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八識體一


八识体一

see styles
bā shì tǐ yī
    ba1 shi4 ti3 yi1
pa shih t`i i
    pa shih ti i
 hasshikitai ichi
The eight perceptions are fundamentally unity, opposed by the 唯識 school with the doctrine 八識體別 that they are fundamentally discrete.

公民学校

see styles
 koumingakkou / komingakko
    こうみんがっこう
citizenship training school

公立学校

see styles
 kouritsugakkou / koritsugakko
    こうりつがっこう
public school

公立學校


公立学校

see styles
gōng lì xué xiào
    gong1 li4 xue2 xiao4
kung li hsüeh hsiao
public school
See: 公立学校

公立高校

see styles
 kouritsukoukou / koritsukoko
    こうりつこうこう
public high school

六十二見


六十二见

see styles
liù shí èr jiàn
    liu4 shi2 er4 jian4
liu shih erh chien
 rokujūni ken
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group.

六十余州

see styles
 rokujuuyoshuu / rokujuyoshu
    ろくじゅうよしゅう
66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states

其の足で

see styles
 sonoashide
    そのあしで
(adverb) straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once

其れなり

see styles
 sorenari
    それなり
(adverb) (1) (kana only) in itself; as it is; in its own way; as suits the occasion; (2) (kana only) within its capacity; within limitations

冥道罔象

see styles
míng dào wǎng xiàng
    ming2 dao4 wang3 xiang4
ming tao wang hsiang
 myōdō mōshō
the dark way is formless

処世哲学

see styles
 shoseitetsugaku / shosetetsugaku
    しょせいてつがく
philosophy of living; philosophy of making one's way through life

出世說部


出世说部

see styles
chū shì shuō bù
    chu1 shi4 shuo1 bu4
ch`u shih shuo pu
    chu shih shuo pu
 Shusse setsu bu
出世部 (出世間說部) (or 出世語言部) Lokottaravādinaḥ, 盧倶多婆拖部 an offshoot of the Māhāsaṇghikāḥ division of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools; the tenets of the school are unknown, but the name, as implied by the Chinese translation, suggests if not the idea of Ādi-Buddha, yet that of supra-mundane nature.

出世間道


出世间道

see styles
chū shì jiān dào
    chu1 shi4 jian1 dao4
ch`u shih chien tao
    chu shih chien tao
 shusseken dō
or 出世間法. The way of leaving the world, i. e. of enlightenment, idem 菩提道; the spiritual law.

出家入道

see styles
chū jiā rù dào
    chu1 jia1 ru4 dao4
ch`u chia ju tao
    chu chia ju tao
 shukke nyū dō
to leave home and enter the way

出張授業

see styles
 shucchoujugyou / shucchojugyo
    しゅっちょうじゅぎょう
school visit

出水芙蓉

see styles
chū shuǐ fú róng
    chu1 shui3 fu2 rong2
ch`u shui fu jung
    chu shui fu jung
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)

出爾反爾


出尔反尔

see styles
chū ěr fǎn ěr
    chu1 er3 fan3 er3
ch`u erh fan erh
    chu erh fan erh
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word; to blow hot and cold; to contradict oneself; inconsistent

分け入る

see styles
 wakeiru / wakeru
    わけいる
(v5r,vi) to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through

分別說部


分别说部

see styles
fēn bié shuō bù
    fen1 bie2 shuo1 bu4
fen pieh shuo pu
 Funbetsusetsu bu
The Vibhajyavādins. A school the origin of which is obscure. The meaning of the term, not necessarily limited to this school, is the method of particularization in dealing with questions in debate. It is suggested that this school was established to harmonize the differences between the Sthavirās and Mahāsāṅghikas. The Abhidharma Pitaka 'as we have it in the Pali Canon, is the definite work of this school ', Keith, 153.

