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吳 吴 see styles |
wú wu2 wu |
More info & calligraphy: Uy |
めじ see styles |
meji めじ |
young tuna (esp. northern bluefin tuna under 1 meter) |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means. |
慈悲 see styles |
cí bēi ci2 bei1 tz`u pei tzu pei jihi じひ |
More info & calligraphy: Mercy / Compassion / Buddhist Loving Kindness(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence; (2) (abbreviation) (See 慈悲心鳥) rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo Compassion and pity, merciful, compassionate. |
東京 东京 see styles |
dōng jīng dong1 jing1 tung ching toukei / toke とうけい |
More info & calligraphy: TokyoTokyo; (place-name) Luoyang, China |
潭腿 see styles |
tán tuǐ tan2 tui3 t`an t`ui tan tui |
More info & calligraphy: Tantui |
玄武 see styles |
xuán wǔ xuan2 wu3 hsüan wu hirotake ひろたけ |
More info & calligraphy: Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God(1) (See 四神) Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens; (personal name) Hirotake |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
螳螂 see styles |
táng láng tang2 lang2 t`ang lang tang lang tourou / toro とうろう kamakiri かまきり |
More info & calligraphy: Mantis / Praying Mantis(kana only) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) |
長拳 长拳 see styles |
cháng quán chang2 quan2 ch`ang ch`üan chang chüan |
More info & calligraphy: Changquan / Long Fist |
米歇爾 米歇尔 see styles |
mǐ xiē ěr mi3 xie1 er3 mi hsieh erh |
More info & calligraphy: Mishel |
花木蘭 花木兰 see styles |
huā mù lán hua1 mu4 lan2 hua mu lan |
More info & calligraphy: Hua Mulan |
螳螂拳 see styles |
tourouken / toroken とうろうけん |
More info & calligraphy: Northern Praying Mantis |
達爾文 达尔文 see styles |
dá ěr wén da2 er3 wen2 ta erh wen |
More info & calligraphy: Darvin |
カマキリ see styles |
kamakiri カマキリ |
More info & calligraphy: Praying Mantis |
北愛爾蘭 北爱尔兰 see styles |
běi ài ěr lán bei3 ai4 er3 lan2 pei ai erh lan |
More info & calligraphy: Northern Ireland |
南派螳螂 see styles |
nán pài táng láng nan2 pai4 tang2 lang2 nan p`ai t`ang lang nan pai tang lang |
More info & calligraphy: Southern Praying Mantis |
俺 see styles |
ǎn an3 an oshigane おしがね |
I (northern dialects) (pn,adj-no) (masculine speech) I; me; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (masculine speech) I; me; (personal name) Oshigane |
嗕 see styles |
rù ru4 ju |
ancient tribe of northern China |
戎 see styles |
róng rong2 jung munemori むねもり |
generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce; (1) (archaism) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derogatory term) foreigner; barbarian; (personal name) Munemori |
虜 虏 see styles |
lǔ lu3 lu ryo りょ |
prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave (1) (archaism) (See 虜・とりこ・1) captive; prisoner; (2) (archaism) foreigner; barbarian; slave |
螳 see styles |
táng tang2 t`ang tang |
praying mantis |
蟭 see styles |
jiāo jiao1 chiao |
eggs of mantis |
蟷 see styles |
dāng dang1 tang |
mantis |
貉 see styles |
mò mo4 mo mujina むじな |
old term for northern peoples; silent (out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) badger; (2) (kana only) raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) |
阿 see styles |
ē e1 o hodo ほど |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with (1) (See 阿字・あじ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿弗利加・アフリカ) Africa; (3) (abbreviation) Awa (old province of Japan); (prefix) (4) (familiar language) (archaism) prefixed to names to show intimacy; (surname) Hodo M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes. |
ハモ see styles |
hamo ハモ |
(1) (kana only) daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (2) (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel |
三北 see styles |
sān běi san1 bei3 san pei mikita みきた |
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北[Dong1 bei3], 華北|华北[Hua2 bei3] and 西北[Xi1 bei3] (surname) Mikita |
下向 see styles |
shimomuke しもむけ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) going from the capital to the provinces; (n,vs,vi) (2) returning after praying at a temple or shrine; (n,vs,vi) (3) coming down from a high place to a low place; (surname) Shimomuke |
