教 jiào religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell syn 信仰 xìn yǎng to believe in (a religion) / firm belief / conviction syn 宗教 zōng jiào religion syn 忏悔 懺悔 chàn huǐ to repent / (religion) to confess syn 印第安 yìn dì ān (American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 先知 xiān zhī a person of foresight / (religion) a prophet syn 圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn 教徒 jiào tú disciple / follower of a religion syn 异教徒 異教徒 yì jiào tú member of another religion / heathen / pagan / heretic / apostate 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 卢比 盧比 lú bǐ rupee (Indian currency) (loanword) 造物主 zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God syn 西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) syn 尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world syn 天竺 tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 印度人 yìn dù rén Indian (person) / CL:個|个[ge4] / Indian people 红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian syn 杜鹃花 杜鵑花 dù juān huā Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch) 杜鹃 杜鵑 dù juān cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) syn 国教 國教 guó jiào state religion 印度洋 yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean 神道 shén dào Shinto (Japanese religion) syn 归依 歸依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) / to rely upon / refuge / mainstay syn 国大 國大 guó dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn 归心 歸心 guī xīn converted to (religion) syn 正教 zhèng jiào lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians) syn 独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn 泰戈尔 泰戈爾 tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer 法号 法號 fǎ hào name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) 归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit syn 美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) 次大陆 次大陸 cì dà lù subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent) syn 秋老虎 qiū lǎo hǔ hot spell during autumn / Indian summer 修罗 修羅 xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology 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) 宣教 xuān jiào to preach a religion 阿三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian 下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) 籼稻 xiān dào long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice) 震旦 zhèn dàn ancient Indian name for China 籼米 xiān mǐ long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米[jing1 mi3]) syn 映山红 映山紅 yìng shān hóng Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii) syn 法名 fǎ míng name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4] 阿育王 ā yù wáng Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC 教民 jiào mín adherent to a religion / convert 种姓 種姓 zhǒng xìng caste (traditional Indian social division) 教理 jiào lǐ doctrine (religion) 茜 qiàn (bound form) Indian madder / munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red / dark red / alizarin crimson syn 奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn 融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom) / hypostatic union (religion) syn 阿修罗 阿修羅 ā xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology 摩门 摩門 mó mén Mormon (religion) 国大党 國大黨 guó dà dǎng Indian Congress party 锡金 錫金 xī jīn Sikkim, Indian state bordering Tibet 茜草 qiàn cǎo Indian madder / munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) syn 殉教 xùn jiào to die for one's religion 天理教 tiān lǐ jiào Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) syn 摩加迪沙 mó jiā dí shā Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia 班加罗尔 班加羅爾 bān jiā luó ěr Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦[Ka3 na4 ta3 ke4 bang1] 莫迪 mò dí Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014 巴哈伊 bā hā yī Baha'i (religion) 一神教 yī shén jiào monotheistic religion / monotheism 钦奈 欽奈 qīn nài Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦[Tai4 mi3 er3 Na4 de2 bang1] / formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯[Ma3 de2 la1 si1] 罗摩衍那 羅摩衍那 luó mó yǎn nà the Ramayana (Indian epic) 苘 qǐng Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti) / Indian hemp (cannabis) 孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind 苘麻 qǐng má Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti) / Indian hemp (cannabis) syn 印度洋基准面 yìn duó yáng jī zhǔn miàn Indian spring low-water / Indian tide plane 创造论 創造論 chuàng zào lùn creationism (religion) 十戒 shí jiè the ten commandments (religion) 印度袄 印度襖 yìn dù ǎo Parsee or Parsi, member of the Zoroastrian sect (religion) 土地公 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) 多神教 duō shén jiào polytheistic religion / polytheism 宗教徒 zōng jiào tú adherent of religion / disciple 宗教法庭 zōng jiào fǎ tíng Inquisition (religion) 改信 gǎi xìn to convert (to another religion) 智能设计 智能設計 zhì néng shè jì intelligent design (religion) 正教真诠 正教真詮 zhèng jiào zhēn quán Exegesis of the Right Religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4yu2], a study of Islam published during the Ming dynasty 洋教 yáng jiào foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China) 涤罪所 滌罪所 dí zuì suǒ purgatory (religion) 万福玛丽亚 萬福瑪麗亞 wàn fú mǎ lì yà Hail Mary / Ave Maria (religion) 虔信 qián xìn piety / devotion (to a religion) / pious (believer) / devout 土地神 tǔ dì shén local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[Tu3 di4 Gong1]) 宗教和国际事务理事会 Council on Religion and International Affairs 宗教或信仰自由问题特别报告员 Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief 环境、宗教和文化问题国际讨论会 環境、宗教和文化問題國際討論會 International Seminar on Environment, Religion and Culture 宗教对和平文化的贡献 宗教對和平文化的貢獻 The Contribution by Religion to the Culture of Peace 关于宗教在促进和平文化中的作用的宣言 關於宗教在促進和平文化中的作用的宣言 Declaration on the Role of Religion in the Promotion of a Culture of Peace 世界宗教与和平会议 世界宗教與和平會議 World Conference on Religion and Peace 世界宗教日 World Religion Day 对宗教的诽谤 對宗教的誹謗 defamation of religion 黑白无常 黑白無常 hēi bái wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld 摩尔门 摩爾門 mó ěr mén Mormon (religion) 在教 zài jiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) 