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There are 42 total results for your Benevolent search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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shàn
    shan4
shan
 zen
    ぜん

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Goodness / Good Deed
good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at something; to improve or perfect
(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu
su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful.

仁德

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rén dé
    ren2 de2
jen te
benevolent integrity; high mindedness

仁慈

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rén cí
    ren2 ci2
jen tz`u
    jen tzu
 jinji
    じんじ

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Kindness / Benevolence
benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
kind-hearted; benevolence; (given name) Hitoji
benevolence

慈善

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cí shàn
    ci2 shan4
tz`u shan
    tzu shan
 jizen
    じぜん

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Charity
benevolent; charitable
charity; benevolence; philanthropy

父慈子孝

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fù cí zǐ xiào
    fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4
fu tz`u tzu hsiao
    fu tzu tzu hsiao

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Love Between Child and Parents
benevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

仁政

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rén zhèng
    ren2 zheng4
jen cheng
 jinsei / jinse
    じんせい
benevolent policy; humane government
benevolent rule; (personal name) Jinsei

不仁

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bù rén
    bu4 ren2
pu jen
 fujin
    ふじん
not benevolent; heartless; numb
(noun or adjectival noun) heartlessness; inhumanity
unkind

世仁

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shì rén
    shi4 ren2
shih jen
 yohito
    よひと
(given name) Yohito
one who is benevolent towards the world

仁君

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 jinkun
    じんくん
benevolent ruler

仁尊

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rén zūn
    ren2 zun1
jen tsun
 ninson
Benevolent and honored, or kindly honored one, i. e. Buddha.

仁惠

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rén huì
    ren2 hui4
jen hui
benevolent; merciful; humane

仁王

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rén wáng
    ren2 wang2
jen wang
 niwa
    にわ
the two guardian Deva kings; (personal name) Niwa
The benevolent king, Buddha; the name Śākya is intp. as 能仁 able in generosity. Also an ancient king, probably imaginary, of the 'sixteen countries' of India, for whom the Buddha is said to have dictated the 仁王經, a sutra with two principal translations into Chinese, the first by Kumārajīva styled 仁王般若經 or 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 without magical formulae, the second by Amogha (不空) styled 仁王護國般若波羅蜜經, etc., into which the magical formulae were introduced; these were for royal ceremonials to protect the country from all kinds of calamities and induce prosperity.

仁術


仁术

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rén shù
    ren2 shu4
jen shu
 jinjutsu
    じんじゅつ
kindness; benevolence; to govern in humanitarian way
benevolent act; healing act

仁讓


仁让

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rén ràng
    ren2 rang4
jen jang
 ninjō
benevolent

名君

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 meikun / mekun
    めいくん
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

善狐

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 zenko
    ぜんこ
benevolent fox (in mythology)

善舉


善举

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shàn jǔ
    shan4 ju3
shan chü
meritorious deed; benevolent act

彌勒


弥勒

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mí lè
    mi2 le4
mi le
 miroku
    みろく
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan; Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(surname) Miroku
Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras.

徳政

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 tokusei / tokuse
    とくせい
benevolent rule; moratorium on debts; (male given name) Norimasa

德政

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dé zhèng
    de2 zheng4
te cheng
benevolent government

慈祥

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cí xiáng
    ci2 xiang2
tz`u hsiang
    tzu hsiang
 jishou / jisho
    じしょう
kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
(given name) Jishou

明君

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 akikimi
    あききみ
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord; (personal name) Akikimi

煦煦

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xù xù
    xu4 xu4
hsü hsü
kind; gracious; benevolent; warm and fine; balmy

王道

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wáng dào
    wang2 dao4
wang tao
 oudou / odo
    おうどう
the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
(1) righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path; (2) (See 学問に王道なし) easy method; simple approach; short-cut; royal road; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) orthodox way; proper way; traditional manner; classic approach; tried-and-true method; (personal name) Takamichi

皇道

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 koudou / kodo
    こうどう
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way

慈室藏

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cí shì zàng
    ci2 shi4 zang4
tz`u shih tsang
    tzu shih tsang
 ji shitsuzō
a benevolent person's storehouse

仁心仁術


仁心仁术

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rén xīn rén shù
    ren2 xin1 ren2 shu4
jen hsin jen shu
benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed

光風霽月


光风霁月

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guāng fēng jì yuè
    guang1 feng1 ji4 yue4
kuang feng chi yüeh
 koufuuseigetsu / kofusegetsu
    こうふうせいげつ
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom); period of peace and prosperity; noble and benevolent character
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) serenity

寛仁大度

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 kanjintaido
    かんじんたいど
(yoji) being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition

恩比天大

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ēn bǐ tiān dà
    en1 bi3 tian1 da4
en pi t`ien ta
    en pi tien ta
to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)

慈悲深い

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 jihibukai
    じひぶかい
(adjective) compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

時雨の化

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 jiunoka
    じうのか
(exp,n) benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

梅呾利耶

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méi dá lì yé
    mei2 da2 li4 ye2
mei ta li yeh
 Maitariya
(梅呾利); 梅呾利曳那; 梅呾囉曳尼; 梅呾黎; 梅呾麗藥; 昧怛履曳 v. 彌勒 Maitreya, friendly, benevolent; the expected Buddhist Messiah.

為仁不富


为仁不富

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wéi rén bù fù
    wei2 ren2 bu4 fu4
wei jen pu fu
the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).

與人為善


与人为善

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yǔ rén wéi shàn
    yu3 ren2 wei2 shan4
yü jen wei shan
to be of service to others; to help others; benevolent

護法善神


护法善神

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hù fǎ shàn shén
    hu4 fa3 shan4 shen2
hu fa shan shen
 gohouzenjin / gohozenjin
    ごほうぜんじん
{Buddh} benevolent deities who protect the dharma
benevolent deities who protect the Dharma

賢淑仁慈


贤淑仁慈

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xián shū rén cí
    xian2 shu1 ren2 ci2
hsien shu jen tz`u
    hsien shu jen tzu
a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)

Variations:
名君
明君

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 meikun / mekun
    めいくん
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

一字奇特佛頂經


一字奇特佛顶经

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yī zì qí tè fó dǐng jīng
    yi1 zi4 qi2 te4 fo2 ding3 jing1
i tzu ch`i t`e fo ting ching
    i tzu chi te fo ting ching
 Ichiji kidoku bucchō kyō
Tantra of the Benevolent One-Syllable Buddha-Corona

仁者見仁,智者見智


仁者见仁,智者见智

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rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì
    ren2 zhe3 jian4 ren2 , zhi4 zhe3 jian4 zhi4
jen che chien jen , chih che chien chih
The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.; Different views are admissible. (idiom)

為富不仁,為仁不富


为富不仁,为仁不富

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wéi fù - bù rén , wéi rén - bù fù
    wei2 fu4 - bu4 ren2 , wei2 ren2 - bu4 fu4
wei fu - pu jen , wei jen - pu fu
(idiom, from Mencius) the rich are not benevolent, and the benevolent are not rich

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

This page contains 42 results for "Benevolent" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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