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Simple Dictionary Definition |
磬 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching kei / ke けい |
More info & calligraphy: Khánhsounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion. |
劫 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko こう; ごう; コウ |
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1] (1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones 刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas. |
壘 垒 see styles |
lěi lei3 lei |
rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc |
嶅 see styles |
áo ao2 ao |
hill strewn with stones; (used in place names) |
浜 see styles |
bīn bin1 pin hama(p); hama はま(P); ハマ |
Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1]; used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama (1) beach; seashore; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) {go} (See 揚げ浜・2) captured pieces; captured stones; (3) (abbreviation) (See 横浜) Yokohama; (4) (archaism) (osb:) riverbank; riverside; (personal name) Murahama |
砅 see styles |
lì li4 li |
cross stream by stepping on stones |
硍 see styles |
kèn ken4 k`en ken |
rumbling of rolling stones |
磥 see styles |
lěi lei3 lei |
a heap of stones; boulders |
礮 see styles |
pào pao4 p`ao pao |
ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones; variant of 炮[pao4], cannon |
襲 袭 see styles |
xí xi2 hsi souen / soen そうえん |
(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding (1) pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); (counter) (2) counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); (3) layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; (4) (abbreviation) combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours); (personal name) Souen |
亀腹 see styles |
kamebara かめばら |
white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.) |
亂石 乱石 see styles |
luàn shí luan4 shi2 luan shih |
rocks; stones; rubble; riprap |
五果 see styles |
wǔ guǒ wu3 guo3 wu kuo goka ごか |
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods. |
做活 see styles |
zuò huó zuo4 huo2 tso huo |
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2] |
切磋 see styles |
qiē cuō qie1 cuo1 ch`ieh ts`o chieh tso sessa せっさ |
to compare notes; to learn from one another (noun/participle) polishing (stones); polishing (character) |
割石 see styles |
wariishi / warishi わりいし |
broken stones; rubble; (place-name, surname) Wariishi |
匂玉 see styles |
nioidama においだま |
(1) tonsil stones; tonsillolith; (2) scent ball |
土石 see styles |
doseki どせき |
earth and stones; (surname) Doishi |
地合 see styles |
chigou / chigo ちごう |
(1) texture (cloth, fabric, paper); (2) market tone; undertone; (3) balance between the position of white and black stones (in go); (place-name) Chigou |
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. |
塊石 块石 see styles |
kuài shí kuai4 shi2 k`uai shih kuai shih kaiseki |
clumps of dirt and stones |
壘砌 垒砌 see styles |
lěi qì lei3 qi4 lei ch`i lei chi |
to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones |
大石 see styles |
taiseki; ooishi たいせき; おおいし |
(1) large stone; boulder; (2) {go} large group of stones; (surname) Ooseki |
岩組 see styles |
iwagumi いわぐみ |
arrangement of stones in a garden; (place-name) Iwagumi |
布石 see styles |
fuseki ふせき |
(1) {go} strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements; (laying the) groundwork (for) |
抜く see styles |
nuku ぬく |
(transitive verb) (1) to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed; (transitive verb) (2) to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip; (suf,v5k) (3) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely; (transitive verb) (4) to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty; (transitive verb) (5) to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract; (transitive verb) (6) to pilfer; to steal; (transitive verb) (7) to remove; to get rid of; to take out; (transitive verb) (8) to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of; (transitive verb) (9) (also written 貫く) to pierce; to break through; to go through; (transitive verb) (10) to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area; (transitive verb) (11) to seize; to capture; to reduce; (transitive verb) (12) to scoop (a story); (transitive verb) (13) to take out (an opponent's stones; in go); (Godan verb with "ku" ending) (14) (slang) (vulgar) to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating); (Godan verb with "ku" ending) (15) (slang) to take (a photo); to record (video) |
揚浜 see styles |
agehama あげはま |
(1) artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; (2) captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones |
握り see styles |
nigiri(p); nigiri(sk) にぎり(P); ニギリ(sk) |
(1) grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch; (2) handful; fistful; (3) handle; grip; knob; (4) (abbreviation) {food} (See 握り飯) onigiri; rice ball; (5) (abbreviation) {food} (See 握り寿司) nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.; (6) (kana only) {go} (usu. written as ニギリ) determining who plays with black by grabbing a handful of stones and guessing whether the number of stones is odd or even |
敖包 see styles |
áo bāo ao2 bao1 ao pao |
(loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits |
木石 see styles |
mù shí mu4 shi2 mu shih bokuseki ぼくせき |
