门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 超度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace 修士 xiū shì member of religious order / frater 符咒 fú zhòu charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing) syn 信教 xìn jiào religious belief / to practice a faith / to be religious syn 降生 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader) syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 做礼拜 做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to worship / to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) 教规 教規 jiào guī canon / religious rules 法事 fǎ shì religious ceremony / ritual syn 释义 釋義 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine 破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up 赛会 賽會 sài huì religious procession / exposition 祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 犯戒 fàn jiè to go against the rules (of a religious order) / to break a ban (e.g. medical) 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 祖师 祖師 zǔ shī founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 法会 法會 fǎ huì (Buddhist) religious assembly 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival 拜祭 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) 祖师爷 祖師爺 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) syn 会众 會眾 huì zhòng audience / participants / congregation (of religious sect) 保研 bǎo yán to recommend sb for postgraduate studies / to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam 经籍 經籍 jīng jí religious text syn 阿亚图拉 阿亞圖拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam) 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 毛拉 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam) 教权 教權 jiào quán religious rule 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 学业 學業 xué yè studies / schoolwork syn 研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL:個|个[ge4] 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 考古 kǎo gǔ archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 深造 shēn zào to pursue one's studies syn 求学 求學 qiú xué to pursue one's studies / to attend school / to seek knowledge syn 寒窗 hán chuāng a life of strenuous studies (idiom) 复学 復學 fù xué to return to school (after an interruption) / to resume one's studies 佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies 管理学 管理學 guǎn lǐ xué management studies 商科 shāng kē business studies 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn 商学 商學 shāng xué business studies / commerce as an academic subject 民族大学 民族大學 mín zú dà xué University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) 埋首 mái shǒu to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc) 北京外国语大学 北京外國語大學 běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) 周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution 上海外国语大学 上海外國語大學 shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) 品学兼优 品學兼優 pǐn xué jiān yōu excelling both in morals and studies (idiom) / top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning syn 旁门左道 旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom) / heretical school of opinion / dissident group syn 未来学 未來學 wèi lái xué future studies 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 遁入空门 遁入空門 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life syn 目不窥园 目不窺園 mù bù kuī yuán lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom) syn 钻坚仰高 鑽堅仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study 闻鸡起舞 聞雞起舞 wén jī qǐ wǔ to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies syn 牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies 学而优则仕 學而優則仕 xué ér yōu zé shì one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) 宗教团 宗教團 zōng jiào tuán religious order / religious grouping 战略和国际研究中心 Center for Strategic and International Studies / Centre for Strategic and International Studies 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 保罗·尼采高级国际研究学院 保羅·尼采高級國際研究學院 The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies 高级国际研究学院 高級國際研究學院 gāo jí guó jì yán jiū xué yuàn The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies 琼·克罗克国际和平研究所 瓊·克羅克國際和平研究所 Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies / Institute for International Peace Studies 国际和平研究所 國際和平研究所 Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies / Institute for International Peace Studies 联合国大学高级研究所 聯合國大學高級研究所 lián hé guó dài xué gāo jí yán jiū suǒ UNU Institute of Advanced Studies / Institute for Advanced Studies 非宗教 fēi zōng jiào secular (society) / non-religious (party) 归心者 歸心者 guī xīn zhě religious convert 慕道友 mù dào yǒu religious investigator 义理 義理 yì lǐ doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay) syn 末愿 末願 mò yuàn final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church) 政教合一 zhèng jiào hé yī union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism 修会 修會 xiū huì religious order 修行人 xiū xíng rén person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism) 凡尘 凡塵 fán chén mundane world (in religious context) / this mortal coil 噶拉·多杰·仁波切 噶拉·多傑·仁波切 GalaDuojieRenboqie Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders 宗喀巴 zōng kā bā Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] 宗教仪式 宗教儀式 zōng jiào yí shì religious ceremony 宗教团体 宗教團體 zōng jiào tuán tǐ religious organization 戒规 戒規 jiè guī religious precept / taboo / rule 托钵修会 托缽修會 tuō bō xiū huì mendicant religious order in Catholicism / Franciscan order 故训 故訓 gù xùn old teaching (e.g. religious instruction) 会士 會士 huì shì member of religious order / penitent / frater / translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate) 梨俱吠陀 lí jū fèi tuó Rigveda, Indian religious poem 玄秘 xuán mì mystery / mysterious / occult / abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) 真诠 真詮 zhēn quán to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis 陀罗尼 陀羅尼 tuó luó ní incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) 