佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn 竺学 竺學 zhú xué Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies 荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi 楋 là (archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts 鸠摩罗什 鳩摩羅什 jiū mó luó shí Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts 行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 彝 彞 yí (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention 僬僬 jiāo jiāo (archaic) clear-minded / (archaic) bustling 樏 léi (archaic) simple sedan chair for traveling in the mountains / (archaic) platter with compartments for food (also pr. [lei3]) 竺 zhú surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺[Tian1zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism syn 竺法 zhú fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic) / Buddhist doctrine 佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 香客 xiāng kè Buddhist pilgrim / Buddhist worshipper 禅机 禪機 chán jī Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine syn 佛典 fó diǎn Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics 偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse 菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple 须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative 佛媛 fó yuán Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes) 对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check syn 恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 读经 讀經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts 中英文对照 中英文對照 zhōng yīng wén duì zhào Chinese-English parallel texts 尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts 中英对照 中英對照 zhōng yīng duì zhào Chinese English parallel texts 释文 釋文 shì wén interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script 书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1] 训诂 訓詁 xùn gǔ to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts syn 训诂学 訓詁學 xùn gǔ xué study of classic texts, including interpretation, glossaries and commentaries 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 兕 sì animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros) 蒄 guān (herb mentioned in ancient texts) 索国 索國 suǒ guó Somalia / Somaliland / (Tw) Solomon Islands / Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese historical texts, said to have been established by the ancestors of the Göktürks 今古文 jīn gǔ wén Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1] 尚书经 尚書經 shàng shū jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius 恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 王肃 王肅 wáng sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts 稽古 jī gǔ to learn from the ancients / to study the classic texts 圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts 释读 釋讀 shì dú to read and interpret ancient texts / to decipher 鹍鸡 鵾雞 kūn jī bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane 梵书 梵書 fàn shū Brahmana, ancient Hindu texts 周髀算经 周髀算經 zhōu bì suàn jīng Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics 贸易法委员会法规的判例法 Case law on UNCITRAL texts 笺注 箋注 jiān zhù to annotate (ancient texts) / commentaries syn 顾野王 顧野王 gù yě wáng Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1] 参详 參詳 cān xiáng to collate and examine critically (texts etc) 泰阿 tài ē name of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts 集录 集錄 jí lù to compile (various texts) into book form / a compilation 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic) 我等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic) 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all 封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account 造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn 省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn 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) 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 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp 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 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) 那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] 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 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 古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn 离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away 歌女 gē nǚ female singer (archaic) 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 报人 報人 bào rén newsman / journalist (archaic) 听 yǐn smile (archaic) syn 红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic) 干 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 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn 精 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 宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment) 居 jī (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn 差 chāi to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job / official post syn 座 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 予 yú (archaic) I / me syn 贝 貝 bèi cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) syn 丁 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 舍 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 辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn 泉 quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn 稣 穌 sū archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 姬 jī woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn 