神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 崇拜 chóng bài to worship / adoration syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect 做礼拜 做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to worship / to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) 佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 供奉 gòng fèng to consecrate / to enshrine and worship / an offering (to one's ancestors) / a sacrifice (to a god) 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 朝拜 cháo bài to worship / to make customary deferences to / a pilgrimage syn 参拜 參拜 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb syn 如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy syn 佛陀 fó tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) syn 祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 跪拜 guì bài to kowtow / to kneel and worship syn 活佛 huó fó Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century syn 圣像 聖像 shèng xiàng (old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc) 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine syn 释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama) 弥勒 彌勒 mí lè Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 拜金 bài jīn to worship money / to be mad about money 弥勒佛 彌勒佛 mí lè fó Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha syn 拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn 元宝 元寶 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius syn 大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha 念佛 niàn fó to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha syn 世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha) 成佛 chéng fó to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment 达摩 達摩 dá mó Dharma, the teaching of Buddha / Bodhidharma 四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha 佛光 fó guāng Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha) 弥陀 彌陀 mí tuó Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan 佛号 佛號 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha 阿难 阿難 ē nán Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple 佛性 fó xìng Buddha nature 顶礼膜拜 頂禮膜拜 dǐng lǐ mó bài to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to syn 拜祭 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) 敬拜 jìng bài to worship 浮屠 fú tú Buddha / Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo) syn 白佛 bái fó to ask Buddha 卧佛 臥佛 wò fó reclining Buddha 临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn 药师佛 藥師佛 yào shī fó Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) 舍利塔 shè lì tǎ stupa / tower venerating the ashes of the Buddha 奉祀 fèng sì to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc) 借花献佛 借花獻佛 jiè huā xiàn fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) / fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism syn 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 佛 fó Buddha / Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2]) syn 释 釋 shì to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / Buddhism syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship syn 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 ē mí tuó fó Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha! syn 抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation syn 敬奉 jìng fèng to worship piously / to present / to dedicate syn 活菩萨 活菩薩 huó pú sà a living Buddha / fig. compassionate person / saint syn 本本主义 本本主義 běn běn zhǔ yì book worship / bookishness syn 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn 佛牙 fó yá Buddha's tooth (a holy relic) 噶 gá phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to 了[le5] (esp. in Yunnan) 三宝 三寶 sān bǎo the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order) 拜金主义 拜金主義 bài jīn zhǔ yì money worship 偶人 ǒu rén idol (i.e. statue for worship) syn 祔 fù worship ancestors 簠 fǔ basket used in state worship 步斗踏罡 bù dǒu tà gāng to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) 步罡踏斗 bù gāng tà dǒu to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous syn 如是我闻 如是我聞 rú shì wǒ wén so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism) 舍身求法 捨身求法 shě shēn qiú fǎ to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) 拣佛烧香 揀佛燒香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person 普济众生 普濟眾生 pǔ jì zhòng shēng universal mercy and succor (idiom) / the Buddha's infinite power and mercy 立地成佛 lì dì chéng fó to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes 燃灯佛 燃燈佛 rán dēng fó Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights 烧香拜佛 燒香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài fó to burn incense and worship Buddha 释迦牟尼佛 釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism 竺乾 zhú qián Buddha (archaic) / Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) 释迦佛 釋迦佛 shì jiā fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism 佛心 fó xīn Buddha-like heart (full of compassion) / spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longer clinging to appearances) 崇拜仪式 崇拜儀式 chóng bài yí shì worship service 王国聚会所 王國聚會所 wáng guó jù huì suǒ Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses) 因父之名 yīn fù zhī míng in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship) 尊奉 zūn fèng worship / to revere / to venerate 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas 吊祭 弔祭 diào jì a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation 承重孙 承重孫 chéng zhòng sūn eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship) 清酌 qīng zhuó wine offered to gods in worship 瞻拜 zhān bài to worship / to gaze with reverence 顶拜 頂拜 dǐng bài to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc) 宗教自由 zōng jiào zì yóu freedom of religious worship 外交、国际贸易和宗教事务部 外交、國際貿易和宗教事務部 Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship 礼拜场所 禮拜場所 place of worship 膜拜 mó bài to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship syn 崇奉 chóng fèng to believe in (a deity or other supernatural being) / to worship syn 拜魔 bài mó to worship the devil 本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone) 宝生佛 寶生佛 bǎo shēng fó Ratnasambhava Buddha 