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Simple Dictionary Definition |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
More info & calligraphy: Gold / Metal(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money. |
長城 长城 see styles |
cháng chéng chang2 cheng2 ch`ang ch`eng chang cheng choujou / chojo ちょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: The Great Wall of Chinalong (defensive) wall (esp. the Great Wall of China); (surname) Nagaki |
万里の長城 see styles |
banrinochoujou / banrinochojo ばんりのちょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: The Great Wall of China |
名家 see styles |
míng jiā ming2 jia1 ming chia meika / meka めいか |
renowned expert; master (of an art or craft) (1) distinguished family; good family; reputable family; (2) great master; expert; authority; eminent person; (3) (hist) (See 公家・1) Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke; (4) (hist) School of Names (China); Logicians; Disputers; (place-name) Myōke |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
塞内 see styles |
sainai さいない |
(1) inside a fort; (2) (hist) (area) within the Great Wall of China |
塞外 see styles |
sài wài sai4 wai4 sai wai saigai さいがい |
territories beyond the Great Wall (old) (1) outside a fort; (2) (hist) outside the Great Wall of China |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大同 see styles |
dà tóng da4 tong2 ta t`ung ta tung daidou / daido だいどう |
(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) (1) (See 大同小異) general resemblance; being largely the same; (2) (See 大同団結) uniting with a common goal; (3) (hist) Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19); (place-name) Datong (China) mostly the same |
大慶 大庆 see styles |
dà qìng da4 qing4 ta ch`ing ta ching taikei / taike たいけい |
Daqing prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China great joy; (place-name) Daqing (China) great happiness |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
大橋 大桥 see styles |
dà qiáo da4 qiao2 ta ch`iao ta chiao oohashi おおはし |
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China large bridge; big bridge; (surname) Kiohashi |
大篆 see styles |
dà zhuàn da4 zhuan4 ta chuan daiten だいてん |
the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts (See 六体) large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) |
大賢 大贤 see styles |
dà xián da4 xian2 ta hsien taiken たいけん |
great sage; (given name) Daiken Daxian (Jap. Daiken), a Korean monk who lived in China during the Tang dynasty, of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa school, noted for his annotations on the sūtras and styled 古迹記 the archaeologist. |
大鴇 大鸨 see styles |
dà bǎo da4 bao3 ta pao |
(bird species of China) great bustard (Otis tarda) |
天王 see styles |
tiān wáng tian1 wang2 t`ien wang tien wang tennou / tenno てんのう |
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] (1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler. |
小橋 小桥 see styles |
xiǎo qiáo xiao3 qiao2 hsiao ch`iao hsiao chiao kobayashi こばやし |
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China (surname) Kobayashi |
河蟹 see styles |
hé xiè he2 xie4 ho hsieh |
river crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) |
紅学 see styles |
kougaku / kogaku こうがく |
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels |
翻牆 翻墙 see styles |
fān qiáng fan1 qiang2 fan ch`iang fan chiang |
lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China |
金盾 see styles |
kinjun きんじゅん |
Golden Shield Project; Chinese network-security project which operates the Great Firewall of China |
北大荒 see styles |
běi dà huāng bei3 da4 huang1 pei ta huang |
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China) |
大乘宗 see styles |
dà shèng zōng da4 sheng4 zong1 ta sheng tsung daijō shū |
