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Simple Dictionary Definition |
假仙 see styles |
jiǎ xiān jia3 xian1 chia hsien |
(Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian]) |
假掰 see styles |
gēi bāi gei1 bai1 kei pai |
(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai]) |
假日 see styles |
jià rì jia4 ri4 chia jih |
a holiday; a day off |
假條 假条 see styles |
jià tiáo jia4 tiao2 chia t`iao chia tiao |
leave of absence request (from work or school); excuse note; CL:張|张[zhang1] |
假設 假设 see styles |
jiǎ shè jia3 she4 chia she kesetsu |
to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture prajñapti; ordinary teaching, doctrines derived from the phenomenal. |
偏僻 see styles |
piān pì pian1 pi4 p`ien p`i pien pi |
remote; desolate; far from the city |
偏斜 see styles |
piān xié pian1 xie2 p`ien hsieh pien hsieh hensha へんしゃ |
crooked; not upright; diverging from straight line; improper; dishonest declination; deviation |
偏航 see styles |
piān háng pian1 hang2 p`ien hang pien hang |
to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc); to go off course; to yaw |
偏西 see styles |
piān xī pian1 xi1 p`ien hsi pien hsi |
inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day) |
偏角 see styles |
piān jiǎo pian1 jiao3 p`ien chiao pien chiao henkaku へんかく |
angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course); angle of divergence (1) declination; angle of deviation; (2) {math} argument (of complex number) |
偏轉 偏转 see styles |
piān zhuǎn pian1 zhuan3 p`ien chuan pien chuan |
deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line) |
偏遠 偏远 see styles |
piān yuǎn pian1 yuan3 p`ien yüan pien yüan |
remote; far from civilization |
偏題 偏题 see styles |
piān tí pian1 ti2 p`ien t`i pien ti |
to go off-topic; to stray from the topic; obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL:道[dao4]) |
停学 see styles |
teigaku / tegaku ていがく |
suspension from school |
停職 停职 see styles |
tíng zhí ting2 zhi2 t`ing chih ting chih teishoku / teshoku ていしょく |
to suspend (sb) from duties (n,vs,vi) suspension from office |
健南 see styles |
jiàn nán jian4 nan2 chien nan gonnan |
ghana, a mass, also 健男; 鍵南 (or 蹇南 or 羯南) ; it is intp. as a hard, solid lump, the human embryo formed from the fourth to the seventh day. |
偲偲 see styles |
sī sī si1 si1 ssu ssu |
(literary) to learn from and encourage each other |
偷空 see styles |
tōu kòng tou1 kong4 t`ou k`ung tou kung |
to take some time out; to make use of a spare moment |
偷閑 偷闲 see styles |
tōu xián tou1 xian2 t`ou hsien tou hsien |
to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work; also written 偷閒|偷闲[tou1 xian2] |
偷閒 偷闲 see styles |
tōu xián tou1 xian2 t`ou hsien tou hsien |
to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work |
偸安 see styles |
touan / toan とうあん |
(noun/participle) snatching a moment of rest; dickering for time |
偽版 see styles |
gihan; nisehan ぎはん; にせはん |
(1) forged woodblock; print made from a forged woodblock; (2) (See 海賊版) pirated edition; bootleg edition |
傍目 see styles |
hatame はため okame おかめ |
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer; looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider |
傍視 see styles |
wakimi わきみ boushi / boshi ぼうし |
(noun/participle) (1) looking from the side; (2) looking aside |
傍道 see styles |
wakimichi わきみち |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) side road; byroad; (2) digression (e.g. from argument) |
備中 备中 see styles |
bèi zhōng bei4 zhong1 pei chung bicchuu / bicchu びっちゅう |
remarks (hist) Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture); (surname) Binnaka |
備前 see styles |
bizen びぜん |
(hist) Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Bizen |
備後 see styles |
bingo びんご |
(hist) Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Bingo; old name for east Hiroshima Prefecture |
備長 see styles |
binchou / bincho びんちょう |
(abbreviation) (See 備長炭) binchō charcoal; high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak |
傭兵 佣兵 see styles |
yōng bīng yong1 bing1 yung ping youhei / yohe ようへい |
(military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country mercenary (soldier) |
傲嬌 傲娇 see styles |
ào jiāo ao4 jiao1 ao chiao |
