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There are 21 total results for your 三不 search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

三不

see styles
sān bù
    san1 bu4
san pu
the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)

三不失

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sān bù shī
    san1 bu4 shi1
san pu shih
 san fushitsu
The three never lost, idem 三不護.

三不朽

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sān bù xiǔ
    san1 bu4 xiu3
san pu hsiu
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])

三不沾

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sān bù zhān
    san1 bu4 zhan1
san pu chan
air ball (basketball)

三不知

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sān bù zhī
    san1 bu4 zhi1
san pu chih
to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all

三不管

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sān bù guǎn
    san1 bu4 guan3
san pu kuan
of undetermined status; unregulated

三不能

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sān bù néng
    san1 bu4 neng2
san pu neng
 san funō
v. 三能.

三不護


三不护

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sān bù hù
    san1 bu4 hu4
san pu hu
 san fugo
The three that need no guarding i.e. the 三業 of a Buddha, his body, mouth (or lips), and mind, which he does not need to guard as they are above error.

三不足

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sān bù zú
    san1 bu4 zu2
san pu tsu
 san fusoku
three not enoughs

三不退

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sān bù tuì
    san1 bu4 tui4
san pu t`ui
    san pu tui
 sanfutai
Never receding from 位 position attained; from a right course of 行 action; from pursuing a right line of 念 thought, or mental discipline. These are duties of every bodhisattva, and have numerous interpretations.; The three non-backslidings, i.e. from position attained, from line of action pursued, and in dhyāna.

三不三信

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sān bù sān xìn
    san1 bu4 san1 xin4
san pu san hsin
 sanpu sanshin
This refers to the state of faith in the worshipper; the three 不 are impure, not single, not constant; the three 信 are the opposite.

三不五時


三不五时

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sān bù wǔ shí
    san1 bu4 wu3 shi2
san pu wu shih
(Tw) from time to time; frequently

三不善根

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sān bù shàn gēn
    san1 bu4 shan4 gen1
san pu shan ken
 san fuzen gon
Three bad roots, or qualities — desire, anger, and stupidity 貪, 瞋, 痴, v. 三毒.

三不堅法


三不坚法

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sān bù jiān fǎ
    san1 bu4 jian1 fa3
san pu chien fa
 sanfuken hō
Three unstable things — the body, length of life, wealth.

三不政策

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 sanfuseisaku / sanfusesaku
    さんふせいさく
(hist) Three Noes (former Taiwan policy of no contact, no negotiation and no compromise with China)

三不淨肉


三不净肉

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sān bù jìng ròu
    san1 bu4 jing4 rou4
san pu ching jou
 san fujō niku
The three kinds of flesh unclean to a monk killed, or has doubt about it; v. 三淨肉.

三不護文


三不护文

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sān bù hù wén
    san1 bu4 hu4 wen2
san pu hu wen
 sanfugo bun
text expressing the three modes not being on guard

不三不四

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bù sān bù sì
    bu4 san1 bu4 si4
pu san pu ssu
(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript

一問三不知


一问三不知

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yī wèn sān bù zhī
    yi1 wen4 san1 bu4 zhi1
i wen san pu chih
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance

三能三不能

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sān néng sān bù néng
    san1 neng2 san1 bu4 neng2
san neng san pu neng
 sannō sanfunō
The three things possible and impossible to a Buddha. He can (a) have perfect knowledge of all things; (b) know all the natures of all beings, and fathom the affairs of countless ages; (c) save countless beings. But he cannot (a) annihilate causality, i.e. karma; (b) save unconditionally; (c) end the realm of the living.

著三不著兩


着三不着两

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zháo sān bù zháo liǎng
    zhao2 san1 bu4 zhao2 liang3
chao san pu chao liang
scatter-brained; thoughtless

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 21 results for "三不" 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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