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Characters Pronunciation
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Simple Dictionary Definition

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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
 hiroshi
    ひろし

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Universe / Space
eternity; (geology) eon
(1) space; air; midair; (2) (See 空・そら・5) (from) memory; (by) heart; (male given name) Hiroshi

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai
    さんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

佛心

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fó xīn
    fo2 xin1
fo hsin
 busshin

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Buddha Heart / Mind of Buddha
Buddha-like heart (full of compassion); spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longer clinging to appearances)
The mind of Buddha, the spiritually enlightened heart. A heart of mercy; a heart abiding in the real, not the seeming; detached from good and evil and other such contrasts.

寂靜


寂静

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jì jìng
    ji4 jing4
chi ching
 jakujō
    せきせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
quiet
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment
Calm and quiet; free from temptation and distress; nirvāṇa.

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuho
    ふほ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

心光

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xīn guāng
    xin1 guang1
hsin kuang
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう
(surname) Shinkou
The light from (a Buddha's) mind, or merciful heart, especially that of Amitābha.

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 shou / sho
    しょう
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
(archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou
svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind.

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bèi
    bei4
pei
 sobira
    そびら
the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing
(dated) (See 背中) back (of the body)
Back, behind; turn the back on, go contrary on the back.

三障

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sān zhàng
    san1 zhang4
san chang
 sanshō
The three vighna, i.e. hinderers or barriers, of which three groups are given: (1) (a) 煩惱障 the passions, i.e. 三毒 desire, hate, stupidity; (b) 業障 the deeds done; (c) 報障 the retributions. (2) (a) 皮煩惱障 ; (b) 肉煩惱障 ; (c) 心煩惱障 skin, flesh, and heart (or mind) troublers, i.e. delusions from external objects: internal views, and mental ignorance. (3) 三重障 the three weighty obstructions: (a) self-importance, 我慢; (b) envy, 嫉妬; (c) desire, 貧欲.

剖腹

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pōu fù
    pou1 fu4
p`ou fu
    pou fu
to cut open the abdomen; to disembowel; to speak from the heart

十心

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shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

南無


南无

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nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu
    なむ
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

心佛

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xīn fó
    xin1 fo2
hsin fo
 shinbutsu
The Buddha within the heart: from mind is Buddha hood: the Buddha revealed in or to the mind; the mind is Buddha. 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別 The mind, Buddha, and all the living — there is no difference between the three. i. e. all are of the same order. This is an important doctrine of the 華嚴經 Huayan sutra, cf. its 夜摩天宮品; by Tiantai it is called 三法妙 the mystery of the three things.

心底

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xīn dǐ
    xin1 di3
hsin ti
 shintei / shinte
    しんてい
    shinsoko
    しんそこ
bottom of one's heart
(adv,n) one's innermost depths; completely (from the bottom of one's heart)

心摺


心折

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xīn zhé
    xin1 zhe2
hsin che
convinced; to admire from the heart; enchanted

情話


情话

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qíng huà
    qing2 hua4
ch`ing hua
    ching hua
 jouwa / jowa
    じょうわ
terms of endearment; words of love
conversing from the heart; love story

滿心


满心

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mǎn xīn
    man3 xin1
man hsin
one's whole heart; from the bottom of one's heart

空心

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kòng xīn
    kong4 xin1
k`ung hsin
    kung hsin
 kūshin
on an empty stomach
An empty mind, or heart; a mind meditating on the void, or infinite; a mind not entangled in cause and effect, i.e. detached from the phenomenal.

背書


背书

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bèi shū
    bei4 shu1
pei shu
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc); backing; endorsement

二解脫


二解脱

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èr jiě tuō
    er4 jie3 tuo1
erh chieh t`o
    erh chieh to
 ni gedatsu
Two kinds of deliverance, mukti or mokṣa: (1) (a) 有爲解脫 Active or earthly deliverance to arhatship; (b) 無爲解脫 nirvana-deliverance. (2) (a) 性淨解脫 The pure, original freedom or innocence; (b) 障盡解脫 deliverance acquired by the ending of all hindrances (to salvation). (3) (a) 慧解脫 The arhat's deliverance from hindrances to wisdom; (b) 具解脫 his complete deliverance in regard to both wisdom and vision 慧 and 定. (4) (a) 時解脫 The dull who take time or are slow in attaining to 定 vision; (b) 不時解脫 the quick or clever who take "no time". (5) (a) 心解脫 A heart or mind delivered from desires; (b) 慧解脫 a mind delivered from ignorance by wisdom.

