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佛頂 佛顶 see styles |
fó dǐng fo2 ding3 fo ting butchō |
Śākyamuni in the third court of the Garbhadhātu is represented as the佛頂尊 in meditation as Universal Wise Sovereign. The 五佛頂q.v. Five Buddhas are on his left representing his Wisdom. The three 佛頂 on his right are called 廣大佛頂, 極廣大佛頂, and 無邊音聲佛頂; in all they are the eight 佛頂.; A title of the esoteric sect for their form of Buddha, or Buddhas, especially of Vairocana of the Vajradhātu and Śākyamuni of the Garbhadhātu groups. Also, an abbreviation of a dhāraṇī as is | | | 經 of a sutra, and there are other | | | scriptures. |
作字 see styles |
tsukuriji つくりじ sakuji さくじ |
(1) (archaism) native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period); (2) made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation; (3) creating a character with a group of people; (noun/participle) (1) designing a font; (2) creating a new character not currently available |
你我 see styles |
nǐ wǒ ni3 wo3 ni wo |
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) |
來る see styles |
kuru くる |
(out-dated kanji) (vk,vi) (1) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; (vk,vi,aux-v) (2) to come back; to do ... and come back; (3) to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; (vk,vi) (4) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; (5) to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...") |
來迎 来迎 see styles |
lái yíng lai2 ying2 lai ying raikou / raiko らいこう |
(surname) Raikou The coming of Buddhas to meet the dying believer and bid welcome to the Pure Land; the three special welcomers are Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta. |
來集 来集 see styles |
lái jí lai2 ji2 lai chi raishū |
to gather |
侗人 see styles |
dòng rén dong4 ren2 tung jen |
people of the Dong ethnic minority |
侗族 see styles |
dòng zú dong4 zu2 tung tsu |
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam |
供帳 供帐 see styles |
gōng zhàng gong1 zhang4 kung chang kuchō |
The Tang dynasty register, or census of monks and nuns, supplied to the government every three years. |
依版 see styles |
yī bǎn yi1 ban3 i pan ehan |
禪版 A board to lean against when in meditation. |
便中 see styles |
biàn zhōng bian4 zhong1 pien chung |
at one's convenience; when it's convenient |
俊賢 see styles |
toshiyoshi としよし |
excellent wisdom; (male given name) Toshiyoshi |
俐発 see styles |
rihatsu りはつ |
cleverness; wisdom; intelligence |
俗人 see styles |
sú rén su2 ren2 su jen zokujin ぞくじん |
common people; laity (i.e. not priests) (1) person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; (2) ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman gṛhastha, an ordinary householder; an ordinary man; the laity. |
俗才 see styles |
zokusai ぞくさい |
worldly wisdom; practical wisdom |
俗智 see styles |
sú zhì su2 zhi4 su chih zokuchi |
Common or worldly wisdom, which by its illusion blurs or colours the mind, blinding it to reality. |
俗楽 see styles |
zokugaku ぞくがく |
(ant: 雅楽) popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music) |
俗衆 see styles |
zokushuu / zokushu ぞくしゅう |
people; crowd; masses; the public |
信慧 see styles |
xìn huì xin4 hui4 hsin hui shine |
Faith and wisdom, two of the 五根. |
信道 see styles |
xìn dào xin4 dao4 hsin tao nobumichi のぶみち |
(telecommunications) channel; (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them (surname) Nobumichi |
修惠 see styles |
xiū huì xiu1 hui4 hsiu hui shue |
cultivates wisdom |
修慧 see styles |
xiū huì xiu1 hui4 hsiu hui shue |
correct wisdom that is attained through practice |
修集 see styles |
xiū jí xiu1 ji2 hsiu chi shushū |
cultivate and gather (virtue) |
候ふ see styles |
sourou / soro そうろう sourau / sorau そうらう |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (v4h,vi) (1) (archaism) to serve (by a superior's side); (aux-v,v4h) (2) (archaism) (polite language) to be (auxiliary used in place of "aru" after "de" or "ni" when forming a copula); to do (auxiliary used in place of "-masu" after a -masu stem) |
倫品 伦品 see styles |
lún pǐn lun2 pin3 lun p`in lun pin rinpon |
a group of people |
倫黨 伦党 see styles |
lún dǎng lun2 dang3 lun tang rintō |
a group of people |
倶來 倶来 see styles |
jù lái ju4 lai2 chü lai kurai |
to gather |
值此 see styles |
zhí cǐ zhi2 ci3 chih tz`u chih tzu |
on this (occasion); at this time when ...; on this occasion |
偏偏 see styles |
piān piān pian1 pian1 p`ien p`ien pien pien |
(indicating that something turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that something is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people |
偏教 see styles |
piān jiào pian1 jiao4 p`ien chiao pien chiao hengyō |
權教 Partial or relative teaching; Tiantai regarded its own teachings the complete, or final and all-embracing teaching of the Buddha, while that of the 法相, 三論, etc., was partial and imperfect; in like manner, the three schools, 藏,通 and 別, piṭaka,intermediate, and separate, were partial and imperfect. |
偽兵 see styles |
gihei / gihe ぎへい |
(1) (rare) dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); (2) (rare) {mil} dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating) |
傍晚 see styles |
bàng wǎn bang4 wan3 pang wan |
in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk |
備州 see styles |
bishuu / bishu びしゅう |
(See 備前,備中,備後) Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo) |
傳道 传道 see styles |
chuán dào chuan2 dao4 ch`uan tao chuan tao dendou / dendo でんどう |
to lecture on doctrine; to expound the wisdom of ancient sages; to preach; a sermon (surname) Dendō dissemination of the teaching |
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. |
僧俗 see styles |
sēng sú seng1 su2 seng su souzoku / sozoku そうぞく |
Buddhist monks and secular people priests and laymen Monks and the laity. |
億兆 see styles |
okuchou / okucho おくちょう |
the people; multitude; masses |
儘に see styles |
mamani ままに |
(expression) (kana only) as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me") |
兆民 see styles |
choumin / chomin ちょうみん |
the whole nation; all the people; (given name) Chōmin |
入心 see styles |
rù xīn ru4 xin1 ju hsin nyūshin |
To enter the heart, or mind; also used for 入地 entering a particular state, its three stages being 入住出 entry, stay, and exit. |
內智 内智 see styles |
nèi zhì nei4 zhi4 nei chih naichi |
More info & calligraphy: Inner Wisdom |
內衣 内衣 see styles |
nèi yī nei4 yi1 nei i nai'e |
undergarment; underwear; CL:件[jian4] antaravāsaka, one of the three regulation garments of a monk, the inner garment. |
兩會 两会 see styles |
liǎng huì liang3 hui4 liang hui |
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
兩翅 两翅 see styles |
liǎng chì liang3 chi4 liang ch`ih liang chih ryōshi |
The two wings of 定 and 慧 meditation and wisdom. |
八忍 see styles |
bā rěn ba1 ren3 pa jen hachinin |
The eight kṣānti, or powers of patient endurance, in the desire-realm and the two realms above it, necessary to acquire the full realization of the truth of the Four Axioms, 四諦; these four give rise to the 四法忍, i.e. 苦, 集, 滅, 道法忍, the endurance or patient pursuit that results in their realization. In the realm of form and the formless, they are called the 四類忍. By patient meditation the 見惑 false or perplexed views will cease, and the八智 eight kinds of jñāna or gnosis be acquired; therefore 智 results from忍 and the sixteen, 八忍八智 (or 觀), are called the 十六心, i.e. the sixteen mental conditions during the stage of 見道, when 惑 illusions or perplexities of view are destroyed. Such is the teaching of the 唯識宗. The 八智 are 苦, 集, 滅,道法智 and 苦, etc. 類智. |
八慢 see styles |
bā màn ba1 man4 pa man hachiman |
The eight kinds of pride, māna, arrogance, or self-conceit, 如慢 though inferior, to think oneself equal to others (in religion); 慢慢 to think oneself superior among manifest superiors; 不如慢 to think oneself not so much inferior among manifest superiors; 增上慢 to think one has attained more than is the fact, or when it is not the fact; 我慢 self-superiority, or self-sufficiency; 邪慢 pride in false views, or doings; 憍慢 arrogance; 大慢 extreme arrogance. |
八憍 see styles |
bā jiāo ba1 jiao1 pa chiao hakkyō |
The eight kinds of pride, or arrogance, resulting in domineering: because of strength; of clan, or name; of wealth; of independence, or position; of years, or age; of cleverness, or wisdom; of good or charitable deeds; of good looks. Of these, eight birds are named as types: 鴟梟 two kinds of owl, eagle, vulture, crow, magpie, pigeon, wagtail. |
