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唱導


唱导

see styles
chàng dǎo
    chang4 dao3
ch`ang tao
    chang tao
 shoudou / shodo
    しょうどう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (See 唱道) advocacy
To preach to people and lead them to conversion.

喚ぶ

see styles
 yobu
    よぶ
(transitive verb) (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke; (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.); (3) to invite; (4) to designate; to name; to brand; (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather; (6) (archaism) to take as one's wife

單位


单位

see styles
dān wèi
    dan1 wei4
tan wei
 tani
unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); CL:個|个[ge4]
A single seat, or position; also a fixed, or listed position, or seat.

嘲哳

see styles
zhāo zhā
    zhao1 zha1
chao cha
(onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering

四三

see styles
 shisou; shizou; shisan / shiso; shizo; shisan
    しそう; しぞう; しさん
(1) {hanaf} (See 手役) one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; (2) three and a four (in dice games); (personal name) Yomi

四世

see styles
sì shì
    si4 shi4
ssu shih
 yonsei / yonse
    よんせい
(1) four generations; (2) fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; (3) the fourth (e.g. George IV)
The period of the Buddha's earthly life, styled 聖世 the sacred period (or period of the sage), is added to the three periods of 正法 correct Law; 像法 semblance of the Law; and 末法 decadence of the Law.

四人

see styles
sì rén
    si4 ren2
ssu jen
 shinin
    よにん
four people
four people

四仙

see styles
sì xiān
    si4 xian1
ssu hsien
 shisen
The three genī, or founders of systems, together with 若提子 Nirgranthajñāti; v. 二天三仙.

四恩

see styles
sì ēn
    si4 en1
ssu en
 shion
    しおん
{Buddh} four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations; (surname) Shion
four kinds of compassion

四攝


四摄

see styles
sì shè
    si4 she4
ssu she
 shishō
four methods of winning people over

四民

see styles
sì mín
    si4 min2
ssu min
 shimin
    しみん
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
(hist) the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
four classes of people

四禪


四禅

see styles
sì chán
    si4 chan2
ssu ch`an
    ssu chan
 shizen
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'.

四蛇

see styles
sì shé
    si4 she2
ssu she
 shida
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril.

因相

see styles
yīn xiàng
    yin1 xiang4
yin hsiang
 insō
Causation; one of the three forms or characteristics of the ālayavijñāna, the character of the origin of all things.

国民

see styles
 kokumin
    こくみん
(1) people (of a country); nation; citizen; national; (2) (abbreviation) (See 国民民主党) Democratic Party for the People; (given name) Kunitami

國族


国族

see styles
guó zú
    guo2 zu2
kuo tsu
people of a country; nation

國民


国民

see styles
guó mín
    guo2 min2
kuo min
nationals; citizens; people of a nation
See: 国民

圍繞


围绕

see styles
wéi rào
    wei2 rao4
wei jao
 inyō
to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
To surround, go round; especially to make three complete turns to the right round an image of Buddha.

圓修


圆修

see styles
yuán xiū
    yuan2 xiu1
yüan hsiu
 enshu
(1) TO observe the complete Tiantai meditation, at one and the same time to comprehend the three ideas of 空假中 q.v. (2) To keep all the commandments perfectly.

圓教


圆教

see styles
yuán jiào
    yuan2 jiao4
yüan chiao
 engyō
The complete, perfect, or comprehensive doctrine; the school or sect of Mahāyāna which represents it. The term has had three references. The first was by 光統 Guangtong of the Later Wei, sixth century, who defined three schools, 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 inclusive or complete. The Tiantai called its fourth section the inclusive, complete, or perfect teaching 圓, the other three being 三藏 Hīnayāna, 通 Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna, 別 Mahāyāna. The Huayan so called its fifth section, i.e. 小乘; 大乘始; 大乘終; 頓 and 圓. It is the Tiantai version that is in general acceptance, defined as a perfect whole and as complete in its parts; for the whole is the absolute and its parts are therefore the absolute; the two may be called noumenon and phenomenon, or 空 and 假 (or 俗), but in reality they are one, i.e. the 中 medial condition. To conceive these three as a whole is the Tiantai inclusive or 'perfect' doctrine. The Huayan 'perfect' doctrine also taught that unity and differentiation, or absolute and relative, were one, a similar doctrine to that of the identity of contraries. In Tiantai teaching the harmony is due to its underlying unity; its completeness to the permeation of this unity in all phenomena; these two are united in the medial 中 principle; to comprehend these three principles at one and the same time is the complete, all-containing, or 'perfect' doctrine of Tiantai. There are other definitions of the all-inclusive doctrine, e.g. the eight complete things, complete in teaching, principles, knowledge, etc. 圓教四門 v. 四門.

