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There are 12 total results for your 初心 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

初心

see styles
chū xīn
    chu1 xin1
ch`u hsin
    chu hsin
 shoshin
    しょしん

More info & calligraphy:

Mind of the Beginner
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc; (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
(noun or adjectival noun) original intention; initial resolution; (female given name) Ubu
The initial resolve or mind of the novice.

初心者

see styles
 shoshinsha
    しょしんしゃ
beginner

初心者向け

see styles
 shoshinshamuke
    しょしんしゃむけ
(adj-no,n) beginner-friendly; (intended) for beginners; aimed at beginners

初心始業菩薩


初心始业菩萨

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chū xīn shǐ yè pú sà
    chu1 xin1 shi3 ye4 pu2 sa4
ch`u hsin shih yeh p`u sa
    chu hsin shih yeh pu sa
 shoshin shigō bosatsu
beginner bodhisattvas who have just begun to practice

初心者マーク

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 shoshinshamaaku / shoshinshamaku
    しょしんしゃマーク
(See 若葉マーク,初心運転者標識) novice driver mark; beginner symbol; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

Variations:
初い
初心い

see styles
 ubui
    うぶい
(adjective) (obsolete) (See 初々しい) innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

誡初心學人文


诫初心学人文

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jiè chū xīn xuer én wén
    jie4 chu1 xin1 xuer2 en2 wen2
chieh ch`u hsin xuer en wen
    chieh chu hsin xuer en wen
 Kai shoshin gakunin mon
Admonitions for Beginning Students

初心運転者標識

see styles
 shoshinuntenshahyoushiki / shoshinuntenshahyoshiki
    しょしんうんてんしゃひょうしき
(See 若葉マーク) beginner driver plate; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

初心忘るべからず

see styles
 shoshinwasurubekarazu
    しょしんわするべからず

More info & calligraphy:

Never Forget Your First Resolution
(expression) (idiom) Don't forget your first resolution

初心忘る可からず

see styles
 shoshinwasurubekarazu
    しょしんわするべからず
(expression) (idiom) Don't forget your first resolution

Variations:

初心

see styles
 ubu
    うぶ
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (prefix noun) (2) (産, 生) birth-

Variations:
初心忘るべからず
初心忘る可からず

see styles
 shoshinwasurubekarazu
    しょしんわするべからず
(expression) (proverb) we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from

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

This page contains 12 results for "初心" 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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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