天德甁

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tiān dé píng
    tian1 de2 ping2
t`ien te p`ing
    tien te ping
 tentoku byō
The vase of divine virtue, i.e. bodhi; also a sort of cornucopia.; The vase of deva virtue, i. e. the bodhi heart, because all that one desires comes from it, e. g. the 如意珠 the talismanic pearl. Cf. 天意樹.

心から

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 kokorokara(p); shinkara
    こころから(P); しんから
(adverb) from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

心月輪


心月轮

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xīn yuè lún
    xin1 yue4 lun2
hsin yüeh lun
 shingachi rin
The mind' s or heart' s moon-revolutions, i. e. the moon' s varying stages, typifying the grades of enlightenment from beginner to saint.

心残り

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 kokoronokori
    こころのこり
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) regret; (2) (kana only) flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

胎藏界

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tāi zàng jiè
    tai1 zang4 jie4
t`ai tsang chieh
    tai tsang chieh
 taizō kai
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部.

離相戒


离相戒

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lí xiàng jiè
    li2 xiang4 jie4
li hsiang chieh
 risō kai
無相戒 The inner commands, or observance in the heart, in contrast with external observance or ritual.

鞘当て

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 sayaate / sayate
    さやあて
(1) (See 恋の鞘当て・こいのさやあて) rivalry for the heart of a woman; (2) (from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch) quarrel over something trivial

きゅん死

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 kyunshi
    きゅんし
(noun/participle) (colloquialism) one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness"

ぞっこん

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 zokkon
    ぞっこん
(adjectival noun) (1) madly in love; completely charmed by; (adverb) (2) from the heart; entirely; completely; seriously; (3) the bottom of one's heart

へたばる

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 hetabaru
    へたばる
(v5r,vi) (1) to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out; to collapse (from exhaustion); (v5r,vi) (2) to be discouraged; to lose heart; to give in

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

佛具十身

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fó jù shí shēn
    fo2 ju4 shi2 shen1
fo chü shih shen
 butsugu jūshin
The ten perfect bodies or characteristics of Buddha: (1) 菩提身 Bodhi-body in possession of complete enlightenment. (2) 願身 Vow-body, i.e. the vow to be born in and from the Tuṣita heaven. (3) 化身 nirmāṇakāya, Buddha incarnate as a man. (4) 住持身 Buddha who still occupies his relics or what he has left behind on earth and thus upholds the dharma. (5) 相好莊嚴身 saṁbhogakāya, endowed with an idealized body with all Buddha marks and merits. (6) 勢力身 or 心佛 Power-body, embracing all with his heart of mercy. (7) 如意身 or 意生身 At will body, appearing according to wish or need. (8) 福德身 or 三昧身 samādhi body, or body of blessed virtue. (9) 智身 or 性佛 Wisdom-body, whose nature embraces all wisdom. (10) 法身 dharmakāya, the absolute Buddha, or essence of all life.

出自肺腑

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chū zì fèi fǔ
    chu1 zi4 fei4 fu3
ch`u tzu fei fu
    chu tzu fei fu
from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)

打心眼裡


打心眼里

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dǎ xīn yǎn li
    da3 xin1 yan3 li5
ta hsin yen li
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

有感而發


有感而发

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yǒu gǎn ér fā
    you3 gan3 er2 fa1
yu kan erh fa
(idiom) to speak from the heart

根っから

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 nekkara
    ねっから
(adj-no,adv) (1) by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart; (adj-no,adv) (2) (followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not); (not) at all

深心愛樂


深心爱乐

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shēn xīn ài yào
    shen1 xin1 ai4 yao4
shen hsin ai yao
 shinshin aigyō
to delight in from the depths of one's heart

