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"to attain enlightenment" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
成佛 chéng fó to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
Chinese Pinyin Translation
达 達 dá to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent syn
达到 達到 dá dào to reach / to achieve / to attain syn
爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
启发 啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation syn
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn
开明 開明 kāi míng enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment syn
觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) syn
启迪 啟迪 qǐ dí to edify / enlightenment syn
顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) syn
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty syn
伏尔泰 伏爾泰 fú ěr tài Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
豁然开朗 豁然開朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment syn
登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn
假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn
高达 高達 gāo dá to attain / to reach up to syn
菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn
卢梭 盧梭 lú suō Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
参悟 參悟 cān wù to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment
业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn
休谟 休謨 xiū mó David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher
驯 馴 xùn to attain gradually / to tame / Taiwan pr. [xun2] syn
欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn
福田 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
百尺竿头 百尺竿頭 bǎi chǐ gān tóu to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level syn
大彻大悟 大徹大悟 dà chè dà wù to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
够得着 夠得著 gòu de zháo to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
臻于完善 臻於完善 zhēn yú wán shàn to attain perfection (idiom)
臻于郅治 臻於郅治 zhēn yú zhì zhì to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)
取得并保持 取得並保持 attain and maintain
达致 達致 dá zhì to attain / to achieve
大日如来 大日如來 dà rì rú lái Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
苦海无边，回头是岸 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
菩提道场 菩提道場 pú tí dào chǎng Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
金刚座 金剛座 jīn gāng zuò Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
启蒙主义 啟蒙主義 qǐ méng zhǔ yì Enlightenment (philosophy)
殷忧启圣 殷憂啟聖 yīn yōu qǐ shèng deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom) / storms make oaks take deeper root
一人得道，鸡犬升天 一人得道，雞犬升天 yī rén - dé dào , jī quǎn - shēng tiān lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
鸡犬升天 雞犬升天 jī quǎn - shēng tiān lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天|一人得道，鸡犬升天[yi1ren2-de2dao4, ji1quan3-sheng1tian1]) 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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