(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere") |
傳世 传世 see styles |
chuán shì chuan2 shi4 ch`uan shih chuan shih |
handed down from ancient times; family heirloom |
傳寄 传寄 see styles |
chuán jì chuan2 ji4 ch`uan chi chuan chi |
to send (message to sb); to communicate; to forward (message) |
傳心 传心 see styles |
chuán xīn chuan2 xin1 ch`uan hsin chuan hsin denshin |
To pass from mind to mind, to pass by narration or tradition, to transmit the mind of Buddha as in the Intuitional school, mental transmission. |
傳抄 传抄 see styles |
chuán chāo chuan2 chao1 ch`uan ch`ao chuan chao |
to copy (a text) from person to person; (of a text) to be transmitted by copying |
傳法 传法 see styles |
chuán fǎ chuan2 fa3 ch`uan fa chuan fa denpou / denpo でんぽう |
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism) (surname) Denpou To transmit, or spread abroad the Buddha truth. |
傳說 传说 see styles |
chuán shuō chuan2 shuo1 ch`uan shuo chuan shuo densetsu |
legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... a transmitter |
傷痛 伤痛 see styles |
shāng tòng shang1 tong4 shang t`ung shang tung |
pain (from wound); sorrow |
傾卸 倾卸 see styles |
qīng xiè qing1 xie4 ch`ing hsieh ching hsieh |
to tip; to dump by tipping from a vehicle |
傾城 倾城 see styles |
qīng chéng qing1 cheng2 ch`ing ch`eng ching cheng keisei / kese けいせい |
coming from everywhere; from all over the place; gorgeous (of woman); to ruin and overturn the state (1) (See 傾国・けいこく・1) beauty; siren; (2) (See 傾国・けいこく・2) courtesan; prostitute; (place-name) Keisei |
傾角 倾角 see styles |
qīng jiǎo qing1 jiao3 ch`ing chiao ching chiao keikaku / kekaku けいかく |
dip; angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal); tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) inclination |
像法 see styles |
xiàng fǎ xiang4 fa3 hsiang fa zoubou / zobo ぞうぼう |
{Buddh} age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma saddharma-pratirūpaka; the formal or image period of Buddhism; the three periods are 正像末, those of the real, the formal, and the final; or correct, semblance, and termination. The first period is of 500 years; the second of 1,000 years; the third 3,000 years, when Maitreya is to appear and restore all things. There are varied statements about periods and dates, e.g. there is a division of four periods, that while the Buddha was alive, the early stage after his death, then the formal and the final periods. |
僑居 侨居 see styles |
qiáo jū qiao2 ju1 ch`iao chü chiao chü |
to live far away from one's native place; to reside in a foreign country |
僕歐 仆欧 see styles |
pú ōu pu2 ou1 p`u ou pu ou |
(old) waiter (loanword from "boy"); attendant |
僣越 see styles |
senetsu せんえつ |
(adjectival noun) presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent |
僧佉 see styles |
sēng qiā seng1 qia1 seng ch`ia seng chia sōkya |
saṅkhyā, 僧企耶; intp. 數 number, reckon, calculate; Saṅkhyā, 'one of the great divisions of Hindu philosophy ascribed to the sage Kapila, and so called as 'reckoning up' or 'enumerating' twenty-five Tattvas or true principles, its object being to effect the final liberation of the twenty-fifth (Purusha, the Soul) from the fetters of the phenomenal creation by conveying the correct knowledge of the twenty-four other Tattvas, and rightly discriminating the soul from them.' M.W. Cf. 迦 and 數. |
僧殘 僧残 see styles |
sēng cán seng1 can2 seng ts`an seng tsan sōzan |
saṅghāvaśeṣa; Pali, saṅghādiśeṣa. A sin of an ordained person, requiring open confession before the assembly for absolution, or riddance 殘; failing confession, dismissal from the order. Thirteen of these sins are of sexual thoughts, or their verbal expression, also greed, even for the sake of the order, etc. |
僭越 see styles |
jiàn yuè jian4 yue4 chien yüeh senetsu せんえつ |
to usurp; to overstep one's authority (adjectival noun) presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent |
元々 see styles |
motomoto もともと |
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start |
元元 see styles |
yuán yuán yuan2 yuan2 yüan yüan gangan もともと |
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start earnestly |
元夕 see styles |
genseki げんせき |
(See 元宵) night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar |
元宵 see styles |
yuán xiāo yuan2 xiao1 yüan hsiao genshou / gensho げんしょう |
Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar |
元日 see styles |
motoka もとか |
New Year's Day; (given name) Motoka |
元旦 see styles |
yuán dàn yuan2 dan4 yüan tan motoaki もとあき |
New Year's Day (1) (See 元日) New Year's Day; first day of the year; (2) (orig. meaning) New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day; (given name) Motoaki |
元正 see styles |
motomasa もとまさ |
(rare) (See 元日) New Year's Day; (surname, given name) Motomasa |
元藏 see styles |
yuán zàng yuan2 zang4 yüan tsang ganzō |
The Yuan tripiṭaka, compiled by order of Shih Tsu (Kublai), founder of the Yuan dynasty, and printed from blocks; begun in 1277, the work was finished in 1290, in 1, 422 部 works, 6, 017 卷 sections, 558 凾 cases or covers. It contained 528 Mahayanist and 242 Hinayanist sutras; 25 Mahāyāna and 54 Hīnayāna vinaya; 97 Mahāyāna and 36 Hīnayāna śāstras; 108 biographies; and 332 supplementary or general works. In size, and generally, it was similar to the Sung edition. The 元藏目錄 or Catalogue of the Yuan tripiṭaka is also known as 大普寧寺大藏經目錄. |
先勝 see styles |
senshou; senkachi; sakigachi / sensho; senkachi; sakigachi せんしょう; せんかち; さきがち |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (せんしょう only) scoring the first point; winning the first game; (2) (See 六曜) day that is lucky in the morning, but not in the afternoon (in the traditional calendar) |
先後 先后 see styles |
xiān hòu xian1 hou4 hsien hou sengo; senkou / sengo; senko せんご; せんこう |
early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another (1) before and after; earlier and later; order; sequence; (n,vs,vi) (2) occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order); (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (from 先手後手) black and white; (place-name) Matsunochi before and after |
先日 see styles |
senjitsu せんじつ |
(n,adv) the other day; a few days ago |
先業 先业 see styles |
xiān yè xian1 ye4 hsien yeh sengō |
Karma from a previous life. |
先腹 see styles |
sakibara; senpuku; senbara(ok) さきばら; せんぷく; せんばら(ok) |
(1) (See 後腹・あとばら・3) child from an earlier wife; (2) (さきばら only) (See 追い腹) preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) |
先般 see styles |
senpan せんぱん |
(n,adv) some time ago; the other day |
先負 see styles |
senbu; senpu; senmake; sakimake せんぶ; せんぷ; せんまけ; さきまけ |
(See 六曜) day that is unlucky in the morning and lucky in the afternoon (in the traditional calendar); day on which judgment and haste should be avoided |
先頃 see styles |
senkoro せんころ sakigoro さきごろ |
(n-adv,n-t) recently; the other day |
光宅 see styles |
guāng zhái guang1 zhai2 kuang chai Kōtaku |
Kuang-chai, name of the temple where 法雲 Fa-yun early in the sixth century wrote his commentary on the Lotus Sutra, which is known as the 光宅疏; 光宅 became his epithet. He made a division of four yāna from the Burning House parable, the goat cart representing the śrāvaka, the deer cart the pratyekabuddha, the ox-cart the Hīnayāna bodhisattva, and the great white ox-cart the Mahāyāna bodhisattva; a division adopted by T'ien-t'ai. |
光復 光复 see styles |
guāng fù guang1 fu4 kuang fu koufuku / kofuku こうふく |
to recover (territory or power); the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 restoration of independence (esp. Korea, China, etc.); (personal name) Kōfuku |
光瑞 see styles |
guāng ruì guang1 rui4 kuang jui kouzui / kozui こうずい |
(given name) Kōzui The auspicious ray sent from between the Buddha's eyebrows before a revelation. |
免る see styles |
manogaru まのがる |
(v2r-s,vi) (archaism) (See 免れる・1) to escape from harm; to be spared |
免受 see styles |
miǎn shòu mian3 shou4 mien shou |
to avoid suffering; to prevent (something bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment |
免役 see styles |
meneki めんえき |
release from office; military service, or prison |
免於 免于 see styles |
miǎn yú mian3 yu2 mien yü |
to be saved from; to be spared (something) |
免責 免责 see styles |
miǎn zé mian3 ze2 mien tse menseki めんせき |
exemption from responsibility (noun, transitive verb) exemption from responsibility |
兜抄 see styles |
dōu chāo dou1 chao1 tou ch`ao tou chao |
