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Simple Dictionary Definition |
大水火 see styles |
dà shuǐ huǒ da4 shui3 huo3 ta shui huo dai suika |
(大水災) mahāpralaya; the final and utter destruction of a universe by (wind), flood, and fire. |
婆羅洲 婆罗洲 see styles |
pó luó zhōu po2 luo2 zhou1 p`o lo chou po lo chou |
Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) |
寒苦鳥 see styles |
kankuchou; kankudori; kankutori / kankucho; kankudori; kankutori かんくちょう; かんくどり; かんくとり |
(1) {Buddh} cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (2) (idiom) (derogatory term) {Buddh} (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori |
怡保市 see styles |
yí bǎo shì yi2 bao3 shi4 i pao shih |
Ipoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula |
所知依 see styles |
suǒ zhī yī suo3 zhi1 yi1 so chih i shochi e |
That on which all knowledge depends, i. e. the ālayavijñāna, the other vijñānas being derived from it; cf. 八識. |
掌上壓 掌上压 see styles |
zhǎng shàng yā zhang3 shang4 ya1 chang shang ya |
(HK, Malaysia) push-up; press-up (exercise) |
摩羅提 摩罗提 see styles |
mó luó tí mo2 luo2 ti2 mo lo t`i mo lo ti Maradai |
摩羅耶提數 (or 摩羅耶底數); 摩離 Malayadeśa, Malaya country. |
摩羅耶 摩罗耶 see styles |
mó luó yé mo2 luo2 ye2 mo lo yeh Maraya |
Malaya, the Malabar hills, noted for their sandalwood, cf. 末; also 摩羅延; 摩梨; 摩利伽羅耶; 摩賴耶. |
摩那斯 see styles |
mó nà sī mo2 na4 si1 mo na ssu Manashi |
摩那蘇婆帝 Mānasa; Manasvatī. A lake in the Himālayas, one of the four lakes formed when the ocean fell from heaven upon Mount Meru. The dragon who is the tutelary deity of this lake. |
曼德勒 see styles |
màn dé lè man4 de2 le4 man te le |
Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma) |
有分識 有分识 see styles |
yǒu fēn shì you3 fen1 shi4 yu fen shih ubun shiki |
Discrimination, another name for the ālaya-vijñāna. |
末羅遊 末罗遊 see styles |
mò luó yóu mo4 luo2 you2 mo lo yu Marayu |
Malaya, 'the western Ghats in the Deccan (these mountains abound in sandal trees); the country that lies to the east of the Malaya range, Malabar. ' M, W. Eitel gives 秣羅矩吒 Malakūṭa, i. e. Malaya, as 'an ancient kingdom of Southern India, the coast of Malabar, about A. D. 600 a noted haunt of the Nirgrantha sect'. It is also identified with 尸利佛逝 Śrībhoja, which is given as 馬來半嶋 the Malay peninsula; but v. 摩羅耶 Malaya. |
東印度 see styles |
higashiindo / higashindo ひがしインド |
East Indies; (place-name) East Indies (old term for India and the Malay Archipelago) |
東洋界 东洋界 see styles |
dōng yáng jiè dong1 yang2 jie4 tung yang chieh |
Indomalayan realm |
林吉特 see styles |
lín jí tè lin2 ji2 te4 lin chi t`e lin chi te |
ringgit (monetary unit of Malaysia) (loanword) |
果熟識 果熟识 see styles |
guǒ shú shì guo3 shu2 shi4 kuo shu shih kajuku shiki |
The ālaya-vijñāna, i. e. storehouse or source of consciousness, from which both subject and object are derived. |
柔佛州 see styles |
róu fó zhōu rou2 fo2 zhou1 jou fo chou |
Johor (state in Malaysia) |
根本識 根本识 see styles |
gēn běn shì gen1 ben3 shi4 ken pen shih konpon shiki |
Original or fundamental mind or intelligence, a name for the ālayavijñāna. |
梁靜茹 梁静茹 see styles |
liáng jìng rú liang2 jing4 ru2 liang ching ju |
Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer; also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong |
森美蘭 森美兰 see styles |
sēn měi lán sen1 mei3 lan2 sen mei lan |
Sembilan, state of southwest Malaysia |
檳榔嶼 槟榔屿 see styles |
bīng lang yǔ bing1 lang5 yu3 ping lang yü |
(old name) Penang Island, Malaysia |
沙撈越 沙捞越 see styles |
shā lāo yuè sha1 lao1 yue4 sha lao yüeh |
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲 |
波德申 see styles |
bō dé shēn bo1 de2 shen1 po te shen |
Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia) |
淸淨識 淸淨识 see styles |
qīng jìng shì qing1 jing4 shi4 ch`ing ching shih ching ching shih shōjō shiki |
amalavijñāna, pure, uncontaminated knowledge; earlier regarded as the ninth, later as the eighth or ālayavijñāna. |
灰林鴞 灰林鸮 see styles |
huī lín xiāo hui1 lin2 xiao1 hui lin hsiao |
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum) |
王光良 see styles |
wáng guāng liáng wang2 guang1 liang2 wang kuang liang |
Michael Wong (1970-), Malaysian Chinese singer and composer |
玻璃市 see styles |
bō lí shì bo1 li2 shi4 po li shih |
Perlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央[Jia1 yang1] |
異熟生 异熟生 see styles |
yì shóu shēng yi4 shou2 sheng1 i shou sheng ijuku shō |
A difference is made in Mahāyāna between 異熟 (異熟識) which is considered as ālaya-vijñāna, and 異熟生 the six senses, which are produced from the ālaya-vijñāna. |
白尾鳾 白尾䴓 see styles |
bái wěi shī bai2 wei3 shi1 pai wei shih |
(bird species of China) white-tailed nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis) |
白頰鵯 白颊鹎 see styles |
bái jiá bēi bai2 jia2 bei1 pai chia pei |
(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) |
種子識 种子识 see styles |
zhǒng zǐ shì zhong3 zi3 shi4 chung tzu shih shūji shiki |
ālayavijñāna, the abode or seed-store of consciousness from which all phenomena spring, producing and reproducing momentarily. |
種根器 种根器 see styles |
zhǒng gēn qì zhong3 gen1 qi4 chung ken ch`i chung ken chi shukonki |
The three categories of the ālayavijñāna: (1) the seed, or cause, of all phenomena; (2) the five organs of sensation; (3) the material environment on which they depend. |
第八識 第八识 see styles |
dì bā shì di4 ba1 shi4 ti pa shih dai hasshiki |
The eighth, or ālaya-vijñāna, mind-essence, the root and essence of all things. |
罽羅多 罽罗多 see styles |
jì luó duō ji4 luo2 duo1 chi lo to Keirata |
Kirāta. A tribe north-west of the Himalayas, which invaded Kashmir during the Han dynasty. |
肉骨茶 see styles |
ròu gǔ chá rou4 gu3 cha2 jou ku ch`a jou ku cha bakutee; pakutee バクテー; パクテー |
bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore (kana only) {food} bak kut teh (pork rib dish) (chi:) |
菩提子 see styles |
pú tí zǐ pu2 ti2 zi3 p`u t`i tzu pu ti tzu bodaishi ぼだいし |
(given name) Bodaishi bodhi-seeds, or beads, the hard seeds of a kind of Himalayan grass, also of a tree at Tiantai, used for rosaries. |
薄佉羅 薄佉罗 see styles |
bó qiā luó bo2 qia1 luo2 po ch`ia lo po chia lo Hakyara |
Bactria (or Bukhāra), the country of the Yuezhi, described as north-west of the Himālayas. |
贍部洲 赡部洲 see styles |
shàn bù zhōu shan4 bu4 zhou1 shan pu chou senbushū |
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms. |
辜鴻銘 辜鸿铭 see styles |
gū hóng míng gu1 hong2 ming2 ku hung ming |
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views |
近打河 see styles |
jìn dǎ hé jin4 da3 he2 chin ta ho |
Kinta River in Perak, Malaysia |
阿利耶 see styles |
ā lì yé a1 li4 ye2 a li yeh ariya |
idem 阿賴耶 ālaya, and 阿梨耶. |
阿耨達 阿耨达 see styles |
ān òu dá an1 ou4 da2 an ou ta Anokudatsu |
阿那婆答多 (or 阿那波達多) Anavatapta, a lake in Jambudvīpa, north of the Himālayas, south of 香山 Gandha-mādana, descrbed as about 800 li in circumference, bordered by gold, silver, precious stones, etc. It is said to be the source of the four great rivers: east, the Ganges out of a silver ox mouth; south, the Indus out of that of an elephant; west, the Oxus; and north, the Śītā, said to be the Yellow River. Eitel has the Brahmaputra, Ganges, Śatadru (or Sutlej), and the Oxus; but there is confusion in the records. The Dragon-king of this lake became a Bodhisattva and is exempt from the distresses of the other seven dragon-kings. The阿耨達山 are the mountains north of the lake. |
