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四花 see styles |
sì huā si4 hua1 ssu hua shike |
The four (divine) flowers— mandāra, mahāmandāra, mañjūṣaka, and mahāmañjūṣaka. Also, puṇḍarīka, utpala, padma, and kumuda or white, blue, red, and yellow lotuses. |
四苑 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The pleasure grounds outside 善見城 Sudarśana, the heavenly city of Indra: E. 衆車苑 Caitrarathavana, the park of chariots; S. 麤惡苑 Parūṣakavana, the war park; W. 雜林苑 Miśrakāvana, intp. as the park where all desires are fulfilled; N. 喜林苑 Nandanavana, the park of all delights. Also 四園. |
四苦 see styles |
sì kǔ si4 ku3 ssu k`u ssu ku shiku しく |
{Buddh} the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death) The four miseries, or sufferings — birth, age, disease, and death. |
四菜 see styles |
yotsuna よつな |
(female given name) Yotsuna |
四華 四华 see styles |
sì huā si4 hua1 ssu hua shi ka |
four kinds of flowers |
四葉 see styles |
yoha よは |
(female given name) Yoha |
四葬 see styles |
sì zàng si4 zang4 ssu tsang shisō |
four funerary practices |
四蔵 see styles |
shizou / shizo しぞう |
(given name) Shizou |
四藏 see styles |
shikura しくら |
(surname) Shikura |
四藤 see styles |
shidou / shido しどう |
(surname) Shidō |
四處 四处 see styles |
sì chù si4 chu4 ssu ch`u ssu chu shi sho |
all over the place; everywhere and all directions four great locations of Śākyamuni's religious career |
四蛇 see styles |
sì shé si4 she2 ssu she shida |
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril. |
四衆 四众 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu ししゅ; ししゅう |
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life. |
四行 see styles |
sì xíng si4 xing2 ssu hsing shigyō |
The four disciplinary processes: enlightenment; good deeds; wisdom; and worship. |
四衍 see styles |
sì yǎn si4 yan3 ssu yen shien |
The four yānas or vehicles, idem 四乘. |
四術 四术 see styles |
sì shù si4 shu4 ssu shu shi jutsu |
idem 四執. |
四街 see styles |
yotsukai よつかい |
(place-name) Yotsukai |
四衢 see styles |
sì qú si4 qu2 ssu ch`ü ssu chü yotsutsuji よつつじ |
(surname) Yotsutsuji four crossings |
四見 四见 see styles |
sì jiàn si4 jian4 ssu chien shiken |
four views |
四覺 四觉 see styles |
sì jué si4 jue2 ssu chüeh shikaku |
The 'four intelligences, or apprehensions' of the Awakening of Faith 起信論, q. v., viz. 本覺, 相似覺, 隨分覺, and 究竟覺. |
四觀 四观 see styles |
sì guān si4 guan1 ssu kuan shikan |
four contemplations |
四角 see styles |
sì jiǎo si4 jiao3 ssu chiao shikaku しかく |
the four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building (adj-na,adj-no,n) quadrilateral; square; (surname) Yosumi |
四計 四计 see styles |
sì jì si4 ji4 ssu chi shikei / shike しけい |
plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family four imputations |
四記 四记 see styles |
sì jì si4 ji4 ssu chi shiki |
(or 四答) The Buddha's for methods of dealing with questions: direct answer, discriminating answer, questioning in return, and silence. |
四診 四诊 see styles |
sì zhěn si4 zhen3 ssu chen shishin ししん |
(TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation) the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching) |
四論 四论 see styles |
sì lùn si4 lun4 ssu lun shiron |
Four famous śāstras: (1) 中觀論Prāṇyamūla-śāstraṭīkā by Nāgārjuna, four juan; (2) 百論 Śata-śāstra by devabodhisattva, two juan; (3) 十二門論 Dvādaśanikāya(-mukha)-śāstra by Nāgārjuna, one juan; (4) 大智度論 Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra by Nāgārjuna, 100 juan. During the Sui dynasty the followers of these four śāstras formed the 四論宗. |
四諦 四谛 see styles |
sì dì si4 di4 ssu ti shitai したい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths (Buddhism){Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅. |
四谷 see styles |
yotsuya よつや |
(place-name, surname) Yotsuya |
四象 see styles |
sì xiàng si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shishou / shisho ししょう |
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases; (given name) Shishou |
四貫 see styles |
yotsunuki よつぬき |
(place-name) Yotsunuki |
四賀 see styles |
shiga しが |
(place-name) Shiga |
四起 see styles |
sì qǐ si4 qi3 ssu ch`i ssu chi |
to spring up everywhere; from all around |
四越 see styles |
yotsukoshi よつこし |
