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不入虎穴焉得虎子
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(不入)(不)(入)(虎子)(虎穴)(虎)(穴)(焉)(得)(子)
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Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
不 see styles |
bù bu4 pu fu ふ |
no; not so; (bound form) not; un- (prefix) un-; non- No, not, none. (Sanskrit a, an. ). |
不入 see styles |
bù rù bu4 ru4 pu ju funyuu / funyu ふにゅう |
(place-name) Funyū does not enter |
入 see styles |
rù ru4 ju shio しお |
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") (suf,ctr) (archaism) counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye); (surname) Kaeru To enter, entry, entrance; come, bring or take in; at home; awaken to the truth; begin to understand; to relate the mind to reality and thus evolve knowledge. |
虎 see styles |
hǔ hu3 hu tora(p); tora(p) とら(P); トラ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Tiger(1) tiger (Panthera tigris); (2) (colloquialism) drunkard; drunk; sot; (surname) Tora vyāghra, 弭也竭羅 a tiger. |
虎子 see styles |
hǔ zǐ hu3 zi3 hu tzu maru(gikun); koshi まる(gikun); こし |
tiger cub; brave young man (1) (archaism) (See おまる) bedpan; chamber pot; potty; (2) (こし only) (See 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず) baby tiger; hard-earned reward; (female given name) Torako |
虎穴 see styles |
koketsu こけつ |
lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; tiger's den |
穴 see styles |
xué xue2 hsüeh ana あな |
cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4] (1) (colloquialism) ass; arse; buttocks; (2) (colloquialism) rear; end; (3) acupuncture point; (counter) (4) hole; notch; (n,n-suf) (1) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (slang) pit (of a theater); (8) (archaism) hiding place; (9) (archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.); (surname) Ana a hole |
焉 see styles |
yān yan1 yen en |
where; how how? why? where? |
得 see styles |
dei dei3 tei toku とく |
to have to; must; ought to; to need to (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (also written as 徳) profit; advantage; benefit; gain; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana; (surname) Toku prāp; prāpta. To get, obtain, attain to; got, obtained, etc. |
子 see styles |
zi zi5 tzu ne ね |
(noun suffix) (1) the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 子の刻) hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); (3) (obsolete) north; (4) (obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Nene kumāra; son; seed; sir; 11-1 midnight. |
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.
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