报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 果报 果報 guǒ bào karma / preordained fate (Buddhism) 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 因果报应 因果報應 yīn guǒ bào yìng (Buddhism) retribution / karma syn 共业 共業 gòng yè collective karma (Buddhism) / consequences that all must suffer 业力 業力 yè lì (Buddhism) karma 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 善缘 善緣 shàn yuán good karma 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism 唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism) 大般涅槃经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism 典座 diǎn zuò (Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties 宿命 sù mìng predestination / karma 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn 互为因果 互為因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ mutually related karma (idiom) / fates are intertwined / interdependent 范缜 范縝 fàn zhěn Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth 孽报 孽報 niè bào bad karma 羯磨 jié mó karma (loanword) 随喜 隨喜 suí xǐ (Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn 保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 美誉 美譽 měi yù good name / good reputation syn 善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn 无益 無益 wú yì no good / not good for / not beneficial syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 美名 měi míng good name / good reputation syn 良策 liáng cè good plan / good idea syn 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn 以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn 待价而沽 待價而沽 dài jià ér gū to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 好好儿 好好兒 hǎo hāo r in good condition / perfectly good / carefully / well / thoroughly syn 善 shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn 多钱善贾 多錢善賈 duō qián shàn gǔ much capital, good business (idiom) / fig. good trading conditions 生财有道 生財有道 shēng cái yǒu dào lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest syn 善者不辩，辩者不善 善者不辯，辯者不善 shàn zhě bù biàn , biàn zhě bù shàn Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi 老子 81). Do not be taken in by appearances. 好事不出门，恶事传千里 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) 好故事百听不厌 好故事百聽不厭 hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new. 工欲善其事，必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 彰善癉惡 彰善瘅恶 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice 欲善其事，必先利其器 yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 解决达尔富尔问题的善意和建立信任协议 解決達爾富爾問題的善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building 善意和建立信任协议 善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building 睦邻关系 睦鄰關系 good neighbourly relations / good neigbourliness 彰善瘅恶 彰善癉惡 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice syn 好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent 不是东西 不是東西 bù shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good 好料 hǎo liào sth of good quality / good person (usu. in the negative) / (Tw) delicious food 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) syn 地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn 佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) 转生 轉生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism) 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita syn 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism) 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 涅盘 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) nirvana 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 佛门 佛門 fó mén Buddhism syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 