不空 see styles |
bù kōng bu4 kong1 pu k`ung pu kung fukuu / fuku ふくう |
(given name, person) Fukuu Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka. |
事兒 事儿 see styles |
shì r shi4 r5 shih r |
one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事[shi4]; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] |
五涼 五凉 see styles |
wǔ liáng wu3 liang2 wu liang |
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421) |
交趾 see styles |
jiāo zhǐ jiao1 zhi3 chiao chih koochi コーチ |
former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam (kana only) Cochin (breed of chicken); (place-name) Kōchi (Han dynasty outpost in Vietnam) |
代願 see styles |
daigan だいがん |
(n,vs,vi) praying by proxy; applying by proxy |
兩宋 两宋 see styles |
liǎng sòng liang3 song4 liang sung |
the Song dynasty (960-1279); refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279) |
八難 八难 see styles |
bān án ban1 an2 pan an hachinan |
The eight conditions in which it is difficult to see a Buddha or hear his dharma: in the hells: as hungry ghosts; as animals; in Uttarakuru (the northern continent where all is pleasant); in the long-life heavens (where life is long and easy); as deaf, blind, and dumb; as a worldly philosopher; in the intermediate period between a Buddha and his successor. Also 八無暇. |
冠座 see styles |
kanmuriza かんむりざ |
Corona Borealis (constellation); the Northern Crown |
刀螂 see styles |
dāo lang dao1 lang5 tao lang |
(dialect) mantis |
勧請 see styles |
kanjou / kanjo かんじょう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) praying for the coming of a deity; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (See 分霊) ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location |
包公 see styles |
bāo gōng bao1 gong1 pao kung |
Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
包拯 see styles |
bāo zhěng bao1 zheng3 pao cheng |
Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician |
北伐 see styles |
běi fá bei3 fa2 pei fa hokubatsu ほくばつ |
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords (hist) Northern Expedition (China; 1926-1928) |
北佬 see styles |
běi lǎo bei3 lao3 pei lao |
northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese) |
北光 see styles |
hokkou / hokko ほっこう |
northern lights; (place-name) Hokkou |
北半 see styles |
kitahan きたはん |
northern half; (place-name) Kitahan |
北史 see styles |
běi shǐ bei3 shi3 pei shih hokushi ほくし |
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[Li3 Yan2 shou4] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls (given name) Hokushi |
北周 see styles |
běi zhōu bei3 zhou1 pei chou kitaamane / kitamane きたあまね |
the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581); one of the Northern Dynasties (hist) Northern Zhou dynasty (of China; 557-581); Northern Chou dynasty; (surname) Kitaamane |
北国 see styles |
hotsukoku ほつこく |
(1) northern country; (2) northern provinces; northern regions; northland; (surname) Hotsukoku |
北國 北国 see styles |
běi guó bei3 guo2 pei kuo hotsukoku ほつこく |
the northern part of the country; the North (surname) Hotsukoku |
北圻 see styles |
běi qí bei3 qi2 pei ch`i pei chi |
Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period |
北堂 see styles |
hokudou / hokudo ほくどう |
(1) northern pavilion of a house; (2) mother; (given name) Hokudou |
北境 see styles |
kitazakai きたざかい |
northern boundary; (place-name) Kitazakai |
北天 see styles |
hokuten ほくてん |
(See 南天・1) northern sky |
北宋 see styles |
běi sòng bei3 song4 pei sung hokusou / hokuso ほくそう |
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) (hist) (See 宋・1) Northern Song dynasty (of China; 960-1127) |
北宗 see styles |
běi zōng bei3 zong1 pei tsung kitamune きたむね |
(surname) Kitamune The northern school of the Chan (Zen) sect; from Bodhidharma 達磨 to the fifth patriarch 弘忍 Hongren the school was undivided; from 慧能 Huineng began the division of the southern school, 神秀 Shenxiu maintaining the northern; it was the southern school which prevailed. |
北山 see styles |
