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<123456>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
自国語 see styles |
jikokugo じこくご |
one's native language; one's mother tongue |
苦菜花 see styles |
kǔ cài huā ku3 cai4 hua1 k`u ts`ai hua ku tsai hua |
Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Feng2 De2 ying1] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang |
菴婆女 庵婆女 see styles |
ān pó nǚ an1 po2 nv3 an p`o nü an po nü Anbanyo |
(菴婆羅女) Āmradārika, Āmrapālī, Ambapālī; the guardian of the āmra tree; a female who presented to Śākyamuni the Āmravana garden; another legend says she was born of an āmra tree; mother of Jīvaka, son of Bimbisāra. |
虎尾蘭 虎尾兰 see styles |
hǔ wěi lán hu3 wei3 lan2 hu wei lan |
snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) |
虛空眼 虚空眼 see styles |
xū kōng yǎn xu1 kong1 yan3 hsü k`ung yen hsü kung yen kokū gen |
The eye of space, or of the immaterial; name of the mother of Buddhas in the garbhadhātu group. |
補羯娑 补羯娑 see styles |
bǔ jié suō bu3 jie2 suo1 pu chieh so fukasha |
paulkasa, an aboriginal, or the son 'of a śūdra father and of a kshatryā mother' (M.W.); intp. as low caste, scavenger, also an unbeliever (in the Buddhist doctrine of 因果 or retribution). |
補羯婆 see styles |
bǔ jié pó bu3 jie2 po2 pu chieh p`o pu chieh po |
[Note: 婆 should probably be 娑] paulkasa, an aboriginal, or the son 'of a śūdra father and of a kshatryā mother' (M.W.); intp. as low caste, scavenger, also an unbeliever (in the Buddhist doctrine of 因果 or retribution). |
親子丼 see styles |
oyakodon; oyakodonburi おやこどん; おやこどんぶり |
(1) oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; (2) (vulgar) (slang) sexual relationship with both a mother and daughter |
訶利底 诃利底 see styles |
hē lì dǐ he1 li4 di3 ho li ti Karitei |
Hāritī; also 訶利帝 (or 訶哩帝); 呵利底; 呵利帝 (or 呵利陀); 阿利底 Ariti; intp. as captivating, charming; cruel; dark green, yellow, etc.; mother of demons, a rākṣasī who was under a vow to devour the children of Rājagṛha, but was converted by the Buddha, and became the guardian of nunneries, where her image, carrying a child and with children by her, is worshipped for children or in children's ailments. |
足乳女 see styles |
tarachime たらちめ |
(archaism) mother |
足乳根 see styles |
tarachine たらちね |
mother; father; parent |
雪の下 see styles |
yukinoshita; yukinoshita ゆきのした; ユキノシタ |
(kana only) strawberry saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera); mother-of-thousands; creeping saxifrage; strawberry geranium; (place-name) Yukinoshita |
靑提女 see styles |
qīng tí nǚ qing1 ti2 nv3 ch`ing t`i nü ching ti nü |
The mother of Maudgalyāyana in a former incarnation, noted for her meanness. |
韋堤希 韦堤希 see styles |
wéi dī xī wei2 di1 xi1 wei ti hsi |
(韋堤); 毘堤希 (or 吠堤希); 吠題呬弗多羅 Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, and mother of Ajātaśatru; also called Śrībhadra. |
馬利亞 马利亚 see styles |
mǎ lì yà ma3 li4 ya4 ma li ya |
Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ |
鬼子母 see styles |
guǐ zǐ mǔ gui3 zi3 mu3 kuei tzu mu |
Hāritī, 訶梨帝 intp. as pleased, or pleasing. A 'woman who having vowed to devour all the babies at Rādjagriha was reborn as a rākshasī, and gave birth to 500 children, one of which she was to devour every day. Converted by Śākyamuni she entered a convent. Her image is to be seen in all nunneries'. Eitel. Another account is that she is the mother of 500 demons, and that from being an evil goddess or spirit she was converted to become a protectress of Buddhism. |
鳩摩羅 鸠摩罗 see styles |
jiū mó luó jiu1 mo2 luo2 chiu mo lo |
