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淺源地震


浅源地震

see styles
qiǎn yuán dì zhèn
    qian3 yuan2 di4 zhen4
ch`ien yüan ti chen
    chien yüan ti chen
shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

淺羽滿夫

see styles
 asabamitsuo
    あさばみつお
(person) Asaba Mitsuo

淺顯易懂


浅显易懂

see styles
qiǎn xiǎn yì dǒng
    qian3 xian3 yi4 dong3
ch`ien hsien i tung
    chien hsien i tung
easy to understand

中途擱淺


中途搁浅

see styles
zhōng tú gē qiǎn
    zhong1 tu2 ge1 qian3
chung t`u ko ch`ien
    chung tu ko chien
to run aground in mid-course; to run into difficulty and stop

交情匪淺


交情匪浅

see styles
jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn
    jiao1 qing2 fei3 qian3
chiao ch`ing fei ch`ien
    chiao ching fei chien
to be very close; to understand each other

交淺言深


交浅言深

see styles
jiāo qiǎn - yán shēn
    jiao1 qian3 - yan2 shen1
chiao ch`ien - yen shen
    chiao chien - yen shen
(idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers

受益匪淺


受益匪浅

see styles
shòu yì fěi qiǎn
    shou4 yi4 fei3 qian3
shou i fei ch`ien
    shou i fei chien
to benefit (from)

害人不淺


害人不浅

see styles
hài rén bù qiǎn
    hai4 ren2 bu4 qian3
hai jen pu ch`ien
    hai jen pu chien
to cause a lot of trouble; to inflict much suffering

寡淺比丘


寡浅比丘

see styles
guǎ qiǎn bǐ qiū
    gua3 qian3 bi3 qiu1
kua ch`ien pi ch`iu
    kua chien pi chiu
 kesen biku
monks of little learning

才疏學淺


才疏学浅

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cái shū xué qiǎn
    cai2 shu1 xue2 qian3
ts`ai shu hsüeh ch`ien
    tsai shu hsüeh chien
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...

深入淺出


深入浅出

see styles
shēn rù qiǎn chū
    shen1 ru4 qian3 chu1
shen ju ch`ien ch`u
    shen ju chien chu
to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom); (of language) simple and easy to understand

目光短淺


目光短浅

see styles
mù guāng duǎn qiǎn
    mu4 guang1 duan3 qian3
mu kuang tuan ch`ien
    mu kuang tuan chien
to be shortsighted

眼皮子淺


眼皮子浅

see styles
yǎn pí zi qiǎn
    yan3 pi2 zi5 qian3
yen p`i tzu ch`ien
    yen pi tzu chien
short-sighted

淺灘指示浮標


浅滩指示浮标

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qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo
    qian3 tan1 zhi3 shi4 fu2 biao1
ch`ien t`an chih shih fu piao
    chien tan chih shih fu piao
bar buoy; buoy marking shallows or sandbar

水淺養不住大魚


水浅养不住大鱼

see styles
shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú
    shui3 qian3 yang3 bu4 zhu4 da4 yu2
shui ch`ien yang pu chu ta yü
    shui chien yang pu chu ta yü
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom); fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

Variations:
浅見(P)
淺見

see styles
 senken
    せんけん
shallow view; superficial idea

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

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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