阿陀那 see styles |
ā tuó nà a1 tuo2 na4 a t`o na a to na adana |
ādāna, intp. by 執持 holding on to, maintaining; holding together the karma, good or evil, maintaining the sentient organism, or the germ in the seed or plant. It is another name for the ālaya-vijñāna, and is known as the 阿陀那識 ādānavijñāna. |
雪山偈 see styles |
sessenge せっせんげ |
{Buddh} (See 涅槃経,是生滅法,生滅滅已,寂滅為楽) Himalayan verses (of the Nirvana Sutra) |
雪山部 see styles |
xuě shān bù xue3 shan1 bu4 hsüeh shan pu Sessenbu |
Haimavatāḥ, the Himālaya school, one of the five divisions of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ. |
馬來亞 马来亚 see styles |
mǎ lái yà ma3 lai2 ya4 ma lai ya |
Malaya |
馬來人 马来人 see styles |
mǎ lái rén ma3 lai2 ren2 ma lai jen |
Malay person or people |
馬來文 马来文 see styles |
mǎ lái wén ma3 lai2 wen2 ma lai wen |
Malaysian language |
馬來語 马来语 see styles |
mǎ lái yǔ ma3 lai2 yu3 ma lai yü |
Malaysian language |
馬來鴴 马来鸻 see styles |
mǎ lái héng ma3 lai2 heng2 ma lai heng |
(bird species of China) Malaysian plover (Anarhynchus peronii) |
馬六甲 马六甲 see styles |
mǎ liù jiǎ ma3 liu4 jia3 ma liu chia |
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra |
馬哈迪 马哈迪 see styles |
mǎ hā dí ma3 ha1 di2 ma ha ti |
Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 1981-2003 and 2018-2020 |
麽羅庾 see styles |
luō yǔ luo1 yu3 lo yü |
malaya, a kind of incense from the Malaya mountains in Malabar. |
黑冠鳽 see styles |
hēi guān yán hei1 guan1 yan2 hei kuan yen |
(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) |
セマン族 see styles |
semanzoku セマンぞく |
Semang people (Negrito ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula) |
ヒマラヤ see styles |
himaraya ヒマラヤ |
(See ヒマラヤ山脈) Himalayas; (place-name) Himalaya |
マレー熊 see styles |
mareeguma; mareeguma マレーぐま; マレーグマ |
(kana only) sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); Malayan bear |
マレー獏 see styles |
mareebaku マレーばく |
(kana only) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) |
マレー語 see styles |
mareego マレーご |
Malay (language) |
マレー貘 see styles |
mareebaku マレーばく |
(kana only) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) |
亞羅士打 亚罗士打 see styles |
yà luó shì dǎ ya4 luo2 shi4 da3 ya lo shih ta |
Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia |
分別事識 分别事识 see styles |
fēn bié shì shì fen1 bie2 shi4 shi4 fen pieh shih shih funbetsu jishiki |
The third of the three kinds of perception 識, i. e. real (or abstract), manifest, and reasoned (or inferred); it includes all the eight 識 except the ālayavijñāna. |
初刹那識 初刹那识 see styles |
chū chàn à shì chu1 chan4 a4 shi4 ch`u ch`an a shih chu chan a shih sho setsuna shiki |
The initial kṣaṇa, initial consciousness, i. e. the eighth or ālaya-vijñāna, from which arises consciousness. |
南沙群島 南沙群岛 see styles |
nán shā qún dǎo nan2 sha1 qun2 dao3 nan sha ch`ün tao nan sha chün tao nansaguntou / nansagunto なんさぐんとう |
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam (place-name) Spratly Islands |
南洋商報 南洋商报 see styles |
nán yáng shāng bào nan2 yang2 shang1 bao4 nan yang shang pao |
Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper) |
吉蘭丹州 吉兰丹州 see styles |
jí lán dān zhōu ji2 lan2 dan1 zhou1 chi lan tan chou |
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] |
吉蘭丹河 吉兰丹河 see styles |
jí lán dān hé ji2 lan2 dan1 he2 chi lan tan ho |
Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