鳩摩羅什 (鳩摩羅什婆); 鳩摩羅時婆 (or 鳩摩羅耆婆); 羅什 Kumārajīva, one of the 'four suns' of Mahāyāna Buddhism, of which he was the early and most effective propagator in China. He died in Chang-an about A.D. 412. His father was an Indian, his mother a princess of Karashahr. He is noted for the number of his translations and commentaries, which he is said to have dictated to some 800 monastic scribes. After cremation his tongue remained 'unconsumed'. |
麽麽鷄 see styles |
jī ji1 chi |
Māmakī; 忙忙鷄; 忙莽鷄 (or 忙莽計); 摩莫枳; the Vajra mother, mother of the 金剛部 or of wisdom in all the vajra group. |
ＭＩＬＦ see styles |
mirufu ミルフ |
(slang) (acronym from "mother I'd like to fuck") MILF; (o) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (abbreviation); MILF |
オフクロ see styles |
ofukuro オフクロ |
(colloquialism) (kana only) one's mother |
お母さま see styles |
okaasama / okasama おかあさま |
(honorific or respectful language) mother |
お母さん see styles |
okaasan / okasan おかあさん |
(honorific or respectful language) mother |
シンママ see styles |
shinmama シンママ |
(abbreviation) (See シングルマザー) single mother |
ばば抜き see styles |
babanuki ばばぬき |
(1) old maid (card game); (2) (slang) living without one's mother-in-law |
プレママ see styles |
puremama プレママ |
(See プレパパ) mother-to-be (wasei: pre-mama) |
マザコン see styles |
mazakon マザコン |
(1) (See マザーコンプレックス・1) being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; (2) (abbreviation) (See マザーコンプレックス・2) Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother; (personal name) Mazagaon |
ママさん see styles |
mamasan ママさん |
(1) (See ママ・2) female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); (n,n-pref) (2) mother; housewife; (3) (female) pet owner; pet parent |
ママっ子 see styles |
mamakko ママっこ |
mama's boy; mama's girl; mother's boy; mother's girl; mummy's boy; mummy's girl |
ヤンママ see styles |
yanmama ヤンママ |
(ヤン is from ヤンキー or ヤング) (See ヤンキー・2,ヤング・1) young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent) |
ワーママ see styles |
waamama / wamama ワーママ |
(abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See ワーキングマザー,ワーキングママ) working mother |
七種不淨 七种不淨 see styles |
qī zhǒng bù jìng qi1 zhong3 bu4 jing4 ch`i chung pu ching chi chung pu ching shichishu fujō |
seven kinds of uncleanness, derived from the parental seed, parental intercourse, the womb, the prenatal blood of the mother, birth, one's own flesh, one's own putrid corpse. |
三世覺母 三世觉母 see styles |
sān shì jué mǔ san1 shi4 jue2 mu3 san shih chüeh mu sanze(no)kakumo |
A name for Mañjuśrī 文殊; as guardian of the wisdom of Vairocana he is the bodhi-mother of all Buddhas past, present, and future. |
五無間業 五无间业 see styles |
wǔ wú jiān yè wu3 wu2 jian1 ye4 wu wu chien yeh gomukengou / gomukengo ごむけんごう |
{Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha) or 五無間罪 The five karma, or sins, leading to the avīci hell v. 五逆 and 五無間. |
五處供養 五处供养 see styles |
wǔ chù gōng yǎng wu3 chu4 gong1 yang3 wu ch`u kung yang wu chu kung yang gosho kuyō |
The five to be constantly served — father, mother, teacher, religious director, the sick. |
代孕母親 代孕母亲 see styles |
dài yùn mǔ qīn dai4 yun4 mu3 qin1 tai yün mu ch`in tai yün mu chin |
surrogate mother |
代理孕母 see styles |
dài lǐ yùn mǔ dai4 li3 yun4 mu3 tai li yün mu |
(Tw) surrogacy; surrogate pregnancy; surrogate mother |
俄底浦斯 see styles |
é dǐ pǔ sī e2 di3 pu3 si1 o ti p`u ssu o ti pu ssu |
Oedipus, legendary king of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother |
修道院長 see styles |
shuudouinchou / shudoincho しゅうどういんちょう |
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior |
倚門の望 see styles |
imonnobou / imonnobo いもんのぼう |
