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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 5
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
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  *寺* | 寺* | *寺
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
HSK 6
(literary) Buddhist monk; Buddhist monastic
Buddhist monk
HSK 7-9
Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
HSK 6
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist
jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery
HSK 7-9
Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL: , 張|张
novice Buddhist monk
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(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽)
a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
Buddhism / Buddhist
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
(Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist monks
Buddhist
main hall of a Buddhist temple
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
the staff of a Buddhist monk
HSK 7-9
Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
(idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhist grottos
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
Buddhist prayer beads
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
paradise (mainly Buddhist) / Elysium / (Budd.) Sukhavati
Buddhist term
husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
Buddhist nun
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities
Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement
diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve
HSK 7-9
Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
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  *吽* | 吽* | *吽
sound of a Buddhist incantation
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  *藏* | 藏* | *藏
storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture
lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
stupa (Buddhist shrine)
Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies
Buddhist scripture
Buddhist nunnery
to travel widely (esp. as Daoist priest or Buddhist monk)
(Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra")
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍梨|阿阇梨
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
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used in transliterating Buddhist books
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)
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
Buddhist temple / monastery
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment
Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若)
flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / informal name of Buddhist temple Rokuonji 鹿苑寺
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle
refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)

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