to close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops) |
入稿 see styles |
nyuukou / nyuko にゅうこう |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) sending (a manuscript, artwork, etc.) to the printer; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) receiving a manuscript (from the author) |
入觀 入观 see styles |
rù guān ru4 guan1 ju kuan nyūkan |
To enter into meditation; it differs from 入定 as 定 means 自心之寂靜 complete stillness of the mind, while 觀 means 自觀照理 thought and study for enlightenment in regard to truth. |
內凡 内凡 see styles |
nèi fán nei4 fan2 nei fan naibon |
The inner or higher ranks of ordinary disciples as contrasted with the 外凡 lower grades; those who are on the road to liberation; Hīnayāna begins the stage at the 四善根位 also styled 內凡位; Mahāyāna with the 三賢位 from the 十住 upwards. Tiantai from the 相似卽 of its 六卽 q. v. |
內緣 内缘 see styles |
nèi yuán nei4 yuan2 nei yüan naien |
The condition of perception arising from the five senses; also immediate, conditional, or environmental causes, in contrast with the more remote. |
內賓 内宾 see styles |
nèi bīn nei4 bin1 nei pin |
guest from the same country; internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾) |
內購 内购 see styles |
nèi gòu nei4 gou4 nei kou |
buying direct from your company at preferential prices; (gaming) in-app purchase |
全休 see styles |
quán xiū quan2 xiu1 ch`üan hsiu chüan hsiu zenkyuu / zenkyu ぜんきゅう |
complete rest (after an illness) (n,vs,vt,vi) (1) taking the whole day (week, period, etc.) off; being off work (school, etc.) the whole period; (n,vs,vi) (2) suspension of all (transportation) services (e.g. trains, flights) |
全天 see styles |
quán tiān quan2 tian1 ch`üan t`ien chüan tien zenten ぜんてん |
whole day all heaven |
全程 see styles |
quán chéng quan2 cheng2 ch`üan ch`eng chüan cheng |
the whole distance; from beginning to end |
全高 see styles |
zenkou / zenko ぜんこう |
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object |
兩財 两财 see styles |
liǎng cái liang3 cai2 liang ts`ai liang tsai ryōzai |
The two talents, or rewards from previous incarnations, 内 inner, i. e. bodily or personal conditions, and 外 external, i. e. wealth or poverty, etc. |
兩鼠 两鼠 see styles |
liǎng shǔ liang3 shu3 liang shu ryōso |
The two rats (or black and white mice), night and day. |
八専 see styles |
hassen はっせん |
(See 間日・まび・2) 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) |
八教 see styles |
bā jiào ba1 jiao4 pa chiao hakkyō |
The eight Tiantai classifications of Śākyamuni's teaching, from the Avataṁsaka to the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras, divided into the two sections (1) 化法四教 his four kinds of teaching of the content of the Truth accommodated to the capacity of his disciples; (2) 化儀四教 his four modes of instruction. (1) The four 化法教 are: (a) 三藏教 The Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching, for śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, the bodhisattva doctrine being subordinate; it also included the primitive śūnya doctrine as developed in the Satyasiddhi śāstra. (b) 教通His later "intermediate" teaching which contained Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna doctrine for śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva, to which are attributed the doctrines of the Dharmalakṣaṇa or Yogācārya and Mādhyamika schools. (c) 別教 His differentiated , or separated, bodhisattva teaching, definitely Mahāyāna. (d) 圓教 His final, perfect, bodhisattva, universal teaching as preached, e.g. in the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras. (2) The four methods of instruction 化儀 are: (a) 頓教 Direct teaching without reserve of the whole truth, e.g. the 華嚴 sūtra. (b) 漸教 Gradual or graded, e.g. the 阿含, 方等, and 般若 sūtras; all the four 化法 are also included under this heading. (c) 祕密教 Esoteric teaching, only understood by special members of the assembly. (d) 不定教 General or indeterminate teaching, from which each hearer would derive benefit according to his interpretation. |
八旗 see styles |
bā qí ba1 qi2 pa ch`i pa chi yahata やはた |
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty (surname) Yahata |
八日 see styles |
bā rì ba1 ri4 pa jih youkaichi / yokaichi ようかいち |