哥打巴魯 哥打巴鲁 see styles |
gē dǎ bā lǔ ge1 da3 ba1 lu3 ko ta pa lu |
Kota Bharu, city in Malaysia on border with Thailand, capital of Kelantan sultanate |
喜馬拉雅 喜马拉雅 see styles |
xǐ mǎ lā yǎ xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 hsi ma la ya |
the Himalayas |
喬戈里峰 乔戈里峰 see styles |
qiáo gē lǐ fēng qiao2 ge1 li3 feng1 ch`iao ko li feng chiao ko li feng |
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas |
喬格里峰 乔格里峰 see styles |
qiáo gé lǐ fēng qiao2 ge2 li3 feng1 ch`iao ko li feng chiao ko li feng |
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas; also written 喬戈里峰|乔戈里峰 |
大白光神 see styles |
dà bái guāng shén da4 bai2 guang1 shen2 ta pai kuang shen Dai byakkō jin |
鬱多羅迦神 ? Uttaraka. The deva of the Himālayas, one of the retinue of the 十二神. |
天草水母 see styles |
amakusakurage あまくさくらげ |
(kana only) Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis) |
天草海月 see styles |
amakusakurage あまくさくらげ |
(kana only) Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis) |
尸利佛逝 see styles |
shī lì fó shì shi1 li4 fo2 shi4 shih li fo shih Shiribussei |
Śrībhuja, i. e. Mālaya. |
峇峇娘惹 see styles |
bā bā niáng rě ba1 ba1 niang2 re3 pa pa niang je |
Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) |
巽他群島 巽他群岛 see styles |
xùn tā qún dǎo xun4 ta1 qun2 dao3 hsün t`a ch`ün tao hsün ta chün tao |
Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago) |
斑脅姬鶥 斑胁姬鹛 see styles |
bān xié jī méi ban1 xie2 ji1 mei2 pan hsieh chi mei |
(bird species of China) Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis) |
新高柏槇 see styles |
niitakabyakushin / nitakabyakushin にいたかびゃくしん |
(kana only) flaky juniper (Juniperus squamata); Himalayan juniper |
新高柏槙 see styles |
niitakabyakushin / nitakabyakushin にいたかびゃくしん |
(kana only) flaky juniper (Juniperus squamata); Himalayan juniper |
星洲日報 星洲日报 see styles |
xīng zhōu rì bào xing1 zhou1 ri4 bao4 hsing chou jih pao |
Sin Chew Daily, Malaysian newspaper |
暗腹雪雞 暗腹雪鸡 see styles |
àn fù xuě jī an4 fu4 xue3 ji1 an fu hsüeh chi |
(bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) |
東インド see styles |
higashiindo / higashindo ひがしインド |
East Indies; (place-name) East Indies (old term for India and the Malay Archipelago) |
柔佛海峽 柔佛海峡 see styles |
róu fó hǎi xiá rou2 fo2 hai3 xia2 jou fo hai hsia |
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore) |
棕尾虹雉 see styles |
zōng wěi hóng zhì zong1 wei3 hong2 zhi4 tsung wei hung chih |
(bird species of China) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) |
棕腹杜鵑 棕腹杜鹃 see styles |
zōng fù dù juān zong1 fu4 du4 juan1 tsung fu tu chüan |
(bird species of China) Malaysian hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax) |
禿尾土竜 see styles |
chibiomogura; chibiomogura ちびおもぐら; チビオモグラ |
(kana only) Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura) |
竸伽河門 竸伽河门 see styles |
jìng qié hé mén jing4 qie2 he2 men2 ching ch`ieh ho men ching chieh ho men Kyōgaka mon |
Gaṅgādvāra, the gate of the Ganges. "A famous devālaya, the object of pilgrimages, the present Hurdwar," or Haridwar. Eitel. |
第二能變 第二能变 see styles |
dì èr néng biàn di4 er4 neng2 bian4 ti erh neng pien daini nōhen |
The second power of change, the kliṣṭamano-vijñāna, disturbed-mind, consciousness, or self-consciousness which gives form to the universe. The first power of change is the ālaya-vijñāna. |
藍眉林鴝 蓝眉林鸲 see styles |
lán méi lín qú lan2 mei2 lin2 qu2 lan mei lin ch`ü lan mei lin chü |
(bird species of China) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) |
迦陵頻伽 迦陵频伽 see styles |
jiā líng pín qié jia1 ling2 pin2 qie2 chia ling p`in ch`ieh chia ling pin chieh karyōbinga かりょうびんが |
(Buddhist term) kalavinka (san:); imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes (迦陵伽) kalaviṅka. A bird described as having a melodious voice, found in the valleys of the Himalayas. M.W. says 'a sparrow'. It may be the kalandaka, or kokila, the cuckoo. It 'sings in the shell' before hatching out. Other forms are 迦陵頻伽鳥, 迦蘭伽 (or 迦蘭頻伽 or 迦毘伽 or迦毘頻伽); 迦毘伽 (or 迦毘伽羅); 迦尾羅; 羯羅尾羅; 羯毘伽羅 (or 鶡鵯伽羅), etc. |
醯摩嚩多 see styles |
xì mó pó duō xi4 mo2 po2 duo1 hsi mo p`o to hsi mo po to Kemabata |
醯摩跋陀 A ruler of the Himalayas, in the retinue of Vaiśravaṇa, v. 毘. |
阿賴耶識 阿赖耶识 see styles |
ā lài yé shì a1 lai4 ye2 shi4 a lai yeh shih araya shiki |
ālaya-vijñāna. 'The receptacle intellect or consciousness;' 'the orginating or receptacle intelligence;' 'basic consciousness' (Keith). It is the store or totality of consciousness, both absolute and relative, impersonal in the whole, temporally personal or individual in its separated parts, always reproductive. It is described as 有情根本之心識 the fundamental mind-consciousness of conscious beings, which lays hold of all the experiences of the individual life: and which as storehouse holds the germs 種子 of all affairs; it is at the root of all experience, of the skandhas, and of all things on which sentient beings depend for existence. Mind is another term for it, as it both stores and gives rise to all seeds of phenomena and knowledge. It is called 本識 original mind, because it is the root of all things; 無沒識 inexhaustible mind, because none of its seeds (or products) is lost; 現識 manifested mind, because all things are revealed in or by it; 種子識 seeds mind, because from it spring all individualities, or particulars; 所知依識 because it is the basis of all knowledge; 異熟識 because it produces the rounds of morality, good and evil karma, etc.; 執持識 or 阿陀那 q.v., that which holds together, or is the seed of another rebirh, or phenomena, the causal nexus; 第一識 the prime or supreme mind or consciousness; 宅識 abode (of) consciousness; 無垢識 unsullied consciousness when considered in the absolute, i.e. the Tathāgata; and 第八識, as the last of the eight vijñānas. There has been much discussion as to the meaning and implications of the ālaya-vijñāna. It may also be termed the unconscious, or unconscious absolute, out of whose ignorance or unconsciousness rises all consciousness. |
阿頼耶識 see styles |
arayashiki あらやしき |
{Buddh} alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence) |
雪山大士 see styles |
xuě shān dà shì xue3 shan1 da4 shi4 hsüeh shan ta shih sessan daishi |
雪山童子The great man, or youth of the Himālayas, the Buddha in a former incarnation. |
雪山童子 see styles |
xuě shān tóng zǐ xue3 shan1 tong2 zi3 hsüeh shan t`ung tzu hsüeh shan tung tzu sessendouji / sessendoji せっせんどうじ |
{Buddh} (See 釈迦) young ascetic of the Himalayas; one of the Buddha's past lives young ascetic of the Himâlayas |
青頭鸚鵡 青头鹦鹉 see styles |
qīng tóu yīng wǔ qing1 tou2 ying1 wu3 ch`ing t`ou ying wu ching tou ying wu |
(bird species of China) slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) |
馬來半島 马来半岛 see styles |
mǎ lái bàn dǎo ma3 lai2 ban4 dao3 ma lai pan tao |
Malay Peninsula |
馬来西亜 see styles |
mareeshia マレーシア |
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Malaysia |
高原岩鷚 高原岩鹨 see styles |
gāo yuán yán liù gao1 yuan2 yan2 liu4 kao yüan yen liu |
(bird species of China) Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Alay" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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