"the Heart Sutra" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
心经 心經 xīn jīng the Heart Sutra
般若波罗密多心经 般若波羅密多心經 bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīng the Heart Sutra
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
华严经 華嚴經 huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
华严经大方广佛 華嚴經大方廣佛 huá yán jīng dà fāng guǎng fó Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
大方广佛华严经 大方廣佛華嚴經 dà fāng guǎng fó huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
华严宗 華嚴宗 huá yán zōng Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
药师经 藥師經 yào shī jīng Healing sutra / Bhaisajyaguru sutra
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
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
交心 jiāo xīn to open one's heart / to have a heart-to-heart conversation syn
般若波罗密 般若波羅密 bō rě bō luó mì prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
谈心 談心 tán xīn to have a heart-to-heart chat syn
满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart / intention / one's inclination / state of mind / to have the heart for sth / mood syn
红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
沁人心脾 qìn rén xīn pí lit. to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom) / fig. to gladden the heart / to be refreshing syn
促膝谈心 促膝談心 cù xī tán xīn (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk syn
刀子嘴巴,豆腐心 dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīn lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd / sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
爱莫大于心死 愛莫大於心死 ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confuciu
反对人口贩运蓝心运动 反對人口販運藍心運動 Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking / Blue Heart Campaign
凉了半截 涼了半截 liáng le bàn jié felt a chill (in one's heart) / (one's heart) sank
速效救心丸 sù xiào jiù xīn wán fast-acting heart pills (a medication developed in China in 1982 to treat heart conditions including angina)
心脏病发作 心臟病發作 xīn zàng bìng fā zuò heart attack / to have a heart attack
真经 真經 zhēn jīng sutra / Taoist treatise syn
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
四十二章经 四十二章經 sì shí èr zhāng jīng The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)
大本涅盘经 大本涅槃經 dà běn niè pán jīng the great Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.
大般涅盘经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng Nirvana sutra
妙法莲华经 妙法蓮華經 miào fǎ lián huá jīng The Lotus Sutra
本经 本經 běn jīng classic book / sutra
法华经 法華經 fǎ huá jīng The Lotus Sutra
涅盘经 涅槃經 niè pán jīng the Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
解深密经 解深密經 jiě shēn mì jīng Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha
贝叶经 貝葉經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
爱经 愛經 ài jīng Kama Sutra
欲经 欲經 yù jīng Kama Sutra
谈经 談經 tán jīng to explain a sutra / to expound the classics
大本涅槃经 大本涅槃經 dà běn niè pán jīng (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
涅槃经 涅槃經 niè pán jīng (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
中心 zhōng xīn center / heart / core syn
心里 心裡 xīn li chest / heart / mind syn
心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn
认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart syn
心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn
内心 內心 nèi xīn heart / innermost being / (math.) incenter syn
记住 記住 jì zhu to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart syn
心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn
爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn
心脏 心臟 xīn zàng heart / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn
心头 心頭 xīn tóu one's heart / one's mind syn
心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn
心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly / heart and soul syn
追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter syn
心脏病 心臟病 xīn zàng bìng heart disease
痛快 tòng kuài delighted / to one's heart's content / straightforward / also pr. [tong4 kuai5] syn
心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn
满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn
花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
随心所欲 隨心所欲 suí xīn suǒ yù (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires / to do as one pleases syn
全心全意 quán xīn quán yì heart and soul / wholeheartedly syn
纯情 純情 chún qíng pure and innocent / a pure heart syn
可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn
内心深处 內心深處 nèi xīn shēn chù deep in one's heart
惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn
芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman
刻骨铭心 刻骨銘心 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable syn
放在心上 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart syn
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart syn
心胸 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration syn
冠心病 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease
得心应手 得心應手 dé xīn yìng shǒu lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily syn
心眼 xīn yǎn heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance syn
心扉 xīn fēi inner heart / soul syn
开怀 開懷 kāi huái to one's heart's content / without restraint syn
满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy) syn
忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task syn
触目惊心 觸目驚心 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight syn
心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn
畅所欲言 暢所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content syn
全心 quán xīn with heart and soul
赏心悦目 賞心悅目 shǎng xīn yuè mù warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom) / pleasing / delightful syn
童心 tóng xīn childish heart / childish innocence syn
灰心 huī xīn to lose heart / to be discouraged syn
尽兴 盡興 jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full / to one's heart's content syn
悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn
胸襟 xiōng jīn lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision syn
忧心忡忡 憂心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom) syn
情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
心房 xīn fáng heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium syn
心旷神怡 心曠神怡 xīn kuàng shén yí lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom) / carefree and relaxed syn
撼动 撼動 hàn dòng to shake up / to deal a shock / (fig.) to stir (sb's heart) syn
方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn
耿耿于怀 耿耿於懷 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom) / brooding syn
心病 xīn bìng anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine) syn
全身心 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul syn
心肝 xīn gān darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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