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There are 20 total results for your brotherhood search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

博愛


博爱

see styles
bó ài
    bo2 ai4
po ai
 hakuai
    はくあい

More info & calligraphy:

Love for Humanity / Brotherly Love
universal fraternity (or brotherhood); universal love
(noun - becomes adjective with の) charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood; brotherly love; love of fellow man; (male given name) Hiroyoshi
to love universally without discrimination

一視同仁


一视同仁

see styles
yī shì tóng rén
    yi1 shi4 tong2 ren2
i shih t`ung jen
    i shih tung jen
 isshidoujin / isshidojin
    いっしどうじん
to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
(yoji) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence

盟兄

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méng xiōng
    meng2 xiong1
meng hsiung
senior partner in sworn brotherhood

盟弟

see styles
méng dì
    meng2 di4
meng ti
junior partner in sworn brotherhood

結義


结义

see styles
jié yì
    jie2 yi4
chieh i
to swear brotherhood

義氣


义气

see styles
yì qì
    yi4 qi4
i ch`i
    i chi
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]

金蘭


金兰

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jīn lán
    jin1 lan2
chin lan
 kinran; kinran
    きんらん; キンラン
profound friendship; sworn brotherhood
(1) (kana only) golden orchid (Cephalanthera falcata); kinran; (2) very close friendship

穆爾西


穆尔西

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mù ěr xī
    mu4 er3 xi1
mu erh hsi
Morsi, Mursi or Morsy (name); Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019), Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood politician, president of Egypt 2012-2013

タリーカ

see styles
 tariika / tarika
    タリーカ
tariqa (ara: tarīqah); tariqah; tariqat; Sufi religious brotherhood or its doctrines on spiritual learning

一視同人

see styles
 isshidoujin / isshidojin
    いっしどうじん
(yoji) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence

八拜之交

see styles
bā bài zhī jiāo
    ba1 bai4 zhi1 jiao1
pa pai chih chiao
sworn brotherhood; intimate friendship

八紘一宇

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 hakkouichiu / hakkoichiu
    はっこういちう
(exp,n) (yoji) (WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination) universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof

割袍斷義


割袍断义

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gē páo duàn yì
    ge1 pao2 duan4 yi4
ko p`ao tuan i
    ko pao tuan i
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom); to break all friendly ties

四海兄弟

see styles
 shikaikeitei / shikaikete
    しかいけいてい
(expression) (yoji) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood

四海同胞

see styles
 shikaidouhou / shikaidoho
    しかいどうほう
(yoji) universal brotherhood

桃園結義


桃园结义

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táo yuán jié yì
    tao2 yuan2 jie2 yi4
t`ao yüan chieh i
    tao yüan chieh i
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)

ムスリム同胞団

see styles
 musurimudouhoudan / musurimudohodan
    ムスリムどうほうだん
Muslim Brotherhood

ラファエル前派

see styles
 rafaeruzenpa
    ラファエルぜんぱ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Variations:
一視同人
一視同仁

see styles
 isshidoujin / isshidojin
    いっしどうじん
(yoji) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence

Variations:
一視同仁
一視同人(sK)

see styles
 isshidoujin / isshidojin
    いっしどうじん
(yoji) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence

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

This page contains 20 results for "brotherhood" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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