(1) the eighth day of the month; (2) eight days; (place-name) Yōkaichi the 8th, 18th, and 28th days of every month |
八時 八时 see styles |
bā shí ba1 shi2 pa shih hachiji |
An Indian division of the day into eight "hours", four for day and four for night. |
八苦 see styles |
bā kǔ ba1 ku3 pa k`u pa ku hakku はっく |
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism) {Buddh} the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) The eight distresses―birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas. |
八識 八识 see styles |
bā shì ba1 shi4 pa shih hasshiki; hachishiki はっしき; はちしき |
{Buddh} eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) The eight parijñāna, or kinds of cognition, perception, or consciousness. They are the five senses of cakṣur-vijñāna, śrotra-v., ghrāna-v., jihvā-v., and kāya-v., i.e. seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch. The sixth is mano-vijñāna, the mental sense, or intellect, v. 末那. It is defined as 意 mentality, apprehension, or by some as will. The seventh is styled kliṣṭa-mano-vijñāna 末那識 discriminated from the last as 思量 pondering, calculating; it is the discriminating and constructive sense, more than the intellectually perceptive; as infected by the ālaya-vijñāna., or receiving "seeds" from it, it is considered as the cause of all egoism and individualizing, i.e. of men and things, therefore of all illusion arising from assuming the seeming as the real. The eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, 阿頼耶識 which is the storehouse, or basis from which come all "seeds"of consciousness. The seventh is also defined as the ādāna 阿陀那識 or "laying hold of" or "holding on to" consciousness. |
八辯 八辩 see styles |
bā biàn ba1 bian4 pa pien hachiben |
Eight characteristics of a Buddha's speaking: never hectoring; never misleading or confused; fearless; never haughty; perfect in meaning; and in flavour; free from harshness; seasonable (or, suited to the occasion). |
公假 see styles |
gōng jià gong1 jia4 kung chia |
official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) |
公欠 see styles |
kouketsu / koketsu こうけつ |
(abbreviation) (See 公認欠席) authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es) |
六位 see styles |
liù wèi liu4 wei4 liu wei rokui |
The six stages of Bodhisattva development, i. e. 十信位; 十住位; 十廻向位; 十地位; 等覺位; 佛地位; these are from the order Huayan jing. |
六依 see styles |
liù yī liu4 yi1 liu i roku e |
The six senses on which one relies, or from which knowledge is received; v. 六情. |
六受 see styles |
liù shòu liu4 shou4 liu shou rokuju |
The six vedanas, i. e. receptions, or sensations from the 六根 six organs. Also 六作. |
六因 see styles |
liù yīn liu4 yin1 liu yin rokuin |
The six causations of the 六位 six stages of Bodhisattva development, q. v. Also, the sixfold division of causes of the Vaibhāṣikas (cf. Keith, 177-8); every phenomenon depends upon the union of 因 primary cause and 緣 conditional or environmental cause; and of the 因 there are six kinds: (1) 能作因 karaṇahetu, effective causes of two kinds: 與力因 empowering cause, as the earth empowers plant growth, and 不障因 non-resistant cause, as space does not resist, i. e. active and passive causes; (2) 倶有因 sahabhūhetu, co-operative causes, as the four elements 四大 in nature, not one of which can be omitted; (3) 同類因 sabhāgahetu, causes of the same kind as the effect, good producing good, etc.; (4) 相應因 saṃprayuktahetu, mutual responsive or associated causes, e. g. mind and mental conditions, subject with object; Keith gives 'faith and intelligence'; similar to (2); (5) 遍行因 sarvatragahetu, universal or omnipresent cause, i. e. of illusion, as of false views affecting every act; it resembles (3) but is confined to delusion; (6) 異熟因 vipākahetu, differental fruition, i. e. the effect different from the cause, as the hells are from evil deeds. |
六情 see styles |
liù qíng liu4 qing2 liu ch`ing liu ching rokujou / rokujo ろくじょう |
the six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love and hatred) The emotions arising from the six organs of sense 六根 for which term 六情 is the older interpretation; v. 六依. |
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