běi shān bei3 shan1 pei shan hokuzan ほくざん |
northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan northern mountains; mountains to the north; (given name) Hokuzan Northern Mountain |
北征 see styles |
běi zhēng bei3 zheng1 pei cheng hokusei / hokuse ほくせい |
punitive expedition to the north (noun/participle) (hist) northern expedition; military campaign to the north |
北愛 北爱 see styles |
běi ài bei3 ai4 pei ai |
abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Bei3 Ai4 er3 lan2], Northern Ireland |
北斉 see styles |
hokusei / hokuse ほくせい |
(hist) Northern Qi dynasty (of China; 550-577); Northern Ch'i dynasty |
北斗 see styles |
běi dǒu bei3 dou3 pei tou hokuto ほくと |
Great Bear; Big Dipper; Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan (abbreviation) {astron} (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (p,s,f) Hokuto; (serv) BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (北斗七星) Ursa major, the Northern Bushel with its seven stars. |
北方 see styles |
běi fāng bei3 fang1 pei fang botsuke ぼつけ |
north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) the north; northward; northern direction; (2) northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district; (place-name) Botsuke northern direction |
北朝 see styles |
běi cháo bei3 chao2 pei ch`ao pei chao hokuchou / hokucho ほくちょう |
Northern Dynasties (386-581) (1) (hist) (See 南北朝・なんぼくちょう・1) Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; (2) (hist) (See 南北朝・なんぼくちょう・2,北魏・ほくぎ,西魏・せいぎ,東魏・とうぎ,北周・ほくしゅう,北斉・ほくせい) Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589) |
北枕 see styles |
běi zhěn bei3 zhen3 pei chen kitamakura; kitamakura きたまくら; キタマクラ |
(1) lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); (2) (kana only) brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata) The northern pillow, i. e. Śākyamuni, when dying, pillowed his head to the north, pointing the way for the extension of his doctrine. |
北欧 see styles |
hokuou / hokuo ほくおう |
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia; (place-name) Hokuou |
北洋 see styles |
běi yáng bei3 yang2 pei yang hokuyou / hokuyo ほくよう |
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong northern waters; (given name) Hokuyou |
北洲 see styles |
běi zhōu bei3 zhou1 pei chou hokushuu / hokushu ほくしゅう |
(given name) Hokushuu 北拘盧洲 (or 北倶盧洲) Uttarakuru, the northern of the four continents surrounding Sumeru. |
北海 see styles |
běi hǎi bei3 hai3 pei hai hokkai ほっかい |
see 北海公園|北海公园[Bei3 hai3 Gong1 yuan2]; see 北海市[Bei3 hai3 Shi4] (1) northern sea; (2) North Sea; (n,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 北海道) Hokkaido; (surname) Hokkai |
北涼 北凉 see styles |
běi liáng bei3 liang2 pei liang |
Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439) |
北燕 see styles |
běi yān bei3 yan1 pei yen |
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436) |
北狄 see styles |
kitaebisu きたえびす |
(hist) Northern Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north); northern barbarians; (place-name) Kitaebisu |
北疆 see styles |
běi jiāng bei3 jiang1 pei chiang |
northern frontier |
北端 see styles |
běi duān bei3 duan1 pei tuan kitabata きたばた |
northern extremity northern extremity; (surname) Kitabata |
北羅 北罗 see styles |
běi luó bei3 luo2 pei lo kitara きたら |
(surname) Kitara Valabhī. Northern Lāṭa. 'An ancient kingdom and city on the Eastern coast of Gujerat.' Eitel. |
北臺 北台 see styles |
běi tái bei3 tai2 pei t`ai pei tai kitadai きただい |
(surname) Kitadai The northern Tai, i. e. Wutai shan in Shansi, the northernmost of the Four famous Buddhist Mountains. |
北藏 see styles |
běi zàng bei3 zang4 pei tsang Hokuzō |
The northern collection or edition of 1,621 works first published in Peking by order of Ch'eng Tsu (1403-1424), together with forty-one additional works, published by 密藏 Mizang after thirty years, labour beginning A. D. 1586. Later this edition was published in Japan 1678-1681 by 鐵眼 Tetsugen. |
北行 see styles |
běi xíng bei3 xing2 pei hsing hokkou / hokko ほっこう |
(noun/participle) going north; heading northward Uttarāyaṇa. The northern ascension of the sun between the winter and summer solstices. |
北軍 see styles |
hokugun ほくぐん |
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War) |
北辺 see styles |
kitabe きたべ |
northern extremity; (surname) Kitabe |
北道 see styles |
běi dào bei3 dao4 pei tao hokudou / hokudo ほくどう |
(place-name) Hokudō northern tradition |
北邊 北边 see styles |
běi biān bei3 bian1 pei pien |
north; north side; northern part; to the north of |
北郊 see styles |
hokkou / hokko ほっこう |
northern suburbs |
北部 see styles |
běi bù bei3 bu4 pei pu hokubu ほくぶ |
northern part (noun - becomes adjective with の) northern part; the north (of a region); (place-name, surname) Hokubu |
北限 see styles |
hokugen ほくげん |
northern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal) |
北面 see styles |
běi miàn bei3 mian4 pei mien kitamo きたも |
northern side; north (noun/participle) north face; north side; the north; facing north; (place-name) Kitamo |
北館 see styles |
kitayakata きたやかた |
northern annex; north building; (surname) Kitayakata |
北魏 see styles |
běi wèi bei3 wei4 pei wei hokugi ほくぎ |
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 (hist) Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535) the Northern Wei |
北麓 see styles |
kitafumoto きたふもと |
northern foot (of a mountain); (place-name) Kitafumoto |
北齊 北齐 see styles |
běi qí bei3 qi2 pei ch`i pei chi Hokusai |
Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557) Northern Qí dynasty |
南宗 see styles |
nán zōng nan2 zong1 nan tsung nanshū |
The Southern sect, or Bodhidharma School, divided into northern and southern, the northern under 神秀 Shen-hsiu, the southern under 慧能 Hui-nang, circa A.D. 700, hence 南能北秀; the southern came to be considered the orthodox Intuitional school. The phrase 南頓北漸 or 'Southern immediate, northern gradual' refers to the method of enlightenment which separated the two schools. |
周書 周书 see styles |
zhōu shū zhou1 shu1 chou shu |
History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻[Ling2 hu2 De2 fen1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls |
嘉慶 嘉庆 see styles |
jiā qìng jia1 qing4 chia ch`ing chia ching kakei; kakyou / kake; kakyo かけい; かきょう |
Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820 (1) (hist) Kakei era (of the Northern Court; 1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era; (2) (hist) Jiaqing era (of emperor Renzong of Qing; 1796-1820) |
嘎嘎 see styles |
gā gā ga1 ga1 ka ka |
(onom.) quack; honk; (northern dialect) very; also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc |
塔扎 see styles |
tǎ zā ta3 za1 t`a tsa ta tsa |
Taza (a city in northern Morocco) |
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。. |
大鷹 see styles |
ootaka おおたか |
(1) (kana only) (See 小鷹) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); (2) female hawk (or falcon); (3) (abbreviation) (See 大鷹狩) falconry (using a northern goshawk); (surname) Ootaka |
奉系 see styles |
fèng xì feng4 xi4 feng hsi |
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords) |
孝肅 孝肃 see styles |
xiào sù xiao4 su4 hsiao su |
Xiaosu, posomethingumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
安南 see styles |
ān nán an1 nan2 an nan yasuminami やすみなみ |
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam); Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century); Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period); old name for Vietnam; Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan; Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 Annam (old name for Vietnam); (surname) Yasuminami |
宋白 see styles |
sòng bái song4 bai2 sung pai |
Song Bai (936-1012), Northern Song literary man |
官話 官话 see styles |
guān huà guan1 hua4 kuan hua kanwa かんわ |
"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin (1) (hist) Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty); (2) Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Northern-Praying-Mantis" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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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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