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禍根


祸根

see styles
huò gēn
    huo4 gen1
huo ken
 kakon
    かこん
root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

禍水


祸水

see styles
huò shuǐ
    huo4 shui3
huo shui
source of calamity (esp. of women)

禍源

see styles
 kagen
    かげん
source of misfortune

私多

see styles
sī duō
    si1 duo1
ssu to
 shita
私陀; 悉陀; 徒多; 枲多 Sītā. Described as the 'cold' river; one of the four great rivers flowing from the Anavatpta or Anavadata Lake 阿耨達池 in Tibet. One account makes it 'an eastern outflux' which subsequently becomes the Yellow River. It is also said to issue from the west. Again, 'the Ganges flows eastward, the Indus south, Vatsch (Oxus) west, Sītā north.' Vatsch = Vākṣu. 'According to Xuanzang, however, it is the northern outflux of the Sirikol [Sarikkol] Lake (Lat. 38°20′N., Long. 74°E.) now called Yarkand daria, which flows into Lake Lop, thence underneath the desert of Gobi, and reappears as the source of the Huanghe.' Eitel. According to Richard, the Huanghe 'rises a little above two neighbouring lakes of Khchara (Charingnor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by a channel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 feet. It may perhaps be at first confounded with Djaghing-gol, a river 110 miles long, which flows from the south and empties into the channel joining the two lakes'.

税源

see styles
 zeigen / zegen
    ぜいげん
tax source; source of taxation revenue; taxable item

種本

see styles
 tanehon
    たねほん
source book; (surname) Tanemoto

空薫

see styles
 soradaki
    そらだき
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location

給源

see styles
 kyuugen / kyugen
    きゅうげん
supply source

線源

see styles
 sengen
    せんげん
source of radiation; radiation source

編譯


编译

see styles
biān yì
    bian1 yi4
pien i
to translate and edit; translator-editor; (computing) to compile (source code)

罪源

see styles
 zaigen
    ざいげん
substance of a sin; source of a sin

肥羊

see styles
féi yáng
    fei2 yang2
fei yang
(fig.) attractive and easy mark; source of steady profit; moneymaker; cash cow

能源

see styles
néng yuán
    neng2 yuan2
neng yüan
energy; power source; CL:個|个[ge4]

自性

see styles
zì xìng
    zi4 xing4
tzu hsing
 jishou / jisho
    じしょう
{Buddh} intrinsic nature; one’s own distinct nature
Own nature; of (its) own nature. As an intp. of pradhāna (and resembling 冥性) in the Sāṅkhya philosophy it is 'prakṛti, the Originant, primary or original matter or rather the primary germ out of which all material appearances are evolved, the first evolver or source of the material world (hence in a general acceptation 'nature' or rather 'matter' as opposed to purusha, or 'spirit')'. M. W. As 莎發斡 svabhāva, it is 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution, nature'. M. W. The self-substance, self-nature, or unchanging character of anything.

著落


着落

see styles
zhuó luò
    zhuo2 luo4
cho lo
whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution

藍本


蓝本

see styles
lán běn
    lan2 ben3
lan pen
 aimoto
    あいもと
blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
(place-name, surname) Aimoto

語錄


语录

see styles
yǔ lù
    yu3 lu4
yü lu
 goroku
quotation (from a book or existing source)
recorded sayings

轉引


转引

see styles
zhuǎn yǐn
    zhuan3 yin3
chuan yin
to quote from secondary source

追根

see styles
zhuī gēn
    zhui1 gen1
chui ken
to trace something back to its source; to get to the bottom of something

逆喩

see styles
nì yú
    ni4 yu2
ni yü
 gyakuyu
Argument by illustration from effect to cause, e.g. the source of the ocean is the river, of the river the streams, of these the ponds.

還源


还源

see styles
huán yuán
    huan2 yuan2
huan yüan
 gengen
To return to the source. i.e. abandon illusion and turn to enlightenment.