分數掛帥


分数挂帅

see styles
fēn shù guà shuài
    fen1 shu4 gua4 shuai4
fen shu kua shuai
preoccupied with school grades; overemphasis on test scores

切抜ける

see styles
 kirinukeru
    きりぬける
(transitive verb) to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

刑名之學


刑名之学

see styles
xíng míng zhī xué
    xing2 ming2 zhi1 xue2
hsing ming chih hsüeh
xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4]

初宮参り

see styles
 hatsumiyamairi
    はつみやまいり
(See 宮参り・1) first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

初等教育

see styles
chū děng jiào yù
    chu1 deng3 jiao4 yu4
ch`u teng chiao yü
    chu teng chiao yü
 shotoukyouiku / shotokyoiku
    しょとうきょういく
primary education; junior school education
elementary education; primary education

初級中學


初级中学

see styles
chū jí zhōng xué
    chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2
ch`u chi chung hsüeh
    chu chi chung hsüeh
junior high school; junior middle school; lower secondary school

初級小學


初级小学

see styles
chū jí xiǎo xué
    chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2
ch`u chi hsiao hsüeh
    chu chi hsiao hsüeh
lower elementary school

別向圓修


别向圆修

see styles
bié xiàng yuán xiū
    bie2 xiang4 yuan2 xiu1
pieh hsiang yüan hsiu
 bekkō enshu
The 向 of the 別教, i. e. the Separatist or Differentiating school, is the 修 of the 圓教 or Perfect school; i.e. when the 別教 Bodhisattva reaches the stage of the 十囘向, he has reached the 修 stage of the perfect nature and observance according to the 圓教 or Perfect school.

別樹一幟


别树一帜

see styles
bié shù yī zhì
    bie2 shu4 yi1 zhi4
pieh shu i chih
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own

別樹一旗


别树一旗

see styles
bié shù yī qí
    bie2 shu4 yi1 qi2
pieh shu i ch`i
    pieh shu i chi
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own

別理隨緣


别理随缘

see styles
bié lǐ suí yuán
    bie2 li3 sui2 yuan2
pieh li sui yüan
 betsuri zuien
The 理 li is the 眞如 bhūtatathatā, which one school says is different in operation, while another asserts that it is the same, for all things are the chen-ju .

利用方法

see styles
 riyouhouhou / riyohoho
    りようほうほう
how to use; method for using; way of using

制度学派

see styles
 seidogakuha / sedogakuha
    せいどがくは
institutionalism; institutional school

削ぎ切り

see styles
 sogigiri
    そぎぎり
(noun/participle) cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut

前時代的

see styles
 zenjidaiteki
    ぜんじだいてき
(adjectival noun) premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

前途遼遠

see styles
 zentoryouen / zentoryoen
    ぜんとりょうえん
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) having a long way to go; having a long road ahead of one; being a long way off; being far off

割り干し

see styles
 wariboshi
    わりぼし
strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

割干大根

see styles
 wariboshidaikon
    わりぼしだいこん
strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

勝義道理


胜义道理

see styles
shèng yì dào lǐ
    sheng4 yi4 dao4 li3
sheng i tao li
 shōgi dōri
the correct way

勤め帰り

see styles
 tsutomegaeri
    つとめがえり
(can be adjective with の) on the way home from work

勤儉辦學


勤俭办学

see styles
qín jiǎn bàn xué
    qin2 jian3 ban4 xue2
ch`in chien pan hsüeh
    chin chien pan hsüeh
to run a school diligently and thriftily

化制二教

see styles
huà zhì èr jiào
    hua4 zhi4 er4 jiao4
hua chih erh chiao
 ke sei nikyō
The twofold division of the Buddha's teaching into converting or enlightening and discipline, as made by the Vihaya School, v. 化行.

化学学校

see styles
 kagakugakkou / kagakugakko
    かがくがっこう
(org) Chemical School; (o) Chemical School

北叟失馬


北叟失马

see styles
běi sǒu shī mǎ
    bei3 sou3 shi1 ma3
pei sou shih ma
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

北欧学派

see styles
 hokuougakuha / hokuogakuha
    ほくおうがくは
{econ} Stockholm school

医科大学

see styles
 ikadaigaku
    いかだいがく
medical university; medical college; medical school

十不二門


十不二门

see styles
shí bù èr mén
    shi2 bu4 er4 men2
shih pu erh men
 jū funi mon
The school of the ten pairs of unified opposites founded by Jingxi 荊溪 on the teaching of the Lotus sūtra. There are several books bearing the name. The unifying principle is that of the identity of contraries, and the ten apparent contraries are matter and mind, internal and external, 修證 practice and proof (or realization), cause and effect, impurity and purity, objective and subjective, self and other, 三業 action, speech, and thought, 權實 relative and absolute, the fertilized and the fertilizer (i.e. receiver and giver). There are several treatises on the subject in the Canon.

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十大論師


十大论师

see styles
shí dà lùn shī
    shi2 da4 lun4 shi1
shih ta lun shih
 jū dai ronji
ten masters [of the Indian Yogâcāra school]

十年一日

see styles
 juunenichijitsu; juunenichinichi / junenichijitsu; junenichinichi
    じゅうねんいちじつ; じゅうねんいちにち
(yoji) without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

十里洋場


十里洋场

see styles
shí lǐ yáng chǎng
    shi2 li3 yang2 chang3
shih li yang ch`ang
    shih li yang chang
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city

千の利休

see styles
 sennorikyuu / sennorikyu
    せんのりきゅう
(person) Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591) (founder of the Sen School of tea ceremony)

千年一日

see styles
 sennenichijitsu
    せんねんいちじつ
without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end

卒業検定

see styles
 sotsugyoukentei / sotsugyokente
    そつぎょうけんてい
driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test)

南山律宗

see styles
nán shān lǜ zōng
    nan2 shan1 lv4 zong1
nan shan lü tsung
 Nansan risshū
the Vinaya school of the southern mountain

南山礦區


南山矿区

see styles
nán shān kuàng qū
    nan2 shan1 kuang4 qu1
nan shan k`uang ch`ü
    nan shan kuang chü
Nanshan mining district, old name of Dabancheng district 達坂城區|达坂城区[Da2 ban3 cheng2 qu1] of Urumqi city, Xinjiang

南平地區


南平地区

see styles
nán píng dì qū
    nan2 ping2 di4 qu1
nan p`ing ti ch`ü
    nan ping ti chü
Nanping district (old term); since 1983, Nanping, county-level city, Fujian

南洋群島

see styles
 nanyouguntou / nanyogunto
    なんようぐんとう
(place-name) Micronesia (old colonial name used until the end of WWII)

南轅北轍


南辕北辙

see styles
nán yuán běi zhé
    nan2 yuan2 bei3 zhe2
nan yüan pei che
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)

原級留置

see styles
 genkyuuryuuchi / genkyuryuchi
    げんきゅうりゅうち
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition

參禪學道


参禅学道

see styles
sān chán xué dào
    san1 chan2 xue2 dao4
san ch`an hsüeh tao
    san chan hsüeh tao
 sanzen gakudō
practicing Chan and learning the way

叔父さん

see styles
 ojisan
    おじさん
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) (kana only) uncle; (2) (familiar language) (kana only) old man; mister (vocative); (3) (kana only) manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

取扱い方

see styles
 toriatsukaikata
    とりあつかいかた
way of handling

受験勉強

see styles
 jukenbenkyou / jukenbenkyo
    じゅけんべんきょう
(noun/participle) studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

口がたつ

see styles
 kuchigatatsu
    くちがたつ
(exp,v5t) to be eloquent; to have a way with words

口が立つ

see styles
 kuchigatatsu
    くちがたつ
(exp,v5t) to be eloquent; to have a way with words

口当たり

see styles
 kuchiatari
    くちあたり
(1) taste; feel on the tongue; (2) manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing; way of talking

古々しい

see styles
 furuburushii / furuburushi
    ふるぶるしい
(adjective) very old

古き良き

see styles
 furukiyoki
    ふるきよき
(pre-noun adjective) good old; good old-fashioned

古くから

see styles
 furukukara
    ふるくから
(exp,adj-no) from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

古くさい

see styles
 furukusai
    ふるくさい
(adjective) stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite

古ぼける

see styles
 furubokeru
    ふるぼける
(v1,vi) to look old; to become musty; to wear out

古今小說


古今小说

see styles
gǔ jīn xiǎo shuō
    gu3 jin1 xiao3 shuo1
ku chin hsiao shuo
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620

古古しい

see styles
 furuburushii / furuburushi
    ふるぶるしい
(adjective) very old

古惚ける

see styles
 furubokeru
    ふるぼける
(v1,vi) to look old; to become musty; to wear out

古武士然

see styles
 kobushizen
    こぶしぜん
(yoji) having something of the old-time samurai about one

古色古香

see styles
gǔ sè gǔ xiāng
    gu3 se4 gu3 xiang1
ku se ku hsiang
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)

古馴染み

see styles
 furunajimi
    ふるなじみ
old friend

叩き上げ

see styles
 tatakiage
    たたきあげ
(1) working one's way up; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) self-made person; veteran

只底舸部

see styles
zhǐ dǐ gě bù
    zhi3 di3 ge3 bu4
chih ti ko pu
 Shiteika bu
只底興世羅部; 支提加部; 支提山部; 制多山部; 住支提山部; 逝多林 (or 逝多苑); 祇桓 Jetavanīyāḥ or Jetīyaśailāḥ. School of the dwellers on Mount Jeta, or 勝林部 School of Jetṛvana. A subdivision of the Stṣṭhavirāḥ Cf. 北.

召される

see styles
 mesareru
    めされる
(transitive verb) (1) (honorific or respectful language) to do; (transitive verb) (2) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (transitive verb) (3) (honorific or respectful language) to put on; to wear; (transitive verb) (4) (honorific or respectful language) to buy; to purchase; (transitive verb) (5) (honorific or respectful language) to take (a bath); (v1,vi) (6) (honorific or respectful language) to ride; to get in (a vehicle); to take; (transitive verb) (7) (honorific or respectful language) to catch (a cold); (transitive verb) (8) (honorific or respectful language) (as お年を召される) to put on (years); to get old; (v1,vi) (9) (honorific or respectful language) (as お気に召される) to strike one's fancy; to please one; (aux-v,v1) (10) (honorific or respectful language) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates respect

右往左往

see styles
 uousaou / uosao
    うおうさおう
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) (yoji) moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

各人各様

see styles
 kakujinkakuyou / kakujinkakuyo
    かくじんかくよう
(exp,n,adj-no) (yoji) different strokes for different folks; people doing something in their own way

各奔前程

see styles
gè bèn qián chéng
    ge4 ben4 qian2 cheng2
ko pen ch`ien ch`eng
    ko pen chien cheng
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead

各種学校

see styles
 kakushugakkou / kakushugakko
    かくしゅがっこう
{law} miscellaneous school; legal category of schools including certain vocational schools, driving schools, cram schools, etc.

各自為政


各自为政

see styles
gè zì wéi zhèng
    ge4 zi4 wei2 zheng4
ko tzu wei cheng
to do things each in one's own way

各行其是

see styles
gè xíng qí shì
    ge4 xing2 qi2 shi4
ko hsing ch`i shih
    ko hsing chi shih
each one does what he thinks is right (idiom); each goes his own way

合宿免許

see styles
 gasshukumenkyo
    がっしゅくめんきょ
taking an intensive driving course while staying in accommodation provided by the driving school; driving school camp

合縱連橫


合纵连横

see styles
hé zòng lián héng
    he2 zong4 lian2 heng2
ho tsung lien heng
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

吉羅米突


吉罗米突

see styles
jí luó mǐ tū
    ji2 luo2 mi3 tu1
chi lo mi t`u
    chi lo mi tu
kilometer (old) (loanword)

同歸於盡


同归于尽

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tóng guī yú jìn
    tong2 gui1 yu2 jin4
t`ung kuei yü chin
    tung kuei yü chin
to die in such a way that sb (or something) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction

名正言順


名正言顺

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míng zhèng yán shùn
    ming2 zheng4 yan2 shun4
ming cheng yen shun
in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate

吐故納新


吐故纳新

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tǔ gù nà xīn
    tu3 gu4 na4 xin1
t`u ku na hsin
    tu ku na hsin
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

含飴弄孫


含饴弄孙

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hán yí nòng sūn
    han2 yi2 nong4 sun1
han i nung sun
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom); fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age

吹奏楽部

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 suisougakubu / suisogakubu
    すいそうがくぶ
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

告老還鄉


告老还乡

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gào lǎo huán xiāng
    gao4 lao3 huan2 xiang1
kao lao huan hsiang
(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown

命道沙門


命道沙门

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mìng dào shā mén
    ming4 dao4 sha1 men2
ming tao sha men
 myōdō shamon
A śramaṇa who makes the commandments, meditation, and knowledge his very life, as Ānanda did.

咸與維新


咸与维新

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xián yù wéi xīn
    xian2 yu4 wei2 xin1
hsien yü wei hsin
everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start afresh

品學兼優


品学兼优

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pǐn xué jiān yōu
    pin3 xue2 jian1 you1
p`in hsüeh chien yu
    pin hsüeh chien yu
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school); a paragon of virtue and learning

唐山地區


唐山地区

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táng shān dì qū
    tang2 shan1 di4 qu1
t`ang shan ti ch`ü
    tang shan ti chü
Tangshan county (old name)

唯識中道


唯识中道

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wéi shì zhōng dào
    wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4
wei shih chung tao
 yuishiki chūdō
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal.

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

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This page contains 100 results for "The Old Way - Old School" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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

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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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