门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 超度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace 修士 xiū shì member of religious order / frater 符咒 fú zhòu charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing) syn 信教 xìn jiào religious belief / to practice a faith / to be religious syn 降生 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader) syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 做礼拜 做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to worship / to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) 供养 供養 gòng yǎng to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4] syn 教规 教規 jiào guī canon / religious rules 法事 fǎ shì religious ceremony / ritual syn 释义 釋義 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine 破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up 赛会 賽會 sài huì religious procession / exposition 祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 犯戒 fàn jiè to go against the rules (of a religious order) / to break a ban (e.g. medical) 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 上供 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor syn 祖师 祖師 zǔ shī founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 法会 法會 fǎ huì (Buddhist) religious assembly 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival 拜祭 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) 祖师爷 祖師爺 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 会众 會眾 huì zhòng audience / participants / congregation (of religious sect) 宗教学 宗教學 zōng jiào xué religious studies 经籍 經籍 jīng jí religious text syn 供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn 阿亚图拉 阿亞圖拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam) 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 毛拉 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam) 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 教权 教權 jiào quán religious rule 琏 璉 liǎn sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2] 旁门左道 旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom) / heretical school of opinion / dissident group syn 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 遁入空门 遁入空門 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life syn 郊祀 jiāo sì pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth) 宗教团 宗教團 zōng jiào tuán religious order / religious grouping 中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 纸锭 紙錠 zhǐ dìng paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead) 素筵 sù yán vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha 赕佛 賧佛 dǎn fó (Dai language) to make offerings to Buddha 上新 shàng xīn to introduce new items / to roll out new offerings or content 非宗教 fēi zōng jiào secular (society) / non-religious (party) 归心者 歸心者 guī xīn zhě religious convert 慕道友 mù dào yǒu religious investigator 义理 義理 yì lǐ doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay) syn 末愿 末願 mò yuàn final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church) 政教合一 zhèng jiào hé yī union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism 修会 修會 xiū huì religious order 修行人 xiū xíng rén person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism) 凡尘 凡塵 fán chén mundane world (in religious context) / this mortal coil 噶拉·多杰·仁波切 噶拉·多傑·仁波切 GalaDuojieRenboqie Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders 宗喀巴 zōng kā bā Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] 宗教仪式 宗教儀式 zōng jiào yí shì religious ceremony 宗教团体 宗教團體 zōng jiào tuán tǐ religious organization 戒规 戒規 jiè guī religious precept / taboo / rule 托钵修会 托缽修會 tuō bō xiū huì mendicant religious order in Catholicism / Franciscan order 故训 故訓 gù xùn old teaching (e.g. religious instruction) 会士 會士 huì shì member of religious order / penitent / frater / translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate) 梨俱吠陀 lí jū fèi tuó Rigveda, Indian religious poem 玄秘 xuán mì mystery / mysterious / occult / abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) 真诠 真詮 zhēn quán to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis 陀罗尼 陀羅尼 tuó luó ní incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) 宗教自由 zōng jiào zì yóu freedom of religious worship 巫毒教 wū dú jiào Voodoo (religious cult) 国际宗教自由委员会 Commission on International Religious Freedom 国际宗教信仰自由协会 International Association for Religious Freedom 1992年关于少数民族的宣言 1992年關於少數民族的宣言 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities / 1992 Declaration on Minorities 前南斯拉夫宗教领袖会议 Conference of the Religious Leaders of Former Yugoslavia 贝克特宗教自由基金 Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 议员和宗教领袖股 議員和宗教領袖股 Parliamentarians and Religious Leaders Unit 犹太教改革派宗教行动中心 猶太教改革派宗教行動中心 Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism 宗教事务委员会 宗教事務委員會 Committee for Religious Affairs 长老和宗教领袖理事会 長老和宗教領袖理事會 Council of Elders and Religious Leaders 宗教和精神领袖千年世界和平首脑会议 宗教和精神領袖千年世界和平首腦會議 Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders 联合国宗教非政府组织委员会 聯合國宗教非政府組織委員會 Committee of Religious Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) at the United Nations 宗教取向 religious preference 朝觐和宗教事务部 朝覲和宗教事務部 Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs 宗教不容忍问题特别报告员 宗教不容忍問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance 全球议员和宗教领袖论坛 全球議員和宗教領袖論壇 Global Forum of Parlamentarians and Religious Leaders 宗教间对话计划－信仰之路 宗教間對話計劃－信仰之路 Inter-religious Dialogue Programme - Roads of Faith 国际保护宗教自由协会 國際保護宗教自由協會 International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty 宗教自由联盟 宗教自由聯盟 Religious Freedom Coalition 宗教改造小组 宗教改造小組 Religious Rehabilitation Group 噶拉・多杰・仁波切 噶拉・多傑・仁波切 gá lā · duō jié · rén bō qiè Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders 噶拉·多杰·仁波切 噶拉·多傑·仁波切 gá lā · duō jié · rén bō qiè Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders 梨俱吠陀 lí jù fèi tuó Rigveda, Indian religious poem 重整奥思定会 重整奧思定會 zhòng zhěng ào sī dìng huì Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns 