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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀)
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Buddhism
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to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
HSK 6
to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
used in 仿佛
Hoover (name) / Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)
Vermont, US state
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha!
Buddha nature
Buddhist prayer beads
Buddhism / Buddhist
Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL: , 張|张
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
Denver, Colorado
to worship Buddha
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
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
Harvard University
Florida
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha
Florence, Italy
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
Buddhist
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation
Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
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
Vermont, US state
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
Fogang county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远, Guangdong
Buddhist grottos
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
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title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
Ratnasambhava Buddha
Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
pagoda
Buddhist temple
Foping County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
Harvard
Portuguese (Ming era loanword)
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar
(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Fogang county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远, Guangdong
Franco (name) / Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), Spanish dictator and head of state 1939-1975
Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
(Tw) Florence, Italy
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
(Dai language) to make offerings to Buddha
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
Foping County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Frost (surname)
Buddhist term
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  *髴* | 髴* | *髴
(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛
Cape Verde
Tibetan Buddhism
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
to believe in Buddhism
Johor (state of Malaysia at south of Malayan peninsula)
Buddha-like heart (full of compassion) / spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longer clinging to appearances)
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
(Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics "I love Poland" that became a catchphrase in 2018
(loanword) focaccia
Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar (Tw)
(Tw) Stanford (University)
Chevron (oil company)
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love
Dover
Johor (state in Malaysia)
Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
Choy Li Fut (Chinese martial art)
the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang
reclining Buddha
Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
Beverly Hills
(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Chevrolet
Chevron Corporation
Amoghasiddhi Buddha
Humanistic Buddhism
Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
Virginia, US state
Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)

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