"Buddha (archaic)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
竺乾 zhú qián Buddha (archaic) / Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
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
神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn
转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn
宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn
恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn
灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn
佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn
佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] syn
法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand 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
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
郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn
古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn
如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy syn
佛陀 fó tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) syn
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
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
活佛 huó fó Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century syn
拜佛 bài fó to worship Buddha syn
圣像 聖像 shèng xiàng (old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine 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
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn
弥勒 彌勒 mí lè Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn
弥勒佛 彌勒佛 mí lè fó Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha 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
大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
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)
念佛 niàn fó to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha syn
世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
成佛 chéng fó to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
达摩 達摩 dá mó Dharma, the teaching of Buddha / Bodhidharma
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn
四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
佛光 fó guāng Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
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)
弥陀 彌陀 mí tuó Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
佛号 佛號 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha
离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
阿难 阿難 ē nán Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
佛性 fó xìng Buddha nature
臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
浮屠 fú tú Buddha / Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo) syn
白佛 bái fó to ask Buddha
卧佛 臥佛 wò fó reclining Buddha
报人 報人 bào rén newsman / journalist (archaic)
临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn
红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
药师佛 藥師佛 yào shī fó Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
舍利塔 shè lì tǎ stupa / tower venerating the ashes of the Buddha
借花献佛 借花獻佛 jiè huā xiàn fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) / fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism syn
醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character
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
Buddha / Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2]) 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)
shì to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / Buddhism syn
(archaic) I / me syn
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 ē mí tuó fó Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha! syn
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation 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)
活菩萨 活菩薩 huó pú sà a living Buddha / fig. compassionate person / saint syn
(archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention
zhú surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺[Tian1zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism syn
láng tall tree (archaic) syn
niǎn (archaic) man-drawn carriage / an imperial carriage / to transport by carriage syn
佛牙 fó yá Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
(archaic) district / (old) type of monkey
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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