八法 see styles |
bā fǎ ba1 fa3 pa fa happō |
eight methods of treatment (TCM) The eight dharmas, things, or methods. There are three groups: (1) idem 八風 q.v. (2) 四大and 四微 q.v. (3) The eight essential things, i.e. 教 instruction, 理 doctrine, 智 knowledge or wisdom attained, 斷 cutting away of delusion, 行 practice of the religious life, 位 progressive status, 因 producing 果 the fruit of saintliness. Of these 教理行果 are known as the 四法. |
八論 八论 see styles |
bā lùn ba1 lun4 pa lun hachiron |
The eight śāstras ; there are three lists of eight; one non-Buddhist; one by 無着 Asaṅga, founder of the Yoga School; a third by 陳那 Jina Dinnāga. Details are given in the 寄歸傳 4 and 解纜鈔 4. |
公卿 see styles |
gōng qīng gong1 qing1 kung ch`ing kung ching kugyou; koukei; kuge(gikun) / kugyo; koke; kuge(gikun) くぎょう; こうけい; くげ(gikun) |
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor (1) (hist) high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; (2) (こうけい only) (hist) three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government) |
公房 see styles |
gōng fáng gong1 fang2 kung fang koubou / kobo こうぼう |
public housing; dormitory, esp. for unmarried people (given name) Kōbou |
六凡 see styles |
liù fán liu4 fan2 liu fan rokubon |
The six stages of rebirth for ordinary people, as contrasted with the saints 聖者: in the hells, and as hungry: ghosts, animals, asuras, men, and devas. |
六度 see styles |
liù dù liu4 du4 liu tu rokudo ろくど |
(surname) Rokudo The six things that ferry one beyond the sea of mortality to nirvana, i. e. the six pāramitās 波羅蜜 (波羅蜜多): (1) 布施 dāna, charity, or giving, including the bestowing of the truth on others; (2) 持戒 śīla, keeping the command rents; (3) 忍辱 kṣānti, patience under insult; (4) 精進 vīrya, zeal and progress; (5) 闡定 dhyāna, meditation or contemplation; (6) 智慧 prajñā; wisdom, the power to discern reality or truth. It is the last that carries across the saṃsāra (sea of incarnate life) to the shores of nirvana. The opposites of these virtues are meanness, wickedness, anger, sloth, a distracted mind, and ignorance. The 唯識論 adds four other pāramitās: (7) 方便 upāya, the use of appropriate means; (8) 願 praṇidhāna, pious vows; (9) 力 bala, power of fulfillment; (10) 智 jñāna knowledge. |
六慧 see styles |
liù huì liu4 hui4 liu hui rokue |
The six kinds of wisdom. Each is allotted seriatim to one of the six positions 六位 q. v. (1) 聞慧 the wisdom of hearing and apprehending the truth of the middle way is associated with the 十住; (2) 思慧 of thought with the 十行; (3) 修慧 of observance with the 十廻向; (4) 無相慧 of either extreme, or the mean, with the 十地; (5) 照寂慧 of understanding of nirvana with 等覺慧; (6) 寂照慧 of making nirvana illuminate all beings associated with 佛果 Buddha-fruition. They are a 別教 Differentiated School series and all are associated with 中道 the school of the 中 or middle way. |
六時 六时 see styles |
liù shí liu4 shi2 liu shih rokuji ろくじ |
(1) six o'clock; (2) (Buddhist term) six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night) The six 'hours' or periods in a day, three for night and three for day, i. e. morning noon, evening; night, midnight, and dawn. Also, the six divisions of the year, two each of spring, summer, and winter. |
六物 see styles |
liù wù liu4 wu4 liu wu rokumotsu |
The six things personal to a monk— saṅghāṭī, the patch robe; uttarā saṅghāṭī, the stole of seven pieces; antara-vaasaka, the skirt or inner garment of five pieces; the above are the 三衣 three garments: paatra, begging bowl; ni.siidana, a stool: and a water-strainer: the six are also called the 三衣六物. |
六道 see styles |
liù dào liu4 dao4 liu tao rokudou / rokudo ろくどう |
{Buddh} the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm); (place-name) Rokudō The six ways or conditions of sentient existence; v. 六趣; the three higher are the 上三途, the three lower 下三途. |
六麤 六粗 see styles |
liù cū liu4 cu1 liu ts`u liu tsu rokuso |