(exp,n) mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return |
倚閭の望 see styles |
iryonobou / iryonobo いりょのぼう |
(exp,n) (See 倚門の望) mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return |
先輩ママ see styles |
senpaimama せんぱいママ |
(more) experienced mother |
八相成道 see styles |
bā xiàng chéng dào ba1 xiang4 cheng2 dao4 pa hsiang ch`eng tao pa hsiang cheng tao hassō jōdō |
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism) (八相) also 八相示現 Eight aspects of the Buddha's life, which the 起信論 gives as: (1) descent into and abode in the Tuṣita heaven; (2) entry into his mother's womb; (3) abode there visibly preaching to the devas; (4) birth from mother's side in Lumbinī; (5) leaving home at 19 (or 25) as a hermit; (6) after six years' suffering attaining enlightenment; (7) rolling the Law-wheel, or preaching; (8) at 80 entering nirvāṇa. The 四教義 group of Tiantai is slightly different — descent from Tuṣita, entry into womb, birth, leaving home, subjection of Māra, attaining perfect wisdom, preaching, nirvana. See also the two 四相, i.e. 四本相 and 四隨相. |
八福生處 八福生处 see styles |
bā fú shēng chù ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4 pa fu sheng ch`u pa fu sheng chu hachifuku shōsho |
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals. |
兼業主婦 see styles |
kengyoushufu / kengyoshufu けんぎょうしゅふ |
part-time mom; working mother |
同母異父 同母异父 see styles |
tóng mǔ yì fù tong2 mu3 yi4 fu4 t`ung mu i fu tung mu i fu |
(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers; half (brother or sister) |
央掘摩羅 央掘摩罗 see styles |
yāng jué mó luó yang1 jue2 mo2 luo2 yang chüeh mo lo Ōkutsumara |
(央掘); 央仇魔羅; 央崛鬘; 盎崛利摩羅 (or 鴦崛利摩羅) (or 鴦窶利摩羅) Aṇgulimālya, Śivaitic fanatics who ' made assassination a religious act', and wore finger-bones as a chaplet. One who had assassinated 999, and was about to assassinate his mother for the thousandth, is said to have been then converted by the Buddha. |
女系天皇 see styles |
jokeitennou / joketenno じょけいてんのう |
(See 女性天皇) matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not |
嫁姑戦争 see styles |
yomeshuutosensou / yomeshutosenso よめしゅうとせんそう |
(joc) conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; bride and mother-in-law war |
孟母三遷 see styles |
moubosansen / mobosansen もうぼさんせん |
(expression) (yoji) (See 孟母三遷の教え・もうぼさんせんのおしえ) the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves |
御母さん see styles |
okaasan / okasan おかあさん |
(honorific or respectful language) mother |
摩伽摩耶 see styles |
makamaya まかまや |
(person) Mahamaya (alternative name for Maya, the mother of Shakamuni Buddha) |
摩怛里迦 see styles |
mó dá lǐ jiā mo2 da2 li3 jia1 mo ta li chia |
mātṛkā, also 摩呾里迦; 摩怛履迦; 摩得勒伽 (or 摩德勒伽); 摩多羅迦; 摩侄梨迦; 摩室里迦; 摩夷; the Abhidharma-piṭaka, as the mother of Buddhist philosophy. |
摩訶摩耶 摩诃摩耶 see styles |
mó hē mó yé mo2 he1 mo2 ye2 mo ho mo yeh mokomaya |
mahāmāyā, intp. by M.W. as 'great deceit or illusion worldly illusion, the divine power of illusion (which makes the material universe appear as if really existing and renders it cognizable by the senses), the Great Illusion (the illusory nature of worldly objects personified and identified with Durgā)'. Mahāmāyā was the wife of Śuddhodana, and mother of Śākyamuni. He, Siddhārtha, was born 'from her right side', and she died seven days later, her sister Mahāprajāpati becoming his foster mother. Also called 摩訶第脾 Mahādevī; 摩訶夫人 Lady Māyā, etc. |
摩迦摩耶 see styles |
makamaya まかまや |
(person) Mahamaya (alternative name for Maya, the mother of Shakamuni Buddha) |
教育ママ see styles |
kyouikumama / kyoikumama きょういくママ |