(1) trees and stones; (2) unfeeling person; (given name) Bokuseki trees and rocks |
水定 see styles |
shuǐ dìng shui3 ding4 shui ting suijō |
The water dhyāna, in which one becomes identified with water, for during the period of trance one may become water; stories are told of devotees who, having turned to water, on awaking found stones in their bodies which had been thrown into their liquid bodies, and which were only removed during a succeeding similar trance. |
沙石 see styles |
shā shí sha1 shi2 sha shih shaseki しゃせき saseki させき |
sand and stones sand and stone; pebble |
活き see styles |
iki いき |
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned |
滾石 滚石 see styles |
gǔn shí gun3 shi2 kun shih |
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label; the Rolling Stones, British rock band; Rolling Stone (magazine) |
烏鷺 see styles |
uro うろ |
(1) crows and herons; (2) black and white (esp. go stones); (3) (See 烏鷺の争い) go (game) |
珠寶 珠宝 see styles |
zhū bǎo zhu1 bao3 chu pao |
pearls; jewels; precious stones |
瓔珞 璎珞 see styles |
yīng luò ying1 luo4 ying lo youraku / yoraku ようらく |
jade or pearl necklace (1) personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; (2) moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc. A necklace of precious stones; things strung together. |
瓦石 see styles |
wǎ shí wa3 shi2 wa shih gaseki がせき |
(1) worthless thing; garbage; roof tile and stone; (2) brick tiles and stones |
生き see styles |
iki いき |
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned |
盤陀 盘陀 see styles |
pán tuó pan2 tuo2 p`an t`o pan to |
twisted; spiral; uneven stones |
石娶 see styles |
shí qǔ shi2 qu3 shih ch`ü shih chü sekishu |
heap of stones |
石帯 see styles |
sekitai せきたい |
(rare) special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels |
石弓 see styles |
ishiyumi いしゆみ |
(1) crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); (2) netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; (3) slingshot; catapult |
石焼 see styles |
ishiyaki いしやき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) porcelain; (2) baking by means of hot stones or pebbles |
石籠 see styles |
sekirou / sekiro せきろう |
(See 蛇籠) gabion; cage filled with stones |
石組 see styles |
ishigumi いしぐみ |
arrangement of stones in a garden; (place-name) Ishigumi |
石聚 see styles |
shí jù shi2 ju4 shih chü sekishu |
pile of stones |
編磬 编磬 see styles |
biān qìng bian1 qing4 pien ch`ing pien ching |
musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone |
臭玉 see styles |
nioidama においだま |
tonsil stones; tonsillolith |
蛇籠 see styles |
jakago じゃかご |
(See ふとんかご) gabion; cage filled with stones; (place-name) Jakago |
赭時 赭时 see styles |
zhě shí zhe3 shi2 che shih Shaji |
Tchadj or Tchāsch'; Kingdom of stone or stones. An ancient place 'in Turkestan on the Sir; the modern Tashkend'. Eitel. |
重ね see styles |
kasane かさね |
(1) pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); (counter) (2) counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); (3) layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; (4) (abbreviation) combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) |
針砭 针砭 see styles |
zhēn biān zhen1 bian1 chen pien |
to critique; to voice concerns about; ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles |
鋪路 铺路 see styles |
pū lù pu1 lu4 p`u lu pu lu |
to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for something); to give a present to sb to ensure success |
鏗鏘 铿锵 see styles |
kēng qiāng keng1 qiang1 k`eng ch`iang keng chiang kousou / koso こうそう |
sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words (adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) resounding (sound of bells, musical instruments, stones being struck, etc.) tinkling of jade or metal pendants |
飛石 see styles |
tobiishi / tobishi とびいし |
(1) stepping stones; (2) (obscure) stone skipping; ducks and drakes; (surname) Tobiishi |
飛礫 see styles |
tsubute つぶて |
stone thrown at somebody; throwing stones |
點石 点石 see styles |
diǎn shí dian3 shi2 tien shih |
The stones nodded in approval (when 道生 Daosheng read the Nirvana Sutra). |
上げ石 see styles |
ageishi / ageshi あげいし |
captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones |
伏せ石 see styles |
fuseishi / fuseshi ふせいし |
(1) (See 立て石・2) laying stones flat (e.g. in gardens); (2) method for assigning colors to players (othello) |
凝り形 see styles |
korigatachi こりがたち |
{go} over-concentrated shape; placing too many stones in the same area |
割り石 see styles |
wariishi / warishi わりいし |
broken stones; rubble |
匂い玉 see styles |
nioidama においだま |
(1) tonsil stones; tonsillolith; (2) scent ball |
半貴石 see styles |
hankiseki はんきせき |
semiprecious stones |
地合い see styles |
jiai じあい |
(1) texture (cloth, fabric, paper); (2) market tone; undertone; (3) balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) |
大靑珠 see styles |
dà qīng zhū da4 qing1 zhu1 ta ch`ing chu ta ching chu daishōshu |
mahānīla. 摩訶尼羅 A precious stone, large and blue, perhaps identical with Indra-nīla-muktā, i.e. the Indra of precious stones, a 'sapphire' (M. W.). |
尸羅幢 尸罗幢 see styles |
shī luó chuáng shi1 luo2 chuang2 shih lo ch`uang shih lo chuang shira dō |
A curtain made of chaste precious stones. |
岩組み see styles |
iwagumi いわぐみ |
arrangement of stones in a garden |
布団篭 see styles |
futonkago ふとんかご |
(kana only) gabion; cage filled with stones |
打水漂 see styles |
dǎ shuǐ piāo da3 shui3 piao1 ta shui p`iao ta shui piao |
to skip stones (on water); (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment |
揚げ浜 see styles |
agehama あげはま |
(1) artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; (2) captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones |
泥石流 see styles |
ní shí liú ni2 shi2 liu2 ni shih liu |
landslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide |
玉の帯 see styles |
gokunoobi ごくのおび |
(rare) (See 石帯) special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels |
石の帯 see styles |
ishinoobi いしのおび |
(See 石帯) special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels |
石投げ see styles |
ishinage いしなげ |
(1) throwing stones; (2) slingshot; sling |
石焼き see styles |
ishiyaki いしやき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) porcelain; (2) baking by means of hot stones or pebbles |
石組み see styles |
ishigumi いしぐみ |
arrangement of stones in a garden |
綿帽子 see styles |
wataboushi / wataboshi わたぼうし |
(1) bride's silk floss headdress; (2) clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.); (surname) Wataboushi |
腎結石 肾结石 see styles |
shèn jié shí shen4 jie2 shi2 shen chieh shih jinkesseki じんけっせき |
kidney stone kidney stone; kidney stones; renal calculus |
臭い玉 see styles |
nioidama においだま |
tonsil stones; tonsillolith |
阿耨達 阿耨达 see styles |
ān òu dá an1 ou4 da2 an ou ta Anokudatsu |
阿那婆答多 (or 阿那波達多) Anavatapta, a lake in Jambudvīpa, north of the Himālayas, south of 香山 Gandha-mādana, descrbed as about 800 li in circumference, bordered by gold, silver, precious stones, etc. It is said to be the source of the four great rivers: east, the Ganges out of a silver ox mouth; south, the Indus out of that of an elephant; west, the Oxus; and north, the Śītā, said to be the Yellow River. Eitel has the Brahmaputra, Ganges, Śatadru (or Sutlej), and the Oxus; but there is confusion in the records. The Dragon-king of this lake became a Bodhisattva and is exempt from the distresses of the other seven dragon-kings. The阿耨達山 are the mountains north of the lake. |
飛び石 see styles |
tobiishi / tobishi とびいし |
(1) stepping stones; (2) (obscure) stone skipping; ducks and drakes |
五目並べ see styles |
gomokunarabe ごもくならべ |
gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row |
他山の石 see styles |
tazannoishi たざんのいし |
(idiom) (See 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし) lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) |
大界外相 see styles |
dà jiè wài xiàng da4 jie4 wai4 xiang4 ta chieh wai hsiang daikai gesō |
Four characters often placed on the boundary stones of monasterial grounds. |
奇岩怪石 see styles |
kigankaiseki きがんかいせき |
strangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones |
布団かご see styles |
futonkago ふとんかご |
(kana only) gabion; cage filled with stones |
投井下石 see styles |
tóu jǐng xià shí tou2 jing3 xia4 shi2 t`ou ching hsia shih tou ching hsia shih |
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down |
掘立小屋 see styles |
hottategoya ほったてごや |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) hut; shanty; hovel; shack; (2) house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones |
海枯石爛 海枯石烂 see styles |
hǎi kū - shí làn hai3 ku1 - shi2 lan4 hai k`u - shih lan hai ku - shih lan |
lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time |
環狀列石 环状列石 see styles |
huán zhuàng liè shí huan2 zhuang4 lie4 shi2 huan chuang lieh shih |
circular standing stones |
石子詰め see styles |
ishikozume いしこづめ |
burying alive beneath stones |
Variations: |
ishiyumi いしゆみ |
(1) crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); (2) netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; (3) slingshot; catapult |
石焼き芋 see styles |
ishiyakiimo / ishiyakimo いしやきいも |
sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles |
石飛ばし see styles |
ishitobashi いしとばし |
skipping stones (on a body of water); skimming stones |
精衛填海 精卫填海 see styles |
jīng wèi tián hǎi jing1 wei4 tian2 hai3 ching wei t`ien hai ching wei tien hai |
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition; task of Sisyphus; determination in the face of impossible odds |
落井下石 see styles |
luò jǐng xià shí luo4 jing3 xia4 shi2 lo ching hsia shih |
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down |
Variations: |
kasane かさね |
(1) (esp. 重ね) pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); (counter) (2) (esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system) counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); (3) (esp. 襲) layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; (4) (abbreviation) (esp. 襲) (See かさねの色目・かさねのいろめ) combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) |
頑石點頭 顽石点头 see styles |
wán shí diǎn tóu wan2 shi2 dian3 tou2 wan shih tien t`ou wan shih tien tou |
(Moved by the reciting of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra,) even the stupid stones nodded their heads. |
食物五果 see styles |
shí wù wǔ guǒ shi2 wu4 wu3 guo3 shih wu wu kuo |
The five kinds of edible fruits and grains: those with stones (or pips), rinds, shells, seeds (e.g. grains), pods. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "stones" 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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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