劫数 劫數 jié shù predestined fate (Buddhism) syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism 唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism) 大般涅槃经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism 典座 diǎn zuò (Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties 命运 命運 mìng yùn fate / destiny / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related / brought together by fate 缘份 緣份 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate syn 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 天命 tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span syn 搏击 搏擊 bó jī to fight, esp. with hands / wrestling (as a sport) / to wrestle / to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc) / to capture prey syn 认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate / to be resigned to sth syn 命理 mìng lǐ fate / predestination / divinatory art 幸免 xìng miǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate) syn 苦命 kǔ mìng hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate syn 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn 听天由命 聽天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 时运 時運 shí yùn circumstances / fate syn 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 zuò yǐ dài bì to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate syn 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn 悲天悯人 悲天憫人 bēi tiān mǐn rén to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind syn 国运 國運 guó yùn fate of the nation 垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate 气数 氣數 qì shu fate / destiny / one's lot syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 魁星 kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 运道 運道 yùn dao fortune / luck / fate 运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn 生死有命 shēng sǐ yǒu mìng life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) 缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn 不知丁董 bù zhī dīng dǒng forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past 命中注定 命中註定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated 时乖命蹇 時乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom) 生不逢时 生不逢時 shēng bù féng shí born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time syn 节哀顺变 節哀順變 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase) 前缘未了 前緣未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom) 怨命 yuàn mìng to complain about one's fate / to bemoan one's lot 时运不济 時運不濟 shí yùn bù jì fate is unfavorable (idiom) / the omens are not good 祸福吉凶 禍福吉凶 huò fú jí xiōng fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology) 逆运 逆運 nì yùn bad luck / unlucky fate 运命 運命 yùn mìng fate / one's fortune 颓运 頹運 tuí yùn crumbling fate / declining fortune 魁星阁 魁星閣 kuí xīng gé temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 命途 mìng tú the course of one's life / one's fate 事业线 事業線 shì yè xiàn (palmistry) fate line / career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage 撞运气 撞運氣 zhuàng yùn qi to try one's luck / to rely on fate 人相学 人相學 rén xiàng xué physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features) 齐人之福 齊人之福 qí rén zhī fú lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha 改运 改運 gǎi yùn to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number) 天数 天數 tiān shù number of days / fate / destiny syn 生老病死 shēng - lǎo - bìng - sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 定命 dìng mìng predestined fate / destiny 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) syn 地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn 佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) 转生 轉生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism) 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita syn 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) 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 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism) 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 涅盘 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) nirvana 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 佛门 佛門 fó mén Buddhism syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 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) 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 禅宗 禪宗 chán zōng Zen Buddhism syn 