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無常


无常

see styles
wú cháng
    wu2 chang2
wu ch`ang
    wu chang
 mujou / mujo
    むじょう

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Impermanence
variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
(n,adj-na,adj-no) {Buddh} (ant: 常住・2) uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
anitya. Impermanent; the first of the 三明 trividyā; that all things are impermanent, their birth, existence, change, and death never resting for a moment.

常不忘失

see styles
cháng bù wàng shī
    chang2 bu4 wang4 shi1
ch`ang pu wang shih
    chang pu wang shih
 jō fu bōshitsu

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Never Forget
never forget [one's vow; the path, etc.]

永志不忘

see styles
yǒng zhì bù wàng
    yong3 zhi4 bu4 wang4
yung chih pu wang

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Never Forget
never to be forgotten

君子豹変す

see styles
 kunshihyouhensu / kunshihyohensu
    くんしひょうへんす
(exp,vs-c) (proverb) A wise man changes his mind, a fool never

求學無坦途


求学无坦途

see styles
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
    qiu2 xue2 wu2 tan3 tu2
ch`iu hsüeh wu t`an t`u
    chiu hsüeh wu tan tu

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There is No Royal Road to Learning
The path of learning can never be smooth.; There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)

今日事今日畢


今日事今日毕

see styles
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
    jin1 ri4 shi4 jin1 ri4 bi4
chin jih shih chin jih pi
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

天無絕人之路


天无绝人之路

see styles
tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
    tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4
t`ien wu chüeh jen chih lu
    tien wu chüeh jen chih lu

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There is always a way out
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die.

吃水不忘掘井人

see styles
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
    chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2
ch`ih shui pu wang chüeh ching jen
    chih shui pu wang chüeh ching jen
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

see styles

    nu3
nu
 yume
    ゆめ
to exert; to strive
(adverb) (kana only) (archaism) never; by no means; (male given name) Tsutomu

see styles
jìng
    jing4
ching
 kiwamu
    きわむ
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (given name) Kiwamu
finish


see styles
zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 owari
    おわり
end; finish
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (irregular okurigana usage) the end; (female given name) Owari
End, termination, final, utmost, death, the whole; opposite of 始.


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    qi3
ch`i
    chi
 ani
    あに
how? (emphatic question)
(adverb) (1) (archaism) (with neg. verb) never; by no means; not in the least; in no way; (adverb) (2) (archaism) why; what for
what

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suì
    sui4
sui
 toguru
    とぐる
to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (personal name) Toguru
to achieve

こそ

see styles
 koso
    こそ
(particle) (1) (emphasizes preceding word or phrase) it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.); (particle) (2) (as こそあれ, こそすれ, こそするが, etc.) although; while; it is the case that ... but; (particle) (3) (after conditional -ba form of verb) it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...; (particle) (4) (form) (after -nai stem of verb + ば) not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never

万々

see styles
 yuukei / yuke
    ゆうけい
(adverb) (1) very much; fully; (2) never (with negative verb); (surname) Yūkei

万万

see styles
 maasa / masa
    まーさ
(adverb) (1) very much; fully; (2) never (with negative verb); (female given name) Ma-sa

不匱


不匮

see styles
bù kuì
    bu4 kui4
pu k`uei
    pu kuei
(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking

不壞


不坏

see styles
bù huài
    bu4 huai4
pu huai
 fu-e
avināśya; indestructible, never decaying, eternal.

不衰

see styles
bù shuāi
    bu4 shuai1
pu shuai
unfailing; never weakening; enduring; unstoppable

不輕


不轻

see styles
bù qīng
    bu4 qing1
pu ch`ing
    pu ching
 fukyō
Never Despise, 常不輕菩薩 a previous incarnation of the Buddha, as a monk whose constant greeting to all he met, that they were destined for Buddhahood, brought him much persecution; see the chapter of this title in the Lotus Sutra.

不退

see styles
bù tuì
    bu4 tui4
pu t`ui
    pu tui
 futai
    ふたい
determination; (surname) Futai
(不退轉) avaivartika, or avinivartanīya. Never receding, always progressing, not backsliding, or losing ground; never retreating but going straight to nirvana; an epithet of every Buddha.

不還


不还

see styles
bù huán
    bu4 huan2
pu huan
 fugen
Not to return, never returning. Cf. 不退.

中般

see styles
zhōng pán
    zhong1 pan2
chung p`an
    chung pan
 chūhan
One of the five kinds of those who never recede but go on to parinirvāṇa, cf. 不還.

也罷


也罢

see styles
yě bà
    ye3 ba4
yeh pa
(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)

儘よ

see styles
 mamayo
    ままよ
(interjection) (kana only) whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it

八辯


八辩

see styles
bā biàn
    ba1 bian4
pa pien
 hachiben
Eight characteristics of a Buddha's speaking: never hectoring; never misleading or confused; fearless; never haughty; perfect in meaning; and in flavour; free from harshness; seasonable (or, suited to the occasion).

凍容


冻容

see styles
dòng róng
    dong4 rong2
tung jung
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old

化理

see styles
huà lǐ
    hua4 li3
hua li
 keri
The law of phenomenal change— which never rests.

十行

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shí xíng
    shi2 xing2
shih hsing
 jūgyō
The ten necessary activities in the fifty-two stages of a bodhisattva, following on the 十信and 十住; the two latter indicate personal development 自利. These ten lines of action are for the universal welfare of others 利他. They are: joyful service; beneficial service; never resenting; without limit; never out of order; appearing in any form at will; unimpeded; exalting the pāramitās amongst all beings; perfecting the Buddha-law by complete virtue; manifesting in all things the pure, final, true reality.

卒不

see styles
zú bù
    zu2 bu4
tsu pu
 sotsufu
never

嘗て

see styles
 katsute
    かつて
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (2) (kana only) never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

四法

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sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

土鱉


土鳖

see styles
tǔ biē
    tu3 bie1
t`u pieh
    tu pieh
ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas; (dialect) country bumpkin

女人

see styles
nǚ ren
    nu:3 ren5
nü jen
 nyonin; jojin
    にょにん; じょじん
wife
woman
Woman, described in the Nirvāṇa sūtra 浬槃經 9 as the "abode of all evil", 一切女人皆是衆惡之所住處 The 智度論 14 says: 大火燒人是猶可近, 淸風無形是亦可捉, 蚖蛇含毒猶亦可觸, 女人之心不可得實 "Fierce fire that would burn men may yet be approached, clear breezes without form may yet be grasped, cobras that harbour poison may yet be touched, but a woman's heart is never to be relied upon." The Buddha ordered Ānanda: "Do not Look at a woman; if you must, then do not talk with her; if you must, then call on the Buddha with all your mind"— an evidently apocryphal statement of 文句 8.

妄語


妄语

see styles
wàng yǔ
    wang4 yu3
wang yü
 mougo / mogo
    もうご
to tell lies; to talk nonsense
(noun/participle) lie; falsehood
The commandment against lying. either as slander, or false boasting, or deception; for this the 智度論 gives ten evil results on reincarnation: (1) stinking breath; (2) good spirits avoid him, as also do men; (3) none believes him even when telling the truth; (4) wise men never admit him to their deliberations: etc.

希法

see styles
xī fǎ
    xi1 fa3
hsi fa
 kehō
adbhutadharma; supernatural things, prodigies, miracles, a section of the twelve classical books.

從不


从不

see styles
cóng bù
    cong2 bu4
ts`ung pu
    tsung pu
never

從來


从来

see styles
cóng lái
    cong2 lai2
ts`ung lai
    tsung lai
 jūrai
always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
up till now

從未


从未

see styles
cóng wèi
    cong2 wei4
ts`ung wei
    tsung wei
never

從沒


从没

see styles
cóng méi
    cong2 mei2
ts`ung mei
    tsung mei
never (in the past); never did

必定

see styles
bì dìng
    bi4 ding4
pi ting
 hitsujou / hitsujo
    ひつじょう
to be bound to; to be sure to
(adj-na,adv,n) inevitably; certainly
Certainly, assuredly; tr. of 阿鞞蹴致 avaivartika, intp. as 不退轉 never receding, or turning back, always progressing, and certainly reaching nirvana.

情猿

see styles
qíng yuán
    qing2 yuan2
ch`ing yüan
    ching yüan
 jōen
The passions like an ape, never still.

承望

see styles
chéng wàng
    cheng2 wang4
ch`eng wang
    cheng wang
to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...); to look forward to

摺足

see styles
 suriashi
    すりあし
(1) sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); (2) (sumo) moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

曾て

see styles
 katsute
    かつて
    katte
    かって
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (2) (kana only) never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

曾不

see styles
céng bù
    ceng2 bu4
ts`eng pu
    tseng pu
 sōfu
never

曾無


曾无

see styles
céng wú
    ceng2 wu2
ts`eng wu
    tseng wu
 sōmu
never

未出

see styles
wèi chū
    wei4 chu1
wei ch`u
    wei chu
 mishutsu
    みしゅつ
(adj-no,n) (ant: 既出) unpublished; unreleased; never-before-seen
not [yet] departed

未嘗


未尝

see styles
wèi cháng
    wei4 chang2
wei ch`ang
    wei chang
 mijō
not ever; not necessarily
there has never been (a case of)

未曾

see styles
wèi céng
    wei4 ceng2
wei ts`eng
    wei tseng
 misō
hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
has never...