tiger mom; tiger mum; mother who is overly obsessed with her children's academic performance |
日本死ね see styles |
nihonshine にほんしね |
(expression) (slang) (orig. from the title of a 2016 blog post by a mother lamenting not being able to get her child into day care) fuck Japan; drop dead, Japan |
曾外祖母 see styles |
zēng wài zǔ mǔ zeng1 wai4 zu3 mu3 tseng wai tsu mu |
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother) |
曾外祖父 see styles |
zēng wài zǔ fù zeng1 wai4 zu3 fu4 tseng wai tsu fu |
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather) |
母子とも see styles |
boshitomo ぼしとも |
(exp,n) both mother and child |
母子家庭 see styles |
boshikatei / boshikate ぼしかてい |
single-mother household; fatherless family |
母子年金 see styles |
boshinenkin ぼしねんきん |
widowed mother's allowance |
母子感染 see styles |
boshikansen ぼしかんせん |
(n,vs,vi) {med} mother-to-child infection |
母子留学 see styles |
boshiryuugaku / boshiryugaku ぼしりゅうがく |
mother and child moving abroad for study (while the father stays and works in Japan) |
火産霊神 see styles |
homusubinokami ほむすびのかみ |
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) |
炸彈之母 炸弹之母 see styles |
zhà dàn zhī mǔ zha4 dan4 zhi1 mu3 cha tan chih mu |
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb |
無明父母 无明父母 see styles |
wú míng fù mǔ wu2 ming2 fu4 mu3 wu ming fu mu mumyō fumo |
mother and father of nescience |
父母妻子 see styles |
fù mǔ qī zǐ fu4 mu3 qi1 zi3 fu mu ch`i tzu fu mu chi tzu fu mo sai shi |
father, mother, wife, and children |
父母所生 see styles |
fù mǔ suǒ shēng fu4 mu3 suo3 sheng1 fu mu so sheng fumo sho shō |
born from a father and mother |
特定妊婦 see styles |
tokuteininpu / tokuteninpu とくていにんぷ |
{law} specified expectant mother; expectant mother who has been identified as in need of extra support after birth (because of unstable income, mental illness, etc.) |
王母娘娘 see styles |
wáng mǔ niáng niáng wang2 mu3 niang2 niang2 wang mu niang niang |
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West |
畫荻教子 画荻教子 see styles |
huà dí jiào zǐ hua4 di2 jiao4 zi3 hua ti chiao tzu |
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom); mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
異母兄弟 see styles |
ibokyoudai / ibokyodai いぼきょうだい |
half-sibling (with a different mother) |
種を宿す see styles |
taneoyadosu たねをやどす |
(exp,v5s) to be the mother of someone's child |
義理の母 see styles |
girinohaha ぎりのはは |
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother |
耶輸陀羅 耶输陀罗 see styles |
yé shū tuó luó ye2 shu1 tuo2 luo2 yeh shu t`o lo yeh shu to lo Yashudara |
(耶輸陀); 耶輸多羅. 耶戍達羅 Yaśodharā; the wife of Śākyamuni, mother of Rāhula, who became a nun five years after her husband's enlightenment. She is to become the Buddha Raśmi-śata-sahasra-paripūrṇa-dhvaja; v. Lotus Sutra. Her name was also Gopā, 瞿波; 劬毘那 is perhaps Gopī. |
自語相違 自语相违 see styles |
zì yǔ xiāng wéi zi4 yu3 xiang1 wei2 tzu yü hsiang wei jigo sōi |
A manifest contradiction, one of the nine fallacies of a proposition, svārtha-viruddha, e. g. 'my mother is barren.' |
般若佛母 see styles |
bō rě fó mǔ bo1 re3 fo2 mu3 po je fo mu hannya butsumo |
Wisdom, or salvation through wisdom (prajñā-pāramitā), is the mother or source of all Buddhas. 智度論 34. |
良妻賢母 see styles |
ryousaikenbo / ryosaikenbo りょうさいけんぼ |
(yoji) good wife and wise mother |
螺鈿細工 see styles |
radenzaiku らでんざいく |
mother-of-pearl inlay |
貝ボタン see styles |
kaibotan かいボタン |
mother-of-pearl button |
賢妻良母 贤妻良母 see styles |
xián qī liáng mǔ xian2 qi1 liang2 mu3 hsien ch`i liang mu hsien chi liang mu |
a good wife and loving mother |
越喜三昧 see styles |