The six 'coarser' stages arising from the 三細 or three finer stages which in turn are produced by original 無明, the unenlightened condition of ignorance; v. Awakening of Faith 起信論. They are the states of (1) 智相 knowledge or consciousness of like and dislike arising from mental conditions; (2) 相續相 consciousness of pain and pleasure resulting from the first, causing continuous responsive memory; (3) 執取相 attachment or clinging, arising from the last; (4) 計名字相 assigning names according to the seeming and unreal with fixation of ideas); (5) 起業 the consequent activity with all the variety of deeds; (6) 業繋苦相 the suffering resulting from being tied to deeds and their karma consequences. |
六齋 六斋 see styles |
liù zhāi liu4 zhai1 liu chai rokusai |
The six monthly poṣadha, or fast days: the 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th. They are the days on which the Four Mahārājas 四天王 take note of human conduct and when evil demons are busy, so that great care is required and consequently nothing should be eaten after noon, hence the 'fast', v. 梵王經 30th command. The 智度論 13 describes them as 惡日 evil or dangerous days, and says they arose from an ancient custom of cutting of the flesh and casting it into the fire. |
其許 see styles |
sokomoto そこもと |
(1) (archaism) that place; there; (pn,adj-no) (2) you (usu. used by samurai when speaking to their equals or inferiors) |
内地 see styles |
naichi ないち |
(1) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; (2) inland; interior; (3) (hist) Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland; home; (4) (used by people in Hokkaido and Okinawa) "mainland" Japan (i.e. Honshū); (place-name) Naichi |
再賽 再赛 see styles |
zài sài zai4 sai4 tsai sai |
to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time) |
冠禮 冠礼 see styles |
guàn lǐ guan4 li3 kuan li |
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man |
冥界 see styles |
míng jiè ming2 jie4 ming chieh meikai / mekai めいかい |
ghost world hades; realm of the dead Hades, or the three lower forms of incarnation, i.e. hell, preta, animal. |
凌汛 see styles |
líng xùn ling2 xun4 ling hsün |
ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream) |
凝集 see styles |
níng jí ning2 ji2 ning chi gyoushuu / gyoshu ぎょうしゅう |
to concentrate; to gather; (biology) to agglutinate (n,vs,adj-no) (1) agglomeration; clumping together; (2) (physics) cohesion (of ions, etc.); (3) (chem) flocculation (of colloidal particles); (4) (biol) agglutination |
凡境 see styles |
fán jìng fan2 jing4 fan ching bonkyō |
realm of ordinary people |
凡夫 see styles |
fán fū fan2 fu1 fan fu bonpu ぼんぷ |
common person; ordinary guy; mortal man (1) ordinary person; (2) {Buddh} unenlightened person; (given name) Bonpu The common people, the unenlightened, hoi polloi, a common fellow.; 波羅; 婆羅必栗託仡那; 婆羅必利他伽闍那 bālapṛthagjana. Everyman, the worldly man, the sinner. Explained by 異生 or 愚異生 one who is born different, or outside the Law of the Buddha, because of his karma. |
凡小 see styles |
fán xiǎo fan2 xiao3 fan hsiao bonshou / bonsho ぼんしょう |
(noun or adjectival noun) small and of mediocre talent Common men, or sinners, also believers in Hīnayāna; also the unenlightened in general. |
凡庶 see styles |
bonsho ぼんしょ |
common people |
凡愚 see styles |
fán yú fan2 yu2 fan yü bongu ぼんぐ |
(noun or adjectival noun) common person; foolish commoner Common, ignorant, or unconverted men. |
凡種 凡种 see styles |
fán zhǒng fan2 zhong3 fan chung bonshu |
Common seed, ordinary people. |
処暑 see styles |
shosho しょしょ |
(See 二十四節気) "limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down) |
出弟 see styles |
chū dì chu1 di4 ch`u ti chu ti shutsudai |
to treat people in a fraternal way when out in society |
出慧 see styles |
chū huì chu1 hui4 ch`u hui chu hui shutsue |
The wisdom of leaving mortality, or reincarnations; the wisdom of leaving the world. |
出足 see styles |
deashi であし |
(1) turnout (of people); (2) start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; (3) {sumo} initial charge; dash |
刀郎 see styles |
dāo láng dao1 lang2 tao lang |
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎 |
刁民 see styles |
diāo mín diao1 min2 tiao min |
(derogatory) unruly people |
分三 see styles |
fēn sān fen1 san1 fen san funsan |