未有

see styles
wèi yǒu
    wei4 you3
wei yu
 miyuu / miyu
    みゆう
is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
(female given name) Miyū
non-existent

未甞

see styles
wèi cháng
    wei4 chang2
wei ch`ang
    wei chang
 mijō
has never been...[such a case]

本覺


本觉

see styles
běn jué
    ben3 jue2
pen chüeh
 hongaku
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being.

枯木

see styles
kū mù
    ku1 mu4
k`u mu
    ku mu
 kogi
    こぎ
dead tree
dead tree; dry wood; (surname) Kogi
Withered timber, decayed, dried-up trees; applied to a class of ascetic Buddhists, who sat in meditation, never lying down, like 石霜枯木 petrified rocks and withered stumps.

株守

see styles
zhū shǒu
    zhu1 shou3
chu shou
to stick to something stubbornly; never let go

永不

see styles
yǒng bù
    yong3 bu4
yung pu
never; will never

沒事


没事

see styles
méi shì
    mei2 shi4
mei shih
it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

沾唇

see styles
zhān chún
    zhan1 chun2
chan ch`un
    chan chun
to moisten one's lips; to sip (wine, tea etc); esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff

無復


无复

see styles
wú fù
    wu2 fu4
wu fu
 mufuku
never again

無理


无理

see styles
wú lǐ
    wu2 li3
wu li
 muri(p); muri
    むり(P); ムリ
irrational; unreasonable
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) impossible; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (oft. adverbially as 〜に) forcible; forced; compulsory; (adjectival noun) (4) excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; (vs,vi) (5) to work too hard; to try too hard; (interjection) (6) (colloquialism) no way; not a chance; never; dream on; (can be adjective with の) (7) {math} irrational; (female given name) Muri
no principle

犢子


犊子

see styles
dú zi
    du2 zi5
tu tzu
 Tokushi
calf
Vatsa, the founder of the犢子部, Vātsīputrīyas (Pali Vajjiputtakas), one of the main divisions of the Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) school; they were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the ego; "their failure in points of discipline," etc.; the vinaya as taught by this school "has never reached China". Eitel. For other forms of Vātsīputrīya, v. 跋私; also 婆 and 佛.

生井

see styles
 ikui
    いくい
(archaism) eternal well (i.e. one that never runs dry); (place-name, surname) Namai

真逆

see styles
 masaka
    まさか
(interjection) (1) (kana only) by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (kana only) (See まさかの時) something unexpected; emergency; (3) (kana only) (archaism) currently; for the time being; presently; for now; (adv,adj-no) (4) (kana only) (rare) (See 本当に) indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly

神交

see styles
shén jiāo
    shen2 jiao1
shen chiao
soul brothers; friends in spirit who have never met; to commune with

終ぞ

see styles
 tsuizo
    ついぞ
(adverb) (kana only) (used with neg. verb) never; not at all

絕後


绝后

see styles
jué hòu
    jue2 hou4
chüeh hou
to have no offspring; never to be seen again; unique

絶後

see styles
 zetsugo
    ぜつご
(n,adv) (of a kind) never to be seen again

維越


维越

see styles
wéi yuè
    wei2 yue4
wei yüeh
 yuiotsu
avaivartika, cf. 阿, one who never reverts to a lower condition.

耍賴


耍赖

see styles
shuǎ lài
    shua3 lai4
shua lai
to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if something never happened

都て

see styles
 katsute
    かつて
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (2) (kana only) never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

非ず

see styles
 arazu
    あらず
(expression) (1) (archaism) it is not so; (expression) (2) no; never mind

韋陀


韦陀

see styles
wéi tuó
    wei2 tuo2
wei t`o
    wei to
 reeda
    ヴェーダ
    beeda
    ベーダ
    ida
    いだ
(kana only) Veda (san:)
圍陀; 毘陀; 皮陀; 吠陀 (or 吠馱); 薜陀; 鞞陀 veda; knowledge, tr. 明智, or 明分 clear knowledge or discernment. The four Vedas are the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, and Athara Veda; they were never translated into Chinese, being accounted heretical.

すり足

see styles
 suriashi
    すりあし
(1) sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); (2) (sumo) moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)

そんな

see styles
 sonna
    そんな
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener) (See あんな,こんな,どんな・1) such; that sort of; that kind of; like that; (interjection) (2) (colloquialism) no way!; never!

ネバー

see styles
 nebaa / neba
    ネバー
(adverb) (usu. in compounds) never

一度も

see styles
 ichidomo
    いちども
(adverb) never; not even once

一見客

see styles
 ichigenkyaku
    いちげんきゃく
customer one has never met before; first-time customer

万年床

see styles
 mannendoko
    まんねんどこ
bedding that is never put away during the day; permanently laid-out futon

三不失

see styles
sān bù shī
    san1 bu4 shi1
san pu shih
 san fushitsu
The three never lost, idem 三不護.

三不退

see styles
sān bù tuì
    san1 bu4 tui4
san pu t`ui
    san pu tui
 sanfutai
Never receding from 位 position attained; from a right course of 行 action; from pursuing a right line of 念 thought, or mental discipline. These are duties of every bodhisattva, and have numerous interpretations.; The three non-backslidings, i.e. from position attained, from line of action pursued, and in dhyāna.

三憶家


三忆家

see styles
sān yì jiā
    san1 yi4 jia1
san i chia
 sanokuke
The 300,000 families of Śrāvastī city who had never heard of the Buddha's epiphany— though he was often among them.

不打緊


不打紧

see styles
bù dǎ jǐn
    bu4 da3 jin3
pu ta chin
unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind

不曾見


不曾见

see styles
bù zēng jiàn
    bu4 zeng1 jian4
pu tseng chien
 fu sōken
never seen before

不要緊


不要紧

see styles
bù yào jǐn
    bu4 yao4 jin3
pu yao chin
unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but

不輕行


不轻行

see styles
bù qīng xíng
    bu4 qing1 xing2
pu ch`ing hsing
    pu ching hsing
 fukyō gyō
The practice of 'Never Despise'. See 不輕.

不退住

see styles
bù tuì zhù
    bu4 tui4 zhu4
pu t`ui chu
    pu tui chu
 futai jū
The seventh of the 十住, the stage of never receding, or continuous progress.

不退輪


不退轮

see styles
bù tuì lún
    bu4 tui4 lun2
pu t`ui lun
    pu tui lun
 futai rin
(不退轉法輪) The never-receding Buddha vehicle, of universal salvation.

二どと

see styles
 nidoto
    にどと
(adverb) never again (with negative verb)

二度と

see styles
 nidoto
    にどと
(adverb) never again (with negative verb)

位不退

see styles
wèi bù tuì
    wei4 bu4 tui4
wei pu t`ui
    wei pu tui
 i futai
One of the 三不退 q.v. three kinds of never receding.

何時も

see styles
 itsumo
    いつも
(adverb) (1) (kana only) always; all the time; at all times; (adverb) (2) (kana only) (with neg. verb) never; (adj-no,n) (3) (kana only) usual; regular; habitual; customary

八敬戒

see styles
bā jìng jiè
    ba1 jing4 jie4
pa ching chieh
 hakkyōkai
The eight commands given by the Buddha to his foster-mother, i.e. aunt, when she was admitted to the order, and which remain as commands to nuns: (1) even though a hundred years old a nun must pay respect to a monk, however young, and offer her seat to him; (2) must never scold a monk; (3) never accuse, or speak of his misdeeds; but a monk may speak of hers; (4) at his hands obtain reception into the order; (5) confess sin (sexual or other) before the assembly of monks and nuns; (6) ask the fraternity for a monk as preceptor; (7) never share the same summer resort with monks; (8) after the summer retreat she must report and ask for a responsible confessor. Also 八敬法; 八不可越法 (or 八不可過法) ; 八尊重法; v. 四分律 48.

又ない

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 matanai
    またない
(adjective) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

又無い

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 matanai
    またない
(adjective) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

四不退

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sì bù tuì
    si4 bu4 tui4
ssu pu t`ui
    ssu pu tui
 shi futai
The four kinds of non-backsliding, which includes three kinds of non-backsliding 三不退, on top of which the Pure Land sect adds another 處 place or abode, i. e. that those who reach the Pure Land never fall away, for which five reasons are given termed 五種不退. The 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect makes their four 信, 位, 證, and 行, faith, position attained, realization, and accordant procedure.

奇特法

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qí tè fǎ
    qi2 te4 fa3
ch`i t`e fa
    chi te fa
 kidokuhō
never before experienced

富本銭

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 fuhonsen
    ふほんせん
(hist) (See 和同開珎) fuhonsen; Japan's first coinage dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation

尼夜摩

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ní yè mó
    ni2 ye4 mo2
ni yeh mo
 niyama
niyama, restraint, vow; determination, resolve; a degree of Bodhisattva progress, i. e. never turning back.

尼思佛

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ní sī fó
    ni2 si1 fo2
ni ssu fo
 Nishibutsu
Sugatacetana, a disciple who slighted Śākyamuni in his former incarnation of 常不輕 Never despise, but who afterwards attained through him to Buddhahood.

常不輕


常不轻

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cháng bù qīng
    chang2 bu4 qing1
ch`ang pu ch`ing
    chang pu ching
 jōfugyō
Sadāparibhūta, the monk who never slighted others, but assured all of buddhahood, a former incarnation of Śākyamuni; Lotus Sutra 20.

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

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