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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀)
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Buddhism
HSK 6
to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
HSK 6
to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
HSK 6
stupa (Buddhist shrine)
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used in 仿佛
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Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha!
Gods and Buddhas
Foping County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Chevron (oil company)
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(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛
Chevron Corporation
Buddhism / Buddhist
Chevrolet
to believe in Buddhism
Florida
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
Florence, Italy
Chevron Corporation
Buddhist temple
(loanword) focaccia
Harvard
Denver, Colorado
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 (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)
Buddhism
to worship Buddha
Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
Dover
Buddhist prayer beads
surname Raffles / Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
reclining Buddha
Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
Fogang county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远, Guangdong
Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL: , 張|张
of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha
Johor (state of Malaysia at south of Malayan peninsula)
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香临时抱佛脚)
Buddhist scripture
phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
Fogang county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远, Guangdong
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
pagoda
one of the many names of Buddha
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Cape Verde
Franco (name) / Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), Spanish dictator and head of state 1939-1975
Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
(Tw) (loanword) flamenco
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
(Dai language) to make offerings to Buddha
Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
Chevrolet, US car make
Harvard University
Humanistic Buddhism
Foshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
Hoover (name) / Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933)
Tibetan Buddhism
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
Johor (state in Malaysia)
Buddhist grottos
(Tw) Florence, Italy
Vermont, US state
Buddhist term
Buddha nature
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
(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Choy Li Fut (Chinese martial art)
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment
Beverly Hills
Dover
Virginia, US state
Buddhist term
Portuguese (Ming era loanword)
ashes of cremated Buddha
Ratnasambhava Buddha
to burn incense and worship Buddha
Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)
Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love
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
Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills

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