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There are 23 total results for your Earth and Sky search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

蟠龍


蟠龙

see styles
pán lóng
    pan2 long2
p`an lung
    pan lung
 hanryou / hanryo
    はんりょう

More info & calligraphy:

Water Dragon / Coiled Dragon
coiled dragon
coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

七曜

see styles
qī yào
    qi1 yao4
ch`i yao
    chi yao
 shichiyou / shichiyo
    しちよう
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
(1) {astron} the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); (2) the seven days of the week
The seven brilliant ones — the sun and moon, together with the five planets which are connected with fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. Their essence shines in the sky, but their spirits are over men as judges of their good and evil, and as rulers over good and evil fortune. The following list shows their names in Chinese and Sanskrit:
Sun 日, 太陽; aditya 阿彌底耶
Moon月, 太陰; soma 蘇摩
Mars火星, 勢惑勞; aṅgāraka 盎哦囉迦
Mercury水星, 辰星; budha 部陀
Jupiter木星, 歳星; bṛhaspati 勿哩訶娑跛底
Venus金星, 太白; śukra 戌羯羅
Saturn土星, 鎭星; śanaiścara 賖乃以室折羅.

五夢


五梦

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wǔ mèng
    wu3 meng4
wu meng
 itsumu
    いつむ
(female given name) Itsumu
The five bad dreams of King Ajātaśatru on the night that Buddha entered nirvana— as the moon sank the sun arose from the earth. the stars fell like rain, seven comets appeared, and a great conflagration filling the sky fell on the earth.

神通

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shén tōng
    shen2 tong1
shen t`ung
    shen tung
 jinzuu / jinzu
    じんづう
remarkable ability; magical power
(place-name) Jinzuu
(神通力) Ubiquitous supernatural power, especially of a Buddha, his ten powers including power to shake the earth, to issue light from his pores, extend his tongue to the Brahma-heavens effulgent with light, cause divine flowers, etc., to rain from the sky, be omnipresent, and other powers. Supernatural powers of eye, ear, body, mind, etc.

空界

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kōng jiè
    kong1 jie4
k`ung chieh
    kung chieh
 kuukai / kukai
    くうかい
(personal name) Kuukai
The realm of space, one of the six realms, earth, water, fire, wind, space, knowledge. The空界色 is the visible realm of space, the sky, beyond which is real space.

空際


空际

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kōng jì
    kong1 ji4
k`ung chi
    kung chi
 kuusai / kusai
    くうさい
horizon; point where the sky meets the earth
The region of immateriality, or nirvana. Also called 實際, the region of reality.

蟠竜

see styles
 hanryou / hanryo
    はんりょう
coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

那伽

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nà qié
    na4 qie2
na ch`ieh
    na chieh
 naka
    なか
(female given name) Naka
nāga. Snake, dragon, elephant. It is tr. by 龍 dragon and by 象 elephant. (1) As dragon it represents the chief of the scaly reptiles; it can disappear or be manifest, increase or decrease, lengthen or shrink; in spring it mounts in the sky and in winter enters the earth. The dragon is of many kinds. Dragons are regarded as beneficent, bringing the rains and guarding the heavens (again Draco); they control rivers and lakes, and hibernate in the deep. nāga and mahānāga are titles of a Buddha, (also of those freed from reincarnation) because of his powers, or because like the dragon he soars above earthly desires and ties. One of his former reincarnations was a powerful poisonous dragon which, out of pity, permitted itself to be skinned alive and its flesh eaten by worms. (2) A race of serpent-worshippers.

針孔


针孔

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zhēn kǒng
    zhen1 kong3
chen k`ung
    chen kung
 shinku
    みぞ
pinhole
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) eye of a needle; (2) hole
A needle's eye: it is as difficult to be reborn as a man as it is to thread a needle on earth by throwing the thread at it from the sky.

針芥


针芥

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zhēn jiè
    zhen1 jie4
chen chieh
 shinke
Needle and mustard seed; the appearance of Buddha is as rare as hitting the point of a needle on earth by a mustard seed thrown from the sky.

五大色

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wǔ dà sè
    wu3 da4 se4
wu ta se
 go daishiki
The five chief colours— yellow for earth, white for water, red for fire, black for wind, azure for space (or the sky). Some say white for wind and black for water.

五類天


五类天

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wǔ lèi tiān
    wu3 lei4 tian1
wu lei t`ien
    wu lei tien
 gorui ten
The five kinds of devas: (1) 上界天 in the upper realms of form and non-form; (2) 虛空天 in the sky, i. e. four of the six devas of the desire-realm; (3) 地居天 on the earth, i. e. the other two of the six devas, on Sumeru; (4) 遊虛天空 wandering devas of the sky, e. g. sun, moon, starvas, (5) 地下天 under-world devas, e. g. nāgas, asuras, māras, etc. Of. 五大明王.

天旋地轉


天旋地转

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tiān xuán dì zhuàn
    tian1 xuan2 di4 zhuan4
t`ien hsüan ti chuan
    tien hsüan ti chuan
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning; fig. huge changes in the world

天翻地覆

see styles
tiān fān dì fù
    tian1 fan1 di4 fu4
t`ien fan ti fu
    tien fan ti fu
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head

昏天黑地

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hūn tiān hēi dì
    hun1 tian1 hei1 di4
hun t`ien hei ti
    hun tien hei ti
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled times

翻天覆地

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fān tiān fù dì
    fan1 tian1 fu4 di4
fan t`ien fu ti
    fan tien fu ti
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head

遮天蔽日

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zhē tiān bì rì
    zhe1 tian1 bi4 ri4
che t`ien pi jih
    che tien pi jih
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance

鋪天蓋地


铺天盖地

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pū tiān gài dì
    pu1 tian1 gai4 di4
p`u t`ien kai ti
    pu tien kai ti
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive

開天避地


开天避地

see styles
kāi tiān bì dì
    kai1 tian1 bi4 di4
k`ai t`ien pi ti
    kai tien pi ti
to open the sky and divide the earth; ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth

Variations:
蟠龍
蟠竜

 hanryou / hanryo
    はんりょう
coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

青天白日満地紅旗

see styles
 seitenhakujitsumanchikouki / setenhakujitsumanchikoki
    せいてんはくじつまんちこうき
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth (flag of the Republic of China)

上天無路,入地無門


上天无路,入地无门

shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
    shang4 tian1 wu2 lu4 , ru4 di4 wu2 men2
shang t`ien wu lu , ju ti wu men
    shang tien wu lu , ju ti wu men
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); fig. to be at the end of one's rope; to be trapped in a hopeless situation

在天願做比翼鳥,在地願做連理枝


在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿做连理枝

zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī
    zai4 tian1 yuan4 zuo4 bi3 yi4 niao3 , zai4 di4 yuan4 zuo4 lian2 li3 zhi1
tsai t`ien yüan tso pi i niao , tsai ti yüan tso lien li chih
    tsai tien yüan tso pi i niao , tsai ti yüan tso lien li chih
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined; wishing for conjugal bliss

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

This page contains 23 results for "Earth and Sky" 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).



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