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There are 12 total results for your 善知识 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

善知識


善知识

see styles
shàn zhī shì
    shan4 zhi1 shi4
shan chih shih
 zen chishiki
    ぜんぢしき
friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching
A good friend or intimate, one well known and intimate.

三善知識


三善知识

see styles
sān shàn zhī shì
    san1 shan4 zhi1 shi4
san shan chih shih
 san zenchishiki
The three types of friends with whom to be intimate, i.e. a teacher (of the Way), a fellow-endeavourer and encourager, and a patron who supports by gifts (dānapati).

大善知識


大善知识

see styles
dà shàn zhī shì
    da4 shan4 zhi1 shi4
ta shan chih shih
 dai zenchishiki
Well acquainted with the good ; great friends.

得善知識


得善知识

see styles
dé shàn zhī shì
    de2 shan4 zhi1 shi4
te shan chih shih
 toku zenchishiki
gaining access to a reliable teacher

近善知識


近善知识

see styles
jìn shàn zhī shì
    jin4 shan4 zhi1 shi4
chin shan chih shih
 kon zenchishiki
gaining access to a reliable teacher

同行善知識


同行善知识

see styles
tóng xíng shàn zhī shì
    tong2 xing2 shan4 zhi1 shi4
t`ung hsing shan chih shih
    tung hsing shan chih shih
 dōgyō zenchishiki
reliable fellow-practitioner

外護善知識


外护善知识

see styles
wài hù shàn zhī shì
    wai4 hu4 shan4 zhi1 shi4
wai hu shan chih shih
 gego zenchishiki
reliable Buddhist patron

教授善知識


教授善知识

see styles
jiào shòu shàn zhī shì
    jiao4 shou4 shan4 zhi1 shi4
chiao shou shan chih shih
 kyōju zenchishiki
reliable Buddhist teacher

親近善知識


亲近善知识

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qīn jìn shàn zhī shì
    qin1 jin4 shan4 zhi1 shi4
ch`in chin shan chih shih
    chin chin shan chih shih
 shinkon zenchishiki
become intimate with a good teacher

遠離善知識


远离善知识

see styles
yuǎn lí shàn zhī shì
    yuan3 li2 shan4 zhi1 shi4
yüan li shan chih shih
 onri zenchishiki
distantly removed from good Buddhist teachers

五十三善知識


五十三善知识

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wǔ shí sān shàn zhī shì
    wu3 shi2 san1 shan4 zhi1 shi4
wu shih san shan chih shih
 gojūsan zen chishiki
fifty-three spiritual guides

五十五善知識


五十五善知识

see styles
wǔ shí wǔ shàn zhī shì
    wu3 shi2 wu3 shan4 zhi1 shi4
wu shih wu shan chih shih
 gojūgo zenchishiki
similar to 五十三智識. 五十八戒 The ten primary commands and the forty-eight secondary commands of the 梵綱經. 五十六億七千萬歳 The perod to elapse between Śākyamuni's nirvana and the advent of Maitreya, 56, 070, 000 years.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "善知识" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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