滾瓜爛熟


滚瓜烂熟

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gǔn guā làn shú
    gun3 gua1 lan4 shu2
kun kua lan shu
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know something inside out; to know something by heart

肺腑之言

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fèi fǔ zhī yán
    fei4 fu3 zhi1 yan2
fei fu chih yen
words from the bottom of one's heart

至心信樂


至心信乐

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zhì xīn xìn lè
    zhi4 xin1 xin4 le4
chih hsin hsin le
 shishin shingyō
to believe in Amitâbha and wish from the bottom of one's heart for rebirth in his Pure Land

心がこもる

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 kokorogakomoru
    こころがこもる
(exp,v5r) to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care

心が籠もる

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 kokorogakomoru
    こころがこもる
(exp,v5r) to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care

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心底
真底

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 shinsoko; shintei(心底) / shinsoko; shinte(心底)
    しんそこ; しんてい(心底)
(1) bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; real intentions; (adverb) (2) (しんそこ only) from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly; sincerely

十金剛心向果


十金刚心向果

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shí jīn gāng xīn xiàng guǒ
    shi2 jin1 gang1 xin1 xiang4 guo3
shih chin kang hsin hsiang kuo
 jū kongōshin kōka
Ten "fruits" that accrue to the resolute "diamond-heart" of a bodhisattva: faith; meditation; refection on the doctrine; thoroughness in contemplation; straight-forward progress to Buddhahood; no retrogression; the Mahāyāna spirit (of universal salvation); freedom from externals (or impressions); wisdom; firm establishment; v. 梵網經, 心地品.

腹を割って話す

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 haraowattehanasu
    はらをわってはなす
(exp,v5s) to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk

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キュン死
きゅん死

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 kyunshi(kyun死); kyunshi(kyun死)
    キュンし(キュン死); きゅんし(きゅん死)
(noun/participle) (joc) (slang) (See きゅん) dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter

人之將死,其言也善


人之将死,其言也善

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rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn
    ren2 zhi1 jiang1 si3 , qi2 yan2 ye3 shan4
jen chih chiang ssu , ch`i yen yeh shan
    jen chih chiang ssu , chi yen yeh shan
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)

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心底
真底(rK)

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 shinsoko; shintei / shinsoko; shinte
    しんそこ; しんてい
(1) bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; real intentions; (adverb) (2) (しんそこ only) from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly; sincerely

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空(P)
虚(oK)

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 sora
    そら
(1) sky; the air; the heavens; (2) weather; (3) far-off place; distant place; (4) (often as 〜空もない) state of mind; feeling; (5) (usu. as 空で) (from) memory; (by) heart; (6) falsehood; lie; (prefix noun) (7) (before an adjective) somehow; vaguely; (prefix noun) (8) (before a noun or a verb) fake

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心がこもる
心が籠もる

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 kokorogakomoru
    こころがこもる
(exp,v5r) to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care

Variations:
貪瞋痴
貪瞋癡(oK)

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 tonjinchi
    とんじんち
{Buddh} (from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴) (See 煩悩・2,三毒) the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)

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ルダハート
ルダ・ハート

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 rudahaato; ruda haato / rudahato; ruda hato
    ルダハート; ルダ・ハート
(from the name of the South Korean singer who originated this pose) Luda heart pose (making a heart shape with your hands while placing them on the sides of your face)

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潤う(P)
霑う(rK)

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 uruou / uruo
    うるおう
(v5u,vi) (1) to become moist; to be moistened; to become damp; to get wet; (v5u,vi) (2) to profit (from); to benefit; to become prosperous; to flourish; to be made rich; (v5u,vi) (3) to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)

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ぞっこん
そっこん(ok)

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 zokkon; sokkon(ok)
    ぞっこん; そっこん(ok)
(adjectival noun) (1) madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for); (adverb) (2) from the heart; entirely; completely; (3) (archaism) bottom of one's heart

心の欲する所に従えども矩を踰えず

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 kokoronohossurutokoronishitagaedomonoriokoezu
    こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえず
(expression) (idiom) (from the Analects of Confucius) following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right

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This page contains 55 results for "From Heart" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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 license.

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.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary