"(archaic) Buddhism" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhú surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺[Tian1zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
yǐn smile (archaic) syn
gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn
转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn
恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn
省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn
天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn
造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn
郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn
古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn
法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn
歌女 gē nǚ female singer (archaic)
太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn
水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn
栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account
令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token
大宝 大寶 dà bǎo (archaic) throne syn
理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn
令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn
情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic)
我等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic)
你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn
戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment
朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic)
离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
报人 報人 bào rén newsman / journalist (archaic)
红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
chī mythical beast (archaic) syn
zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn
chāi to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job / official post syn
shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn
jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn
bèi cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) syn
dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn
zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn
shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn
woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn
quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn
female personal name (archaic)
(archaic) I / me syn
luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive
(archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment)
(archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention
láng tall tree (archaic) syn
niǎn (archaic) man-drawn carriage / an imperial carriage / to transport by carriage syn
(archaic) district / (old) type of monkey
diāo rock cave (archaic)
xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
(archaic) to present / to bequeath / variant of 貽|贻[yi2]
insect / poisonous snake (archaic)
xiáng (archaic) a school
gàn (archaic) water leaking into a boat / historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi / (neologism) to fuck (euphemistic variant of 幹|干[gan4])
(archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans) syn
xiāo (archaic) hollow of a tree / (literary) empty / hollow
to estimate / to fine (archaic) / variant of 資|资[zi1] syn
(archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes
archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 鍺|锗[zhe3]
gōu rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword
zhào oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat syn
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
麿 (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
(archaic) field recently opened for cultivation / (literary) to weed
hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn
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])
毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn
报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma 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
宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn
爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (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
转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
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
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
佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn
清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn
正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn
西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn
前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn
恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn
菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn
转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn
禅宗 禪宗 chán zōng Zen Buddhism syn
玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn
蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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