圓斷


圆断

see styles
yuán duàn
    yuan2 duan4
yüan tuan
 endan
The Tiantai doctrine of the complete cutting off, at one remove, of the three illusions, i.e. 見思 associated with 空; 塵沙 with 假; and 無明 with 中; q. v.

圓道


圆道

see styles
yuán dào
    yuan2 dao4
yüan tao
 endou / endo
    えんどう
(surname) Endō
The perfect way (of the three principles of Tiantai, v. above).

圓頓


圆顿

see styles
yuán dùn
    yuan2 dun4
yüan tun
 enton
Complete and immediate, i.e. to comprehend the three principles 空假中 at one and the same time, cf. 圓教.

土共

see styles
tǔ gòng
    tu3 gong4
t`u kung
    tu kung
(coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT); CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters); pro-Beijing camp (HK); (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey; (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkmenistan

土着

see styles
 dochaku
    どちゃく
(n,vs,vi) (1) indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); (can be adjective with の) (2) native; indigenous; aboriginal

土雲

see styles
 tsuchigumo
    つちぐも
tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

在民

see styles
 zaimin
    ざいみん
(See 主権在民) belonging to the citizenry; residing in the people

地皇

see styles
dì huáng
    di4 huang2
ti huang
Earthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]

垂迹

see styles
chuí jī
    chui2 ji1
ch`ui chi
    chui chi
 suijaku; suishaku
    すいじゃく; すいしゃく
{Buddh} manifested form (of a Buddha or Shinto deity to save people); temporary manifestation
Traces, vestiges; manifestations or incarnations of Buddhas and bodhisattvas in their work of saving the living.

堅法


坚法

see styles
jiān fǎ
    jian1 fa3
chien fa
 kenpō
The three things assured to the faithful (in reincarnation)—a good body, long life, and boundless wealth.

報沙


报沙

see styles
bào shā
    bao4 sha1
pao sha
 Hōsha
Pauṣa, the first of the three Indian winter months, from the 16th of the 10th Chinese month.

堵列

see styles
 toretsu
    とれつ
(n,vs,vi) (form) row of people lined up; forming a row; lining up (side by side)

塵沙


尘沙

see styles
chén shā
    chen2 sha1
ch`en sha
    chen sha
 jinja
Dust and sand, i.e. numberless as the atoms. Tiantai uses the term as one of the three illusions, i.e. the trial of the bodhisattva in facing the vast amount of detail in knowledge and operation required for his task of saving the world.

増員

see styles
 zouin / zoin
    ぞういん
(n,vs,vt,vi) increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

壞苦


坏苦

see styles
huài kǔ
    huai4 ku3
huai k`u
    huai ku
 e ku
The suffering of decay, or destruction, e.g. of the body, reaction from joy, etc.

士庶

see styles
 shisho
    ししょ
(1) samurai and commoners; (2) normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

士族

see styles
shì zú
    shi4 zu2
shih tsu
 shizoku
    しぞく
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2]
(1) family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; (2) (hist) (See 族称) shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai

士民

see styles
 shimin
    しみん
samurai and common people

声々

see styles
 koegoe
    こえごえ
voices (of many people)

声声

see styles
 koegoe
    こえごえ
voices (of many people)

外協


外协

see styles
wài xié
    wai4 xie2
wai hsieh
outsourcing; people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会[wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4])

外線


外线

see styles
wài xiàn
    wai4 xian4
wai hsien
 gaisen
    がいせん
(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line; (basketball) outside the three-point line
outside telephone line; outer circle

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

多衆

see styles
 tashuu / tashu
    たしゅう
crowd (of people); large group of people

多齡


多龄

see styles
duō líng
    duo1 ling2
to ling
 Tarei
(多齡路迦也吠闍也); 帝隷 etc. Trailokyavijaya, one of the 明王 Ming Wang, the term being tr. literally as 三世降 (明王) the Ming-Wang defeater (of evil) in the three spheres.