yuè xǐ sān mèi yue4 xi3 san1 mei4 yüeh hsi san mei okki zanmai |
The samādhi of Yaśodharā, wife of Śākyamuni and mother of Rāhula, which causes all kinds of joy to self and others. |
軻遇突智 see styles |
kagutsuchi かぐつち |
{Shinto} (See 迦具土神) Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) |
迦具土神 see styles |
kagutsuchinokami かぐつちのかみ |
{Shinto} (See 伊弉冉尊,伊弉諾尊) Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) |
金剛部母 金刚部母 see styles |
jīn gāng bù mǔ jin1 gang1 bu4 mu3 chin kang pu mu Kongōbu Mo |
忙莽鷄 māmakī is 'mother' in this group. |
阿摩爹爹 see styles |
ā mó diē diē a1 mo2 die1 die1 a mo tieh tieh ama tata |
Mother and father. |
阿育伽樹 阿育伽树 see styles |
ā yù qié shù a1 yu4 qie2 shu4 a yü ch`ieh shu a yü chieh shu aikuka ju |
The name of a tree under which the mother of the Buddha was painlessly delivered of her son, for which Chinese texts give eight different dates; the jonesia aśoka; it is also called 畢利叉 vṛkṣa. |
降神母胎 see styles |
jiàng shén mǔ tāi jiang4 shen2 mu3 tai1 chiang shen mu t`ai chiang shen mu tai gōjin motai |
descent of the [Buddha's] spirit into his mother's womb |
Variations: |
okaa; miomo(御母)(ok) / oka; miomo(御母)(ok) おかあ; みおも(御母)(ok) |
(polite language) (kana only) mother |
ギャルママ see styles |
gyarumama ギャルママ |
(1) teenage mother; (2) young mother who wears "gal" styles |
マザーコン see styles |
mazaakon / mazakon マザーコン |
(abbreviation) Oedipus complex (wasei: mother complex); sexual attraction to one's mother |
乞㗚雙提贊 see styles |
qǐ lì shuāng tí zàn qi3 li4 shuang1 ti2 zan4 ch`i li shuang t`i tsan chi li shuang ti tsan |
hri-srong-lde-btsan king of Tibet (A.D. 743-798). In 747 he brought to Tibet "the real founder of Lamaism" (Eliot), Padmasaṃbhava蓮華生上師, a Buddhist of Swat (Urgyan), who introduced a system of magic and mysticism (saturated with Śivaism) which found its way into Mongolia and China. The king was converted to Buddhism by his mother, a Chinese princess, and became a powerful supporter of it. He encouraged the translation of the Buddhist canon which was completed by his successors. He is worshipped as an incarnation of Mañjuśrī. |
佛母眞三昧 see styles |
fó mǔ zhēn sān mèi fo2 mu3 zhen1 san1 mei4 fo mu chen san mei butsumo shin zanmai |
The samādhi, meditation, or trance by means of which the Buddhas, past, present, and future, become incarnate. |
媳婦熬成婆 媳妇熬成婆 see styles |
xí fù áo chéng pó xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2 hsi fu ao ch`eng p`o hsi fu ao cheng po |
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor; what goes around comes around |
御っ母さん see styles |
okkasan おっかさん |
(kana only) (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period) (See おかあさん・1) mother; mom; mum; mama |
忙莽雞金剛 忙莽鸡金刚 see styles |
máng mǎng jī jīn gāng mang2 mang3 ji1 jin1 gang1 mang mang chi chin kang Bōbōkei Kongō |
Vajra [-Mother] Māmakī |
有奶便是娘 see styles |
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng you3 nai3 bian4 shi4 niang2 yu nai pien shih niang |
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom); fig. to follow whoever is feeding you; to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie |
母なる大地 see styles |
hahanarudaichi ははなるだいち |
(exp,n) Mother Earth |
母なる自然 see styles |
hahanarushizen ははなるしぜん |
(exp,n) Mother Nature |
毘尼摩得伽 see styles |
pí ní mó dé qié pi2 ni2 mo2 de2 qie2 p`i ni mo te ch`ieh pi ni mo te chieh Bini matokka |
Mother of the Sarvâstivāda Vinaya |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Mother" 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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