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religion
HSK 6
Buddhism
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *教* | 教* | *教
to teach; to instruct
HSK 1
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
Christianity / Christian
HSK 6
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
Islam
HSK 7-9
family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
HSK 7-9
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
religious belief / to practice a faith / to be religious
to hold a teaching position
Humanistic Buddhism
Hinduism / Indian religion
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
Eastern Orthodox Church
Protestantism
to receive instruction / to benefit from advice
to teach by words and example (idiom)
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
to preach a religion
teaching assistant
to ask for advice / seeking instruction
personal trainer
reeducation through labor
Catholicism
HSK 7-9
early education (abbr. for 早期教育)
Baptist (Christian sect)
science education / popular science
to advise and teach / to persuade and instruct
(idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude; to tailor instruction to the individual student
Manichaeism
(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
HSK 7-9
Islam
bishop
fetishism
Confucian code of ethics
Confucianism
(idiom) this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)
to join a religion
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
monotheistic religion / monotheism
Protestantism
prenatal education / antenatal training / prenatal influences
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
culture and education
much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *教* | 教* | *教
surname Jiao
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *教* | 教* | *教
(bound form) to teach; to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
polytheistic religion; polytheism
teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom) / action speaks louder than words
church and state / government and education / political education
lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
to give verbal instruction
(hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion).
secular (society) / non-religious (party)
to work as a teacher
to consult / to ask for advice
state religion
to preach / missionary / to evangelize
Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
to be so kind as to enlighten me
cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
Brahmanism
Shinto
Tenrikyo (Japanese religion)
the Old Religion (i.e. Roman Catholicism) 天主教, as opposed to Protestantism 新教
old teachings; wisdom from the past
to teach / to be a teacher / to train / to coach
see 祆教
Judaism
preschool education (abbr. for 幼兒教育|幼儿教育)
Tibetan Buddhism
to mentor
Nestorian Christianity
to die for one's religion
Zoroastrianism
Protestantism
army, civil service and education / all branches of state employment
evil cult
Buddhism
multimedia education (abbr. for 電化教育|电化教育)
to preach
archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings
higher education (abbr. for 高等教育)
Voodoo
program bringing education to underdeveloped areas / to work in such a program
archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
Manichaeism
Catholic cardinal
I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities)
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
Buddhism (archaic)
teacher's strike
to discipline / to teach / to guarantee
HSK 7-9
teaching
Zoroastrianism
(derog.) Islam

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