夢魔


梦魔

see styles
mèng mó
    meng4 mo2
meng mo
 muma
    むま
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
(1) nightmare; (2) incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

大保

see styles
 daibo
    だいぼ
(1) Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); (2) Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods); (surname) Daibo

大專


大专

see styles
dà zhuān
    da4 zhuan1
ta chuan
three-year college; junior college; professional training college

大方

see styles
dà fang
    da4 fang5
ta fang
 ookata
    おおかた
generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) large part; greater part; majority; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) people in general; general public; public at large; (adverb) (3) mostly; for the most part; almost; nearly; (adverb) (4) probably; maybe; perhaps; (place-name, surname) Oogata
great-curative

大本

see styles
dà běn
    da4 ben3
ta pen
 taihon
    たいほん
foundation; basic principles; (surname) Daimoto
The great, chief, or fundamental book or text. Tiantai takes the 無量壽經 as the major of the three Pure Land sutras, and the 阿彌陀經 as the 小本 minor.

大橋


大桥

see styles
dà qiáo
    da4 qiao2
ta ch`iao
    ta chiao
 oohashi
    おおはし
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
large bridge; big bridge; (surname) Kiohashi

大路

see styles
dà lù
    da4 lu4
ta lu
 ooji; tairo
    おおじ; たいろ
avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]
(1) (See 小路・こうじ) main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (2) (たいろ only) (archaism) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period); (surname) Hiromichi

大雅

see styles
dà yǎ
    da4 ya3
ta ya
 taiga
    たいが
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
(See 雅・2) major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing); (given name) Hiromasa

大願


大愿

see styles
dà yuàn
    da4 yuan4
ta yüan
 taigan
    たいがん
{Buddh} ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people); (given name) Taigan
The great vow, of a Buddha, or bodhisattva, to save all the living and bring them to Buddhahood.

天樂


天乐

see styles
tiān lè
    tian1 le4
t`ien le
    tien le
 tengaku
Heavenly music, the music of the inhabitants of the heavens. Also one of the three 'joys'— that of those in the heavens.

天魔

see styles
tiān mó
    tian1 mo2
t`ien mo
    tien mo
 tenma
    てんま
demonic; devil
{Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
deva-māra, 魔羅 one of the four Māras, who dwells in the sixth heaven. Paranirmita-vaśa-vartin, at the top of the Kāmadhātu, with his innumerable host, whence he constantly obstructs the Buddha-truth and its followers. He is also styled 殺者 the slayer; also 波旬 explained by 惡愛 sinful love or desire, as he sends his daughters to seduce the saints; also 波卑 (波卑夜) Papiyan, the evil one. He is the special Māra of the Śākyamuni period; other Buddhas suffer from other Māras; v. 魔.

天鼓

see styles
tiān gǔ
    tian1 gu3
t`ien ku
    tien ku
 tenko
    てんこ
(given name) Tenko
The deva drum— in the 善法 Good Law Hall of the Trayas-triṃśas heavens, which sounds of itself, warning the inhabitants of the thirty-three heavens that even their life is impermanent and subject to karma: at the sound of the drum Indra preaches against excess. Hence it is a title of Buddha as the great law-drum, who warns, exhorts, and encourages the good and frightens the evil and the demons.

太保

see styles
tài bǎo
    tai4 bao3
t`ai pao
    tai pao
 taibao
    タイバオ
a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents
(1) Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); (2) Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods); (place-name) Taibao (Taiwan)

太傅

see styles
 taifu
    たいふ
(1) Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); (2) (See 左大臣) Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

太師


太师

see styles
tài shī
    tai4 shi1
t`ai shih
    tai shih
 taishi
    たいし
imperial tutor
(1) Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); (2) Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm

太爺


太爷

see styles
tài yé
    tai4 ye2
t`ai yeh
    tai yeh
(respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate

失墜


失坠

see styles
shī zhuì
    shi1 zhui4
shih chui
 shittsui
    しっつい
loss
(n,vs,vt,vi) abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

契丹

see styles
qì dān
    qi4 dan1
ch`i tan
    chi tan
 kittan; keitan; kitai; kitan / kittan; ketan; kitai; kitan
    きったん; けいたん; キタイ; キタン
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
Khitan people; Khitai; Kitan; Kidan

奔竄


奔窜

see styles
bēn cuàn
    ben1 cuan4
pen ts`uan
    pen tsuan
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter; to scatter; (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions

女直

see styles
 jochoku
    じょちょく
(See 女真) Jurchen people

女真

see styles
nǚ zhēn
    nu:3 zhen1
nü chen
 joshin
    じょしん
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
Jurchen people

好字

see styles
 kouji / koji
    こうじ
auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

妙觀


妙观

see styles
miào guān
    miao4 guan1
miao kuan
 myōkan
The wonderful system of the three Tiantai meditations; v. 三諦, 三觀.

妙音

see styles
miào yīn
    miao4 yin1
miao yin
 myouon / myoon
    みょうおん
exquisite voice; exquisite music; (place-name) Myōon
Wonderful sound. (1) Gadgadasvara, 妙音菩薩 (or 妙音大士) a Bodhisattva, master of seventeen degrees of samādhi, residing in Vairocanaraśmi-pratimaṇḍita, whose name heads chap. 24 of the Lotus Sutra. (2) Sughoṣa, a sister of Guanyin; also a Buddha like Varuṇa controlling the waters 水天德佛, the 743rd Buddha of the present kalpa. (3) Ghoṣa, 瞿沙 an arhat, famous for exegesis, who "restored the eyesight of Dharmavivardhana by washing his eyes with the tears of people who were moved by his eloquence." Eitel.

威信

see styles
wēi xìn
    wei1 xin4
wei hsin
 ishin
    いしん
prestige; reputation; trust; credit with the people
prestige; dignity; (personal name) Takemasa

娑婆

see styles
suō pó
    suo1 po2
so p`o
    so po
 shaba; shaba
    しゃば; シャバ
(1) this world; this life; (2) (kana only) (colloquialism) the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); (3) {Buddh} this corrupt world; present world
sahā; that which bears, the earth, v. 地; intp. as bearing, enduring; the place of good and evil; a universe, or great chiliocosm, Where all are subject to transmigration and which a Buddha transforms; it is divided into three regions 三界 and Mahābrahmā Sahāmpati is its lord. Other forms: 娑婆世界; 娑界; 娑媻; 娑訶; 沙訶; 索訶.

媒合

see styles
méi hé
    mei2 he2
mei ho
to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)

子弟

see styles
zǐ dì
    zi3 di4
tzu ti
 shitei / shite
    してい
child; the younger generation
(1) children; sons; children and younger brothers; (2) young people

子民

see styles
zǐ mín
    zi3 min2
tzu min
 shimin
    しみん
people
(given name) Shimin

孔融

see styles
kǒng róng
    kong3 rong2
k`ung jung
    kung jung
Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period

季子

see styles
jì zǐ
    ji4 zi3
chi tzu
 kishi
    きし
youngest brother; a period of two or three months
last child; (female given name) Yoshiko

孫堅


孙坚

see styles
sūn jiān
    sun1 jian1
sun chien
 sonken
    そんけん
Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms
(personal name) Sonken

孫權


孙权

see styles
sūn quán
    sun1 quan2
sun ch`üan
    sun chüan
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period

孫誅


孙诛

see styles
sūn zhū
    sun1 zhu1
sun chu
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]; also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]

宇文

see styles
yǔ wén
    yu3 wen2
yü wen
 ubun
    うぶん
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Yuwen
(place-name) Ubun

安人

see styles
ān rén
    an1 ren2
an jen
 yasundo
    やすんど
to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord
(given name) Yasundo

安居

see styles
ān jū
    an1 ju1
an chü
 ango
    あんご
to settle down; to live peacefully
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar); (given name) Yasuoki
Tranquil dwelling. varṣā, varṣās, or varṣāvasāna. A retreat during the three months of the Indian rainy season, and also, say some, in the depth of winter. During the rains it was 'difficult to move without injuring insect life'. But the object was for study and meditation. In Tokhara the retreat is said to have been in winter, from the middle of the 12th to the middle of the 3rd moon; in India from the middle of the 5th to the 8th, or the 6th to the 9th moons; usually from Śrāvaṇa, Chinese 5th moon, to Aśvayuja, Chinese 8th moon; but the 16th of the 4th to the 15th of the 7th moon has been the common period in China and Japan. The two annual periods are sometimes called 坐 夏 and 坐 臘 sitting or resting for the summer and for the end of the year. The period is divided into three sections, former, middle, and latter, each of a month.

安車

see styles
 ansha
    あんしゃ
(hist) horse carriage for old people and women in ancient China

宗派

see styles
zōng pài
    zong1 pai4
tsung p`ai
    tsung pai
 shuuha / shuha
    しゅうは
sect
(1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry)
Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects.

官民

see styles
 kanmin
    かんみん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector

定員


定员

see styles
dìng yuán
    ding4 yuan2
ting yüan
 teiin / ten
    ていいん
fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc)
(1) fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; numerical limit; complement; (2) capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

定學


定学

see styles
dìng xué
    ding4 xue2
ting hsüeh
 jōgaku
Learning through meditation, one of the three forms of learning 三學.

宜人

see styles
yí rén
    yi2 ren2
i jen
 yoshindo
    よしんど
nice; pleasant; charming; hospitable to people
(personal name) Yoshindo

実員

see styles
 jitsuin
    じついん
actual number of people

寄る

see styles
 yoru
    よる
(v5r,vi) (1) to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to; (v5r,vi) (2) to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet; (v5r,vi) (3) to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit; (v5r,vi) (4) (See 年が寄る) to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.); (v5r,vi) (5) (in the form of しわが寄る) to grow (wrinkly); (v5r,vi) (6) (also written as 倚る, 凭る) to lean against; to recline on; (v5r,vi) (7) {sumo} to push one's opponent while holding their belt; (v5r,vi) (8) to decide on a price and come to a deal; (v5r,vi) (9) (archaism) to be swayed by (a person); to yield to

密航

see styles
 mikkou / mikko
    みっこう
(n,vs,vi) smuggling (people); stowing away

富民

see styles
fù mín
    fu4 min2
fu min
 tomin
    とみん
to enrich the people
(personal name) Tomin

富農


富农

see styles
fù nóng
    fu4 nong2
fu nung
 funou / funo
    ふのう
rich peasant; social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2]
rich farmer

察知

see styles
 sacchi
    さっち
(vs,vt,n) to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

寡頭


寡头

see styles
guǎ tóu
    gua3 tou2
kua t`ou
    kua tou
 katou / kato
    かとう
oligarch
(See 寡頭制) small number of people

寶印


宝印

see styles
bǎo yìn
    bao3 yin4
pao yin
 hōin
Precious seal, or symbol. (1) The second of the triratna, i.e. 法寶. (2) The three evidences of the genuineness of a sutra, v. 三法印. (3) The symbols of buddhas, or bodhisattvas. (4) Their magical 種子, i.e. germ-letters, or sounds.

封塵


封尘

see styles
fēng chén
    feng1 chen2
feng ch`en
    feng chen
to gather dust

射影

see styles
shè yǐng
    she4 ying3
she ying
 shaei / shae
    しゃえい
(geometry) projection; (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill
(noun, transitive verb) {math} projection

專利


专利

see styles
zhuān lì
    zhuan1 li4
chuan li
patent; something uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly

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