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北方 see styles |
běi fāng bei3 fang1 pei fang hoppou / hoppo ほっぽう |
north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) the north; northward; northern direction; (2) northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district; (place-name) Botsuke northern direction |
北朝 see styles |
běi cháo bei3 chao2 pei ch`ao pei chao hokuchou / hokucho ほくちょう |
Northern Dynasties (386-581) (1) (hist) (See 南北朝・なんぼくちょう・1) Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; (2) (hist) (See 南北朝・なんぼくちょう・2,北魏・ほくぎ,西魏・せいぎ,東魏・とうぎ,北周・ほくしゅう,北斉・ほくせい) Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589) |
北魏 see styles |
běi wèi bei3 wei4 pei wei hokugi ほくぎ |
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 (hist) Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535) the Northern Wei |
北鷚 北鹨 see styles |
běi liù bei3 liu4 pei liu |
(bird species of China) Pechora pipit (Anthus gustavi) |
匡廬 see styles |
kyouro / kyoro きょうろ |
(place-name) Kuanglu (alt. name for Mount Lushan, China) |
十宗 see styles |
shí zōng shi2 zong1 shih tsung jūshū |
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|； (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗； (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗； (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗； (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗； ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen. |
千南 see styles |
china ちな |
(female given name) China |
千菜 see styles |
china ちな |
(female given name) China |
南充 see styles |
nán chōng nan2 chong1 nan ch`ung nan chung nanjuu / nanju なんじゅう |
Nanchong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan (place-name) Nanchong (China) |
南呂 see styles |
nanryo なんりょ |
(1) (in China) (See 十二律,盤渉) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); (2) eighth month of the lunar calendar |
南宋 see styles |
nán sòng nan2 song4 nan sung nansou / nanso なんそう |
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) (hist) (See 宋・1) Southern Song dynasty (of China; 1127-1279) |
南支 see styles |
nanshi なんし |
(archaism) south China; southern China |
南斉 see styles |
nansei / nanse なんせい |
(hist) Southern Qi dynasty (of China; 479-502 CE); Southern Ch'i dynasty; (surname) Nanzai |
南方 see styles |
nán fāng nan2 fang1 nan fang nanpou / nanpo なんぽう |
south; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) the south; southward; southern direction; (2) countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate); (place-name) Minamigata The southern quarter; south. |
南朝 see styles |
nán cháo nan2 chao2 nan ch`ao nan chao nanchou / nancho なんちょう |
Southern Dynasties (420-589) (1) (hist) (See 南北朝・1) Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; (2) (hist) (See 南北朝・2) Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589); (given name) Nanchō |
南海 see styles |
nán hǎi nan2 hai3 nan hai nankai なんかい |
South China Sea southern sea; (surname) Minamiumi |
南皮 see styles |
nán pí nan2 pi2 nan p`i nan pi nanpi なんぴ |
Nanpi county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[Cang1 zhou1], Hebei (place-name) Nanpi (China) |
南航 see styles |
nán háng nan2 hang2 nan hang nankou / nanko なんこう |
China Southern Airlines sailing south; southbound |
南華 南华 see styles |
nán huá nan2 hua2 nan hua nanka なんか |
South China; Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan (female given name) Nanka |
南蛮 see styles |
nanban なんばん |
(1) (hist) (derogatory term) southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); (2) (hist) South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (3) (hist) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (prefix noun) (4) (hist) foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); (5) (See 唐辛子・1) chili pepper; (6) (abbreviation) {food} (See 南蛮煮・2) nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions; (7) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.) |
南詔 南诏 see styles |
nán zhào nan2 zhao4 nan chao |
Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia |
厘金 see styles |
lí jīn li2 jin1 li chin |
a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion |
原鴿 原鸽 see styles |
yuán gē yuan2 ge1 yüan ko |
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia) |
厦門 see styles |
shiyamen シヤメン |
(place-name) Xiamen (China); Amoy |
去臺 去台 see styles |
qù tái qu4 tai2 ch`ü t`ai chü tai |
to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 |
參劾 参劾 see styles |
cān hé can1 he2 ts`an ho tsan ho |
to accuse; to impeach; (in imperial China) to level charges against an official |
叉手 see styles |
chā shǒu cha1 shou3 ch`a shou cha shou shashu |
The palms of the hands together with the fingers crossed forming ten. Also, the palms together with the middle fingers crossing each other, an old Indian form of greeting. In China anciently the left hand was folded over the right, but with women the right hand was over the left. In mourning salutations the order was reversed. |
受命 see styles |
shòu mìng shou4 ming4 shou ming jumei / jume じゅめい |
ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel (n,vs,vi) (1) receiving an order; commission; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) (See 天命・1) receiving a mandate from heaven and becoming an emperor (in China) to live |
台州 see styles |
tāi zhōu tai1 zhou1 t`ai chou tai chou daishuu / daishu だいしゅう |
Taizhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (place-name) Taizhou (Zhejiang, China) |
史記 史记 see styles |
shǐ jì shi3 ji4 shih chi shiki しき |
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories); Records of the Grand Historian; (personal name) Fuminori Records of the Historian |
司空 see styles |
shikuu / shiku しくう |
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Works (Zhou dynasty China); (surname) Shikuu |
各省 see styles |
kakushou / kakusho かくしょう |
(1) each ministry; (2) each province (of China) |
合肥 see styles |
hé féi he2 fei2 ho fei gouhi; gappi; hoofei / gohi; gappi; hoofe ごうひ; がっぴ; ホーフェイ |
Hefei, capital of Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] Hefei (China); (place-name) Hefei (China) |
吉林 see styles |
jí lín ji2 lin2 chi lin yoshibayashi よしばやし |
Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春; also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province (surname) Yoshibayashi |
名家 see styles |
míng jiā ming2 jia1 ming chia meika / meka めいか |
renowned expert; master (of an art or craft) (1) distinguished family; good family; reputable family; (2) great master; expert; authority; eminent person; (3) (hist) (See 公家・1) Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke; (4) (hist) School of Names (China); Logicians; Disputers; (place-name) Myōke |
名相 see styles |
míng xiàng ming2 xiang4 ming hsiang myōsō |
famous prime minister (in ancient China); names and appearances (Buddhism) Name and appearance; everything has a name, e. g. sound, or has appearance, i. e. the visible, v. 名色; both are unreal and give rise to delusion. The name under which Subhūti will be reborn as Buddha. |
名臣 see styles |
míng chén ming2 chen2 ming ch`en ming chen |
important official or statesman (in feudal China) |
吳國 吴国 see styles |
wú guó wu2 guo2 wu kuo |
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods); Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms |
吳子 吴子 see styles |
wú zǐ wu2 zi3 wu tzu |
Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 Qi3] |
吳越 吴越 see styles |
wú yuè wu2 yue4 wu yüeh |
states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies |
呉楚 see styles |
goso ごそ |
(place-name) historical states of Wu and Chu (modern-day Jiangsu, Hunan and Hubei Provinces) (China); southern shore of the Yangtze |
呉越 see styles |
goetsu ごえつ |
(hist) (See 呉・4,越・1) Wu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China); (personal name) Goetsu |
周口 see styles |
zhōu kǒu zhou1 kou3 chou k`ou chou kou shuukou / shuko しゅうこう |
prefecture level city in east Henan 河南 (place-name) Zhoukou (China) |
和人 see styles |
wajin わじん |
(archaism) you (nuance of either deep affection or contempt); (archaism) Japanese person (term esp. used in ancient China, etc.); (personal name) Wajin |
和漢 see styles |
wakan わかん |
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China |
唐代 see styles |
táng dài tang2 dai4 t`ang tai tang tai toudai / todai とうだい |
Tang dynasty (618-907) (hist) (See 唐・1) Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era |
唐国 see styles |
karakuni からくに |
(archaism) China; Korea; (place-name, surname) Karakuni |
唐土 see styles |
morokoshi もろこし |
(1) (archaism) China; (prefix noun) (2) Chinese; (archaism) China; (surname) Morokoshi |
唐朝 see styles |
táng cháo tang2 chao2 t`ang ch`ao tang chao touchou / tocho とうちょう |
Tang dynasty (618-907) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty |
唐本 see styles |
touhon / tohon とうほん |
books from China; (surname) Karamoto |
唐机 see styles |
touzukue / tozukue とうづくえ |
desk made in China; Chinese style desk |
唐樓 唐楼 see styles |
táng lóu tang2 lou2 t`ang lou tang lou |
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) |
唐猫 see styles |
karaneko からねこ |
(archaism) cat (esp. one imported from China) |
唐筆 see styles |
touhitsu / tohitsu とうひつ |
Chinese brush; writing brush made in China |
唐糸 see styles |
karaito からいと |
China-made thread or yarn; (surname) Karaito |
喀什 see styles |
kā shí ka1 shi2 k`a shih ka shih kashugaru カシュガル |
Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan (place-name) Kashgar (China) |
喜鵲 喜鹊 see styles |
xǐ què xi3 que4 hsi ch`üeh hsi chüeh |
(bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) |
営口 see styles |
inkou / inko インコウ |
(place-name) Yingkou (China) |
噪鵑 噪鹃 see styles |
zào juān zao4 juan1 tsao chüan |
(bird species of China) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) |
四夷 see styles |
sì yí si4 yi2 ssu i shii / shi しい |
(derogatory term) (See 東夷・あずまえびす・2,西戎・せいじゅう) Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China; (surname) Shii (四夷戒 or 四夷罪) v. 四波羅夷. |
四平 see styles |
sì píng si4 ping2 ssu p`ing ssu ping yoshihira よしひら |
Siping, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China (surname) Yoshihira |
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 |
団練 see styles |
danren だんれん |
(hist) type of local militia in China most active during the Qing dynasty |
国字 see styles |
kokuji こくじ |
(1) official writing system of a country; official script; (2) kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; (3) kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji |
国府 see styles |
kokufu; kokubu; kofu; kou / kokufu; kokubu; kofu; ko こくふ; こくぶ; こふ; こう |
(1) (こくふ only) (abbreviation) (See 国民政府) Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); (2) (See 律令制) provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital; (surname) Kofu |
国慶 see styles |
kokkei / kokke こっけい |
National day (of China) |
圃鵐 圃鹀 see styles |
pǔ wú pu3 wu2 p`u wu pu wu |
(bird species of China) ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) |
國大 国大 see styles |
guó dà guo2 da4 kuo ta |
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC); abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) See: 国大 |
國恥 国耻 see styles |
guó chǐ guo2 chi3 kuo ch`ih kuo chih |
national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria |
國罵 国骂 see styles |
guó mà guo2 ma4 kuo ma |
curse word; four-letter word; esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5] |
國航 国航 see styles |
guó háng guo2 hang2 kuo hang |
Air China (abbr. for 中國國際航空公司|中国国际航空公司[Zhong1 guo2 Guo2 ji4 Hang2 kong1 Gong1 si1]) |
國花 国花 see styles |
guó huā guo2 hua1 kuo hua |
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China) See: 国花 |
國號 国号 see styles |
guó hào guo2 hao4 kuo hao |
official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc) See: 国号 |
土楼 see styles |
dorou / doro どろう |
(See 福建土楼・ふっけんどろう) type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China |
在華 在华 see styles |
zài huá zai4 hua2 tsai hua arufa あるふぁ |
within China; during one's visit to China (female given name) Arufa |
圭璧 see styles |
keiheki / keheki けいへき |
(archaism) ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China |
地官 see styles |
chikan ちかん |
(hist) (See 六官) Ministry of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China) |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
塞内 see styles |
sainai さいない |
(1) inside a fort; (2) (hist) (area) within the Great Wall of China |
塞外 see styles |
sài wài sai4 wai4 sai wai saigai さいがい |
territories beyond the Great Wall (old) (1) outside a fort; (2) (hist) outside the Great Wall of China |
塩城 see styles |
ienchon イエンチョン |
(place-name) Yancheng (China) |
墨刑 see styles |
mò xíng mo4 xing2 mo hsing bokkei; bokukei / bokke; bokuke ぼっけい; ぼくけい |
corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead (hist) (See 五刑・1) tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China) |
墨汁 see styles |
mò zhī mo4 zhi1 mo chih bokujuu / bokuju ぼくじゅう |
prepared Chinese ink (1) India ink; China ink; (2) ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.) |
士師 see styles |
shishi しし |
(1) (hist) judge (of ancient China); (2) (hist) (See 士師記) judge (leader of ancient Israel); (surname) Hashi |
壽帶 寿带 see styles |
shòu dài shou4 dai4 shou tai |
(bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) |
夏官 see styles |
kakan かかん |
(hist) (See 六官) Ministry of War (Zhou dynasty China) |
外企 see styles |
wài qǐ wai4 qi3 wai ch`i wai chi |
foreign enterprise; company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong; abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 |
外灘 外滩 see styles |
wài tān wai4 tan1 wai t`an wai tan waitan わいたん |
the Shanghai Bund or Waitan (place-name) The Bund (Shanghai, China) |
夜郎 see styles |
yè láng ye4 lang2 yeh lang yarou / yaro やろう |
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty (place-name) Yelang (China) (ancient state in western Guizhou province) |
夜鷺 夜鹭 see styles |
yè lù ye4 lu4 yeh lu |
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
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。. |
大同 see styles |
dà tóng da4 tong2 ta t`ung ta tung daidou / daido だいどう |
(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) (1) (See 大同小異) general resemblance; being largely the same; (2) (See 大同団結) uniting with a common goal; (3) (hist) Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19); (place-name) Datong (China) mostly the same |
大慶 大庆 see styles |
dà qìng da4 qing4 ta ch`ing ta ching taikei / taike たいけい |
Daqing prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China great joy; (place-name) Daqing (China) great happiness |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
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 |
大篆 see styles |
dà zhuàn da4 zhuan4 ta chuan daiten だいてん |
the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts (See 六体) large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) |
大簇 see styles |
taizoku たいぞく taisou / taiso たいそう |
(1) (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); (2) first lunar month |
大賢 大贤 see styles |
dà xián da4 xian2 ta hsien taiken たいけん |
great sage; (given name) Daiken Daxian (Jap. Daiken), a Korean monk who lived in China during the Tang dynasty, of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa school, noted for his annotations on the sūtras and styled 古迹記 the archaeologist. |
大陸 大陆 see styles |
dà lù da4 lu4 ta lu tairiku たいりく |
continent; mainland; CL:個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) continent; (2) continental Asia (esp. mainland China); (3) continental Europe; (female given name) Riku |
大鴇 大鸨 see styles |
dà bǎo da4 bao3 ta pao |
(bird species of China) great bustard (Otis tarda) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "china" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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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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