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 讯息 訊息 xùn xī information / news / message / text message / SMS syn 启发 啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation 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) 原文 yuán wén original text syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 宝典 寶典 bǎo diǎn canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom) 疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn 顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 教规 教規 jiào guī canon / religious rules 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 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 原作 yuán zuò original works / original text / original author 上文 shàng wén preceding part of the text 涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn 破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up 短讯 短訊 duǎn xùn SMS / text message 错字 錯字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text) 赛会 賽會 sài huì religious procession / exposition 祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite syn 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 删节 刪節 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication syn 全文 quán wén entire text / full text 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 译文 譯文 yì wén translated text 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 课文 課文 kè wén text / CL:篇[pian1] 专著 專著 zhuān zhù monograph / specialized text 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 要旨 yào zhǐ the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points syn 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 审校 審校 shěn jiào to proof-read / to review (a text) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn 短信 duǎn xìn text message / SMS 本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn 控件 kòng jiàn (computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc) 发短信 發短信 fā duǎn xìn to text / to send SMS messages 键入 鍵入 jiàn rù to key in / to input / to enter (some text) 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 文本框 wén běn kuàng (computing) text box 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 换行 換行 huàn háng to wrap (text) / line feed (computing) 纯文字 純文字 chún wén zì text-only (webpage, slide etc) 法会 法會 fǎ huì (Buddhist) religious assembly 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 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 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival 加粗 jiā cū to make text bold 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 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) 会众 會眾 huì zhòng audience / participants / congregation (of religious sect) 词话 詞話 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 宗教学 宗教學 zōng jiào xué religious studies 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 阿亚图拉 阿亞圖拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam) 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 括 kuò (bound form) to tie up / to tighten up / (bound form) to include / to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1] syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 毛拉 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam) 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 教权 教權 jiào quán religious rule 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 旁门左道 旁門左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom) / heretical school of opinion / dissident group syn 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 口齿生香 口齒生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng eloquence that generates perfume (idiom) / profound and significant text 妄下雌黄 妄下雌黃 wàng xià cí huáng to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom) / to make irresponsible criticism syn 望文生义 望文生義 wàng wén shēng yì lit. view a text and interpret (idiom) / to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation 镻 dié name of poisonous snake in ancient text 长篇累牍 長篇累牘 cháng piān lěi dú (of a text) very lengthy (idiom) 宗教团 宗教團 zōng jiào tuán religious order / religious grouping 真诠 真詮 zhēn quán to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis 参校 參校 cān jiào to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text 次经 次經 cì jīng non-canonical text / dubious classic text / Apocrypha 讹误 訛誤 é wù error in a text / text corruption syn 