The school of Mahāyāna, attributed to the rise in India of the Mādhyamika, i.e. the 中觀 or 三論 school ascribed to Nāgārjuna, and the Yoga 瑜伽 or Dharmalakṣaṇa 法相 school, the other schools being Hīnayāna. In China and Japan the 倶舍 and 成實 are classed as Hīnayāna, the rest being Mahāyāna , of which the principal schools are 律, 法相 , 三論, 華嚴, 天台, 眞言 , 淨土 , 禪 q.v. |
大和尚 see styles |
dà hé shàng da4 he2 shang4 ta ho shang dai oshō |
Great monk, senior monk, abbot ; a monk of great virtue and old age. Buddhoṣingha, (Fotu cheng 佛圖澄), who came to China A.D. 310, was so styled by his Chinese disciple 石子龍 Shizi long. |
大山雀 see styles |
dà shān què da4 shan1 que4 ta shan ch`üeh ta shan chüeh |
(bird species of China) great tit (Parus major) |
大朱雀 see styles |
dà zhū què da4 zhu1 que4 ta chu ch`üeh ta chu chüeh |
(bird species of China) spotted great rosefinch (Carpodacus severtzovi) |
大濱鷸 大滨鹬 see styles |
dà bīn yù da4 bin1 yu4 ta pin yü |
(bird species of China) great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) |
大白鷺 大白鹭 see styles |
dà bái lù da4 bai2 lu4 ta pai lu |
(bird species of China) great egret (Ardea alba) |
大石鴴 大石鸻 see styles |
dà shí héng da4 shi2 heng2 ta shih heng |
(bird species of China) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) |
大葦鶯 大苇莺 see styles |
dà wěi yīng da4 wei3 ying1 ta wei ying |
(bird species of China) great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) |
大躍進 大跃进 see styles |
dà yuè jìn da4 yue4 jin4 ta yüeh chin daiyakushin だいやくしん |
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies (1) (hist) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); (noun/participle) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides |
林八哥 see styles |
lín bā ge lin2 ba1 ge5 lin pa ko |
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis) |
灰伯勞 灰伯劳 see styles |
huī bó láo hui1 bo2 lao2 hui po lao |
(bird species of China) great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) |
烏林鴞 乌林鸮 see styles |
wū lín xiāo wu1 lin2 xiao1 wu lin hsiao |
(bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) |
白鵜鶘 白鹈鹕 see styles |
bái tí hú bai2 ti2 hu2 pai t`i hu pai ti hu |
(bird species of China) great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) |
盂蘭盆 盂兰盆 see styles |
yú lán pén yu2 lan2 pen2 yü lan p`en yü lan pen urabon うらぼん |
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns (盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經). |
目犍連 目犍连 see styles |
mù jiān lián mu4 jian1 lian2 mu chien lien Mokkenren |
目連; 摩訶目犍連 (or 摩訶羅夜那); 大目犍連 (or 大目乾連) ; 沒特伽羅子 (or 沒力伽羅子); 目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga 胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as 拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel. |
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. |
四大文明 see styles |
yondaibunmei / yondaibunme よんだいぶんめい |
(hist) the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900) |
四大発明 see styles |
yondaihatsumei / yondaihatsume よんだいはつめい |
(hist) Four Great Inventions (of China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing) |
四大盆地 see styles |
sì dà pén dì si4 da4 pen2 di4 ssu ta p`en ti ssu ta pen ti |
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地 |
大乘純界 大乘纯界 see styles |
dà shèng chún jiè da4 sheng4 chun2 jie4 ta sheng ch`un chieh ta sheng chun chieh daijō junkai |
The lands wholly devoted to Mahāyāna, i.e. China and Japan, where in practice there is no Hīnayāna. |
大清帝国 see styles |
daishinteikoku / daishintekoku だいしんていこく |
(hist) (See 清) Great Qing Empire (China; 1644-1912); Qing dynasty |
大綠雀鵯 大绿雀鹎 see styles |
dà lǜ què bēi da4 lu:4 que4 bei1 ta lü ch`üeh pei ta lü chüeh pei |
(bird species of China) great iora (Aegithina lafresnayei) |
大興安嶺 大兴安岭 see styles |
dà xīng ān lǐng da4 xing1 an1 ling3 ta hsing an ling daikouanrei / daikoanre だいこうあんれい |
Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China; Daxing'anling prefecture (place-name) Great Hingan |
小軍艦鳥 小军舰鸟 see styles |
xiǎo jun jiàn niǎo xiao3 jun1 jian4 niao3 hsiao chün chien niao |
(bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor) |
廬山会議 see styles |
rozankaigi ろざんかいぎ |
(hist) Lushan Conference (1959 meeting of the Communist Party of China to discuss the Great Leap Forward) |
普通鸕鶿 普通鸬鹚 see styles |
pǔ tōng lú cí pu3 tong1 lu2 ci2 p`u t`ung lu tz`u pu tung lu tzu |
(bird species of China) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
毛腿夜鷹 毛腿夜鹰 see styles |
máo tuǐ yè yīng mao2 tui3 ye4 ying1 mao t`ui yeh ying mao tui yeh ying |
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) |
民族主義 民族主义 see styles |
mín zú zhǔ yì min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 min tsu chu i minzokushugi みんぞくしゅぎ |
nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism nationalism |
紅嘴鴉雀 红嘴鸦雀 see styles |
hóng zuǐ yā què hong2 zui3 ya1 que4 hung tsui ya ch`üeh hung tsui ya chüeh |
(bird species of China) great parrotbill (Conostoma oemodium) |
通商口岸 see styles |
tōng shāng kǒu àn tong1 shang1 kou3 an4 t`ung shang k`ou an tung shang kou an |
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers |
金盾工程 see styles |
jīn dùn gōng chéng jin1 dun4 gong1 cheng2 chin tun kung ch`eng chin tun kung cheng |
Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火長城|防火长城[Fang2 huo3 Chang2 cheng2] as a component |
防火長城 防火长城 see styles |
fáng huǒ cháng chéng fang2 huo3 chang2 cheng2 fang huo ch`ang ch`eng fang huo chang cheng |
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites) |
雙角犀鳥 双角犀鸟 see styles |
shuāng jiǎo xī niǎo shuang1 jiao3 xi1 niao3 shuang chiao hsi niao |
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) |
鳳頭鷿鷈 凤头䴙䴘 see styles |
fèng tóu pì tī feng4 tou2 pi4 ti1 feng t`ou p`i t`i feng tou pi ti |
(bird species of China) great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) |
人民大会堂 see styles |
jinmindaikaidou / jinmindaikaido じんみんだいかいどう |
(place-name) Great Hall of the People (Beijing, China) |
大擬啄木鳥 大拟啄木鸟 see styles |
dà nǐ zhuó mù niǎo da4 ni3 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 ta ni cho mu niao |
(bird species of China) great barbet (Megalaima virens) |
大斑啄木鳥 大斑啄木鸟 see styles |
dà bān zhuó mù niǎo da4 ban1 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 ta pan cho mu niao |
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
大灰啄木鳥 大灰啄木鸟 see styles |
dà huī zhuó mù niǎo da4 hui1 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 ta hui cho mu niao |
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) |
摩訶鉢特摩 摩诃钵特摩 see styles |
mó hē bō tè mó mo2 he1 bo1 te4 mo2 mo ho po t`e mo mo ho po te mo makahadoma |
mahāpadma, defined by M.W. as a great 'white' lotus; but intp. in China as the great red lotus, after which the eighth cold hell is named. As the great white lotus it is a Buddha-throne, of purity and fragrance. |
毛腿耳夜鷹 毛腿耳夜鹰 see styles |
máo tuǐ ěr yè yīng mao2 tui3 er3 ye4 ying1 mao t`ui erh yeh ying mao tui erh yeh ying |
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) |
世界四大文明 see styles |
sekaiyondaibunmei / sekaiyondaibunme せかいよんだいぶんめい |
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India, and Egypt; as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900) |
中國長城工業公司 中国长城工业公司 see styles |
zhōng guó cháng chéng gōng yè gōng sī zhong1 guo2 chang2 cheng2 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1 chung kuo ch`ang ch`eng kung yeh kung ssu chung kuo chang cheng kung yeh kung ssu |
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 64 results for "Great of China" 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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