at Beijing by Tai Tsung. A later edition was produced in the reign of Shen Tsung (Wan Li), which became the standard in Japan.

時分


时分

see styles
shí fēn
    shi2 fen1
shih fen
 jibun
    じぶん
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
(1) time; hour; season; (2) suitable time; opportunity; chance
Time-division of the day, variously made in Buddhist works: (1) Three periods each of day and night. (2) Eight periods of day and night, each divided into four parts. (3) Twelve periods, each under its animal, as in China. (4) Thirty hours, sixty hours, of varying definition.

時段


时段

see styles
shí duàn
    shi2 duan4
shih tuan
time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day

時辰


时辰

see styles
shí chen
    shi2 chen5
shih ch`en
    shih chen
 jishin
    じしん
time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
time; hour

智悲

see styles
zhì bēi
    zhi4 bei1
chih pei
 chihi
All-knowing and all-pitying; these two with 定 'contemplative' make up the 三德 three virtues or qualities of a Buddha.

智門


智门

see styles
zhì mén
    zhi4 men2
chih men
 chimon
Wisdom gate; Buddha-wisdom and Buddha-pity are the two gates or ways through which Buddhism expresses itself: the way of enlightenment directed to the self, and the way of pity directed to others.

更次

see styles
gēng cì
    geng1 ci4
keng tz`u
    keng tzu
one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)

書道

see styles
 shodou / shodo
    しょどう
(See カリグラフィー) calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

會意


会意

see styles
huì yì
    hui4 yi4
hui i
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compound; to comprehend without being told explicitly; to cotton on; knowing (smile, glance etc)
See: 会意

會車


会车

see styles
huì chē
    hui4 che1
hui ch`e
    hui che
(of two vehicles traveling in opposite directions) to pass by each other

月分

see styles
yuè fèn
    yue4 fen4
yüeh fen
 Getsufun
month; also written 月份[yue4 fen4]
Moon and division, a tr. of candrabhaga, 旃達羅婆伽 The two rivers Candra and Bhaga joined. The Chenab river, Punjab, the Acesines of Alexander.

月鼠

see styles
yuè shǔ
    yue4 shu3
yüeh shu
 tsuki no nezumi
The moon rat, one of the two rats, black and white, that gnaw the cord of life, i. e. night and day.

有恆


有恒

see styles
yǒu héng
    you3 heng2
yu heng
to persevere; perseverance
See: 有恒

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

木魚


木鱼

see styles
mù yú
    mu4 yu2
mu yü
 mokugyo
    もくぎょ
mokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)
(Buddhist term) fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
The wooden fish; there are two kinds, one round for use to keep time in chanting, the other long for calling to meals. The origin of the use of a fish is unkজxample to monks to be watchful: there is no evidence of connection with the Christian ίχθύς.ί 木馬 Wooden horse, a symbol of emancipation.

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