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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀)
HSK 6
Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law
HSK 7-9
Dharma, the teaching of Buddha / Bodhidharma
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha , the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (his monastic order)
Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL: , 張|张
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
lit. to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / fig. to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha
to burn incense and worship Buddha
to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
a living Buddha / fig. compassionate person / saint
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
Gods and Buddhas
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
Amoghasiddhi Buddha
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
Buddha-like heart (full of compassion) / spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longer clinging to appearances)
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
seated image (of a Buddha or saint)
Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝
Buddha's tooth (as a holy relic)
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged / the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
(old) image of Confucius / holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
ashes of cremated Buddha
Buddha (archaic) / Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
one of the many names of Buddha
Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
to worship Buddha
Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good!
reclining Buddha
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist
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  *释* | 释* | *释
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / Buddhism
Ratnasambhava Buddha
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives / wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha!
(Dai language) to make offerings to Buddha
another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
Buddha nature
so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
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  *閦* | 閦* | *閦
crowd / transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. Aksobhya Buddha 阿閦佛
Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
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  *噶* | 噶* | *噶
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to (esp. in Yunnan)
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
Buddha / Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha
standing image (of a Buddha or saint)
Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha)
the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记, "Journey to the West")
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic) / Buddhist doctrine
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
Budai (the Laughing Buddha) / Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
to pass on the light of Buddha
to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang


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