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There are 10 total results for your Shiann search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

シアンヌ

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 shiannu
    シアンヌ
(place-name) Shiannu

思案投首

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 shiannagekubi
    しあんなげくび
(yoji) being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

思案に余る

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 shianniamaru
    しあんにあまる
(exp,v5r) to be at wit's end; to be at a loss for what to do

思案投げ首

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 shiannagekubi
    しあんなげくび
(yoji) being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

思案に暮れる

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 shiannikureru
    しあんにくれる
(exp,v1) to be lost in thought

恋は思案の外

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 koihashiannohoka
    こいはしあんのほか
(expression) (proverb) love is without reason

色事は思案の外

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 irogotohashiannohoka
    いろごとはしあんのほか
(expression) (proverb) love and reason do not go together

此処が思案のし所

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 kokogashiannoshidokoro
    ここがしあんのしどころ
(expression) (idiom) This is the point we need to think about

Variations:
思案投首
思案投げ首

see styles
 shiannagekubi
    しあんなげくび
(yoji) being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

Variations:
凝っては思案に能わず
凝っては思案にあたわず

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 kottehashianniatawazu
    こってはしあんにあたわず
(expression) (proverb) too much thinking gets you nowhere; excessive enthusiasm clouds one's judgment
This page contains 10 results for "Shiann" 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

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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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