一卡通 yī kǎ tōng the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan) 紫寿带 紫壽帶 zǐ shòu dài (bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher / Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata) 佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn 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 竺学 竺學 zhú xué Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies 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) 为主 為主 wéi zhǔ to rely mainly on / to attach most importance to syn 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn 压根 壓根 yà gēn (mainly used in the negative) in the first place / absolutely / simply 朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) 哈日族 hā rì zú Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan) 京族 jīng zú Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 仁义道德 仁義道德 rén yì dào dé compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom) / all the traditional virtues / mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical 苏州码子 蘇州碼子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3ma3] 动量词 動量詞 dòng liàng cí verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs 古典乐 古典樂 gǔ diǎn yuè classical music (mainly Western) 名量词 名量詞 míng liàng cí nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns 堃 kūn variant of 坤[kun1] (mainly used in given names) 草码 草碼 cǎo mǎ the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine 达马提亚 達馬提亞 dá mǎ tí yà Dalmatia (east coast of Adriatic, now mainly in Republic of Croatia) 悠游卡 悠遊卡 yōu yóu kǎ EasyCard (smart card used mainly for public transportation in Taiwan) 捏脊 niē jǐ form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM) 冰店 bīng diàn dessert parlor serving mainly cold sweets (esp. shaved ice) (Tw) 面簿 miàn bù (mainly Singapore) Facebook 天堂 tiān táng paradise / heaven syn 乐园 樂園 lè yuán paradise syn 仙境 xiān jìng fairyland / wonderland / paradise syn 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 仙界 xiān jiè world of the immortals / a fairyland / a paradise 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 乐土 樂土 lè tǔ happy place / paradise / haven syn 福地 fú dì happy land / paradise syn 洞天 dòng tiān paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland 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 归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn 米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost 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 燕雀处堂 燕雀處堂 yàn què chù táng lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom) / fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise 处堂燕雀 處堂燕雀 chù táng yàn què lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom) / fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise 阿初佛 ā chū fó erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati 上西天 shàng xī tiān (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die syn 往生 wǎng shēng to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death 东方阿閦佛 東方阿閦佛 dōng fāng ā chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati 瑶之圃 瑤之圃 yáo zhī pǔ jade garden of celestial ruler / paradise 阆苑 閬苑 làng yuàn Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆风 閬風 láng fēng Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆风巅 閬風巔 láng fēng diān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆凤山 閬鳳山 láng fèng shān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阿閦佛 ā chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati 驾鹤西去 駕鶴西去 jià hè xī qù lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom) 大唐芙蓉园 大唐芙蓉園 dà táng fú róng yuán Tang Paradise in Xi'an 亚洲绶带 亞洲綬帶 yà zhōu shòu dài (bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) / also called 壽帶|寿带[shou4 dai4] 寿带 壽帶 shòu dài (bird species of China) Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei) 印度寿带 印度壽帶 yìn dù shòu dài (bird species of China) Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) 东方寿带 東方壽帶 dōng fāng shòu dài (bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) 三斑 sān bān (Tw) common name for paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) 说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) 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 雕塑 diāo sù a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine syn 佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect 佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 取经 取經 qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] syn 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 舍利 shè lì ashes after cremation / Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) 南无 南無 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) / Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] 顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) syn 天竺 tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) 比丘 bǐ qiū Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture syn 三昧 sān mèi Samadhi (Buddhist term) syn 