(surname) Yotsukoshi |
四趣 see styles |
sì qù si4 qu4 ssu ch`ü ssu chü shishu |
four rebirths |
四足 see styles |
sì zú si4 zu2 ssu tsu shisoku しそく |
four legs; four-legged; quadruped four legs |
四身 see styles |
sì shēn si4 shen1 ssu shen shishin |
The four kāya, or 'bodies'. The Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra gives 化佛; 功德佛; 智慧佛 and 如如佛; the first is the nirmāṇakāya, the second and third saṃbhogakāya, and the fourth dharmakāya. The 唯識論 gives 自性身; 他受用身; 自受用身, and 變化身, the first being 法身, the second and third 報身, and the fourth 化身. The Tiantai School gives 法身; 報身; 應身, and 化身. The esoteric sect has four divisions of the 法身. See 三身. |
四車 四车 see styles |
sì chē si4 che1 ssu ch`e ssu che yotsuguruma よつぐるま |
(surname) Yotsuguruma The four vehicles 四乘 of the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, i. e. goat, deer, bullock, and great white-bullock carts. |
四軒 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(place-name) Shiken |
四軛 四轭 see styles |
sì è si4 e4 ssu o shi aku |
The four yokes, or fetters, i. e. 欲 desire, 有 possessions and existence, 見 (unenlightened or non-Buddhist) views, 無明 ignorance. |
四輩 四辈 see styles |
sì bèi si4 bei4 ssu pei shihai |
The four grades: (1) bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, upāsikā, i. e. monks, nuns, male and female disciples, v. 四衆; (2) men, devas, nāgas, and ghosts 鬼. |
四輪 四轮 see styles |
sì lún si4 lun2 ssu lun yonrin よんりん |
(can be adjective with の) four-wheeled The four wheels or circles: (1) 大地四輪 the four on which the earth rests, wind (or air), water, metal, and space. (2) Four images with wheels, yellow associated with metal or gold, white with water, red with fire, and black with wind. (3) The four dhyāni-buddhas, 金剛輪 Akṣobhya; 寳輪 Ratnasaṃbhava; 法輪 Amitābha; 羯磨輪 Amoghasiddhi. (4) Also the four metals, gold, silver, copper, iron, of the cakravartin kings. |
四辨 see styles |
sì biàn si4 bian4 ssu pien shiben |
four unobstructed knowledges |
四辯 四辩 see styles |
sì biàn si4 bian4 ssu pien shiben |
four abilities |
四辺 see styles |
shihen しへん |
(1) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; (2) all sides; frontiers (of a country); (3) four sides (of a shape) |
四辻 see styles |
yotsutsuji よつつじ |
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour; (place-name, surname) Yotsutsuji |
四近 see styles |
sì jìn si4 jin4 ssu chin |
nearby |
四迷 see styles |
sì mí si4 mi2 ssu mi shimei / shime しめい |
(given name) Shimei idem 四執. |
四運 四运 see styles |
sì yùn si4 yun4 ssu yün shiun |
(四運心) The four stages of a thought: not yet arisen, its initiation, its realization, its passing away, styled 未念, 欲念, 正念, and 念巳. |
四道 see styles |
sì dào si4 dao4 ssu tao shimichi しみち |
(surname) Shimichi The Dao or road means the nirvana road; the 'four' are rather modes of progress, or stages in it: (1) 加行道 discipline or effort, i. e. progress from the 三賢 and 四善根 stages to that of the 三學位, i. e. morality, meditation, and understanding; (2) 無間道 uninterrupted progress to the stage in which all delusion is banished; (3) 解脫道 liberaton, or freedom, reaching the state of assurance or proof and knowledge of the truth; and (4) 勝進道 surpassing progress in dhyāni-wisdom. Those four stages are also associated with those of srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat. |
四達 四达 see styles |
sì dá si4 da2 ssu ta yotsudachi よつだち |
(surname) Yotsudachi saindhava, 先陀婆 rock-salt, but intp. as salt, water, a utensil, and a horse, the four necessaries, i. e. water for washing, salt for food, a vessel to contain it, and a horse for progress; also called 四實. |
四違 四违 see styles |
sì wéi si4 wei2 ssu wei shii |
four contradictions |
四邊 四边 see styles |
sì biān si4 bian1 ssu pien |
four sides |
四邨 see styles |
yotsumura よつむら |
(surname) Yotsumura |
四邪 see styles |
sì xié si4 xie2 ssu hsieh shi ja |
idem 四執. |
四郊 see styles |
sì jiāo si4 jiao1 ssu chiao |
suburb; outskirts (of town) |
四郎 see styles |
yotsuo よつお |
(personal name) Yotsuo |
四部 see styles |
sì bù si4 bu4 ssu pu shibu |
The four classes, e. g. srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat. v. 四道. |
四郷 see styles |
yogou / yogo よごう |
(place-name