金箱

see styles
 kanebako
    かねばこ
cashbox; income source; (surname) Kinbako

金脈

see styles
 kinmyaku
    きんみゃく
(1) vein of gold; (2) financial connections; patron; source of money

金蔓

see styles
 kanezuru
    かねづる
source of revenue; financial supporter

閉源


闭源

see styles
bì yuán
    bi4 yuan2
pi yüan
(computing) closed-source

阿字

see styles
ā zì
    a1 zi4
a tzu
 aji
    あじ
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things); (surname) Aji
letter a

電光


电光

see styles
diàn guāng
    dian4 guang1
tien kuang
 denkou / denko
    でんこう
electric light; lightning; electro-optical
(1) lightning; (2) electric illumination; light from an electric source
flash of lighting

音源

see styles
 ongen
    おんげん
sound source; sound generator; tone generator

響起


响起

see styles
xiǎng qǐ
    xiang3 qi3
hsiang ch`i
    hsiang chi
(of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off

しのぎ

see styles
 shinogi
    シノギ
(colloquialism) income source for gangster organizations; (female given name) Shinogi

ドル箱

see styles
 dorubako
    ドルばこ
(1) source of funds; gold mine; patron; milch cow; (2) cash box; safe

中子源

see styles
zhōng zǐ yuán
    zhong1 zi3 yuan2
chung tzu yüan
neutron source

事情通

see styles
 jijoutsuu / jijotsu
    じじょうつう
(See 通・1) having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source

五種藏


五种藏

see styles
wǔ zhǒng zàng
    wu3 zhong3 zang4
wu chung tsang
 goshu zō
The five 'stores', or the five differentiations of the one Buddha-nature; (1) 如來藏 the Tathāgata-nature, which is the fundamental universal nature possessed by all the living: (2) 正法藏 the source or treasury of all right laws and virtues: (3) 法身藏 the storehouse of the dharmakāya obtained by all saints: (4) 出世藏 the eternal spiritual nature, free from earthly errors; (5) 自性淸淨藏 the storehouse of the pure Buddha-nature. Another similar group is 如來藏, 法界藏, 法身藏, 出世間上上藏, and 自性淸淨藏.

佛法藏

see styles
fó fǎ zàng
    fo2 fa3 zang4
fo fa tsang
 buppō zō
The storehouse of Buddha-law, the bhūtatathatā as the source of all things.

佛眼尊

see styles
fó yǎn zūn
    fo2 yan3 zun1
fo yen tsun
 Butsugen son
A term of the esoteric cult for the source or mother of all wisdom, also called佛眼部母; 佛眼佛母; 佛母身; 佛母尊; 虛空佛.

供給源

see styles
 kyoukyuugen / kyokyugen
    きょうきゅうげん
source of supply

傳染源


传染源

see styles
chuán rǎn yuán
    chuan2 ran3 yuan2
ch`uan jan yüan
    chuan jan yüan
source of an infection

元ネタ

see styles
 motoneta
    もとネタ
inspiration (for); source (of); parody; mimicry; fake

入手先

see styles
 nyuushusaki / nyushusaki
    にゅうしゅさき
source (of supply); channel

出場所

see styles
 debasho
    でばしょ
(1) one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn; (2) source; origin; place of production

動力源

see styles
 douryokugen / doryokugen
    どうりょくげん
source of power

原始碼


原始码

see styles
yuán shǐ mǎ
    yuan2 shi3 ma3
yüan shih ma
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)

原文儘

see styles
 genbunmama
    げんぶんまま
(exp,n) sic; sic erat scriptum; indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

原產地


原产地

see styles
yuán chǎn dì
    yuan2 chan3 di4
yüan ch`an ti
    yüan chan ti
original source; place of origin; provenance

原資料

see styles
 genshiryou / genshiryo
    げんしりょう
{comp} original source

収入源

see styles
 shuunyuugen / shunyugen
    しゅうにゅうげん
source of income

取材源

see styles
 shuzaigen
    しゅざいげん
source (for a news article, etc.)

古柯樹


古柯树

see styles
gǔ kē shù
    gu3 ke1 shu4
ku k`o shu
    ku ko shu
coca plant (source of cocaine)

同期元

see styles
 doukimoto / dokimoto
    どうきもと
{comp} synchronization source

報料人


报料人

see styles
bào liào rén
    bao4 liao4 ren2
pao liao jen
informant; news source

外交筋

see styles
 gaikousuji / gaikosuji
    がいこうすじ
diplomatic source

大氧吧

see styles
dà yǎng bā
    da4 yang3 ba1
ta yang pa
source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves); (cliché) lungs of the planet

天眞佛

see styles
tiān zhēn fó
    tian1 zhen1 fo2
t`ien chen fo
    tien chen fo
 tenshin butsu
The real or ultimate Buddha; the bhūtatathatā; another name for the Dharmakāya, the source of all life.

如來藏


如来藏

see styles
rú lái zàng
    ru2 lai2 zang4
ju lai tsang
 nyorai zō
tathāgata-garbha, the Tathāgata womb or store, defined as (1) the 眞如 zhenru, q. v. in the midst of 煩惱 the delusion of passions and desires; (2) sutras of the Buddha's uttering. The first especially refers to the zhenru as the source of all things: whether compatibles or incompatibles, whether forces of purity or impurity, good or bad, all created things are in the Tathāgatagarbha, which is the womb that gives birth to them all. The second is the storehouse of the Buddha's teaching.

富樓沙


富楼沙

see styles
fù lóu shā
    fu4 lou2 sha1
fu lou sha
 furōsha
puruṣa, v. 布; a man, mankind. Man personified as Nārāyaṇa; the soul and source of the universe; soul. Explained by 神我 the spiritual self; the ātman whose characteristic is thought, and which produces, through successive modifications, all forms of existence.

小線源

see styles
 shousengen / shosengen
    しょうせんげん
radioactive small source

引火源

see styles
 inkagen
    いんかげん
ignition source

引用元

see styles
 inyoumoto / inyomoto
    いんようもと
quotation source; citation source; reference source

情報源

see styles
 jouhougen / johogen
    じょうほうげん
(1) source of information; intelligence source; (2) {comp} message source

感染原

see styles
 kansengen
    かんせんげん
source of infection

感染源

see styles
 kansengen
    かんせんげん
source of infection

慰み物

see styles
 nagusamimono
    なぐさみもの
source of amusement; plaything

懐炉灰

see styles
 kairobai
    かいろばい
fuel source for a (pocket) body warmer

排出源

see styles
 haishutsugen
    はいしゅつげん
emission source (of exhaust fumes, pollutants, greenhouse gases, etc.); pollution source

掘火燵

see styles
 horigotatsu
    ほりごたつ
(irregular okurigana usage) sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)

掘炬燵

see styles
 horigotatsu
    ほりごたつ
(irregular okurigana usage) sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)

提供元

see styles
 teikyoumoto / tekyomoto
    ていきょうもと
original source; provider; supplier

搖錢樹


摇钱树

see styles
yáo qián shù
    yao2 qian2 shu4
yao ch`ien shu
    yao chien shu
a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; a source of easy money (idiom)

放射源

see styles
fàng shè yuán
    fang4 she4 yuan2
fang she yüan
radiation source

新聞種

see styles
 shinbundane
    しんぶんだね
news source or topic

明り先

see styles
 akarisaki
    あかりさき
source of light

本地門


本地门

see styles
běn dì mén
    ben3 di4 men2
pen ti men
 honji mon
The uncreated dharmakāya of Vairocana is eternal and the source of all things and all virtue.

果熟識


果熟识

see styles
guǒ shú shì
    guo3 shu2 shi4
kuo shu shih
 kajuku shiki
The ālaya-vijñāna, i. e. storehouse or source of consciousness, from which both subject and object are derived.

栄養源

see styles
 eiyougen / eyogen
    えいようげん
source of nutrients

根本智

see styles
gēn běn zhì
    gen1 ben3 zhi4
ken pen chih
 konpon chi
Fundamental, original, or primal wisdom, source of all truth and virtue; knowledge of fundamental principles; intuitive knowledge or wisdom, in contrast with acquired wisdom.

水源地

see styles
 suigenchi
    すいげんち
source (of a river, etc.); (place-name) Suigenchi

汚染源

see styles
 osengen
    おせんげん
source of pollution

沱沱河

see styles
tuó tuó hé
    tuo2 tuo2 he2
t`o t`o ho
    to to ho
source of Changjiang or Yangtze river

法源寺

see styles
fǎ yuán sì
    fa3 yuan2 si4
fa yüan ssu
 Hōgen ji
Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
Fayuan si

法界藏

see styles
fǎ jiè zàng
    fa3 jie4 zang4
fa chieh tsang
 hokkai zō
The treasury or storehouse or source of all phenomena, or truth.

清一色

see styles
qīng yī sè
    qing1 yi1 se4
ch`ing i se
    ching i se
 chiniisoo / chinisoo
    チンイーソー
monotone; only one ingredient; (mahjong) all in the same suit
(1) {mahj} full flush (chi:); winning hand containing only tiles of one suit; (2) homogeneity (e.g. manuf. using products from one source)

温泉源

see styles
 onsengen
    おんせんげん
thermal spring source; onsen source

源代碼


源代码

see styles
yuán dài mǎ
    yuan2 dai4 ma3
yüan tai ma
source code (computing)

源器官

see styles
yuán qì guān
    yuan2 qi4 guan1
yüan ch`i kuan
    yüan chi kuan
source organ

源程序

see styles
yuán chéng xù
    yuan2 cheng2 xu4
yüan ch`eng hsü
    yüan cheng hsü
source code (computing)

源項目

see styles
 genkoumoku / genkomoku
    げんこうもく
{comp} source item

火の気

see styles
 hinoke; honoke(ok)
    ひのけ; ほのけ(ok)
(1) source of fire; sign of fire; (2) warmth of fire; heat

点光源

see styles
 tenkougen / tenkogen
    てんこうげん
positional light source

無熱池


无热池

see styles
wú rè chí
    wu2 re4 chi2
wu je ch`ih
    wu je chih
 munetsu chi
The lake without heat, or cold lake, called Mānasarovara, or Mānasa-saro-vara, 'excellent mānasa lake,' or modern Manasarovar, 31° N., 81° 3 E., 'which overflows at certain seasons and forms one lake with' Rakas-tal, which is the source of the Sutlej. It is under the protection of the nāga-king Anavatapta and is also known by his name. It is said to lie south of the Gandha-mādana mountains, and is erroneously reputed as the source of the four rivers Ganges, Indus, Śītā (Tārīm River), and Oxus.

発信源

see styles
 hasshingen
    はっしんげん
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin

発生源

see styles
 hasseigen / hassegen
    はっせいげん
source; origin

發源地


发源地

see styles
fā yuán dì
    fa1 yuan2 di4
fa yüan ti
place of origin; birthplace; source

知情人

see styles
zhī qíng rén
    zhi1 qing2 ren2
chih ch`ing jen
    chih ching jen
person in the know; insider; informed source

程序碼


程序码

see styles
chéng xù mǎ
    cheng2 xu4 ma3
ch`eng hsü ma
    cheng hsü ma
source code (computing)

程式碼


程式码

see styles
chéng shì mǎ
    cheng2 shi4 ma3
ch`eng shih ma
    cheng shih ma
source code (computing) (Tw)

空薫き

see styles
 soradaki
    そらだき
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location

策源地

see styles
cè yuán dì
    ce4 yuan2 di4
ts`e yüan ti
    tse yüan ti
 sakugenchi
    さくげんち
place of origin; source (of a war or a social movement)
strategic base

Variations:

see styles
 kate; ryou; karite(ok) / kate; ryo; karite(ok)
    かて; りょう; かりて(ok)
(1) food; provisions; (2) (かて only) nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

聚寶盆


聚宝盆

see styles
jù bǎo pén
    ju4 bao3 pen2
chü pao p`en
    chü pao pen
treasure bowl (mythology); fig. source of wealth; cornucopia; gold mine

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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