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  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
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  *奉* | 奉* | *奉
to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
to deign / to condescend / to yield to (entreaties) / to submit to (sb) / (polite) to deign to accept (a post)
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
god / deity
deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
Borr (Norse deity)
Nezha, protection deity
(historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities (in ancient China) / Shinto shrine
god / deity
(idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
jadeite / tree kingfisher
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
albatross (family Diomedeidae)
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽)
deities / gods
deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural
(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)
to worship / to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) / (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc)
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom)
to condescend / to deign
August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土, the Earth Deity)
God / deity
deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
jadeite
Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
to respect a deity / to pray to a God
a wish / a request (to a deity)
to believe in (a deity or other supernatural being) / to worship
to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
(folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the ground to seek a deity's response
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
(of a spirit or deity) to possess sb
protector deities of Buddhist law
Shiva (Hindu deity)
(of a shaman) to dance and chant frenziedly in a trance, communicating with spirits or deities to expel evil, cure illness or pray for blessings
Indra (a Hindu deity)
to honor a deity with wine
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942–), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997–2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Vidar (Norse deity)
theist (believer in one or more Deities)
Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
(honorific appellation of a deity)
to express a wish (to a deity)
(Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
pastoral deity; shepherd god (esp. Pan in Greek mythology)
(of a deity) to take a material shape / to appear
Madeira / the Madeira Islands
codeine (loanword)
Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
(archaic) Earth Deity (name used in the Han dynasty, but later largely superseded by 后土)
malignant deity / fiend
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
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  *祢* | 祢* | *祢
you (used to address a deity)
Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿地可|满地可 Mun5 dei6 ho2)
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
Earth Deity (often paired with 皇天, August Heaven)
Parvati (Hindu deity, the consort of Shiva)
Mahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity / a protector deity of Buddhist law
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Thoth (ancient Egyptian deity)
deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe
Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
message dedicated to a deity
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
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  *祆* | 祆* | *祆
Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
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  *袮* | 袮* | *袮
You / Thou (of deity) / variant of


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