divided into three |
分別 分别 see styles |
fēn bié fen1 bie2 fen pieh bunbetsu ぶんべつ |
to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually (noun, transitive verb) separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction vibhajya, or vibhaaga; parikalpana; vikalpa; divide, discriminate, discern, reason; to leave. See also 三分別. |
分派 see styles |
fēn pài fen1 pai4 fen p`ai fen pai bunpa ぶんぱ |
to assign (a task to different people); to allocate (n,vs,vi) faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off |
分班 see styles |
fēn bān fen1 ban1 fen pan |
to divide people into groups, teams, squads etc |
初伏 see styles |
chū fú chu1 fu2 ch`u fu chu fu |
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days |
初夜 see styles |
chū yè chu1 ye4 ch`u yeh chu yeh shoya しょや |
early evening; wedding night; (fig.) first sexual encounter first night; first watch of the night; bridal night The first of the three divisions of the night. |
判袂 see styles |
pàn mèi pan4 mei4 p`an mei pan mei |
(of two people) to separate; to part |
別人 别人 see styles |
bié ren bie2 ren5 pieh jen betsujin(p); betsunin(ok) べつじん(P); べつにん(ok) |
other people; others; other person different person; another person; someone else; changed man an individual person |
別報 别报 see styles |
bié bào bie2 bao4 pieh pao beppou / beppo べっぽう |
another report Differentiated rewards according to previous deeds, i.e. the differing conditions of people in this life resulting from their previous lives. |
別教 别教 see styles |
bié jiào bie2 jiao4 pieh chiao bekkyō |
The 'different' teaching of the 華嚴宗. Both the Huayan school and the Lotus school are founded on the 一乘 or One Vehicle idea; the Lotus school asserts that the Three Vehicles are really the One Vehicle; the Huayan school that the One Vehicle differs from the Three Vehicles; hence the Lotus school is called the 同教一乘 unitary, while the Huayan school is the 別教一乘 Differentiating school. |
別火 see styles |
betsuka べつか |
cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.; (surname) Betsuka |
利劍 利剑 see styles |
lì jiàn li4 jian4 li chien riken |
sharp sword A sharp sword, used figuratively for Amitābha, and Mañjuśrī, indicating wisdom, discrimination, or power over evil. |
利智 see styles |
lì zhì li4 zhi4 li chih richi りち |
(personal name) Richi Keen intelligence, wisdom, discrimination; pāṭava. |
到底 see styles |
dào dǐ dao4 di3 tao ti toutei / tote とうてい |
finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last (adverb) (kana only) (with neg. sentence) (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely |
到頭 到头 see styles |
dào tóu dao4 tou2 tao t`ou tao tou toutou / toto とうとう |
to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end (adverb) (kana only) finally; at last; ultimately; in the end At the end, when the end is reached. |
制圧 see styles |
seiatsu / seatsu せいあつ |
(noun, transitive verb) gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy |
刹土 see styles |
chà tǔ cha4 tu3 ch`a t`u cha tu setsudo |
乞叉; 乞漉 kṣetra, land, fields, country, place; also a universe consisting of three thousand large chiliocosms; also, a spire, or flagstaff on a pagoda, a monastery but this interprets caitya, cf. 制. Other forms are 刹多羅 (or 制多羅 or 差多羅); 紇差怛羅. |
刻子 see styles |
tokine ときね |
{mahj} pung (chi:); three-of-a-kind; (female given name) Tokine |
前人 see styles |
qián rén qian2 ren2 ch`ien jen chien jen zenjin ぜんじん |
predecessor; forebears; the person facing you predecessor; people of former times the person before one |
前哲 see styles |
zentetsu ぜんてつ |
former men of wisdom and virtue |
前略 see styles |
zenryaku ぜんりゃく |
(expression) (1) (at the beginning of a brief letter) dispensing with the preliminaries ...; (n,vs,vi) (2) (when quoting something) omitting the previous part |
剎車 刹车 see styles |
shā chē sha1 che1 sha ch`e sha che |
to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "When Three People Gather - Wisdom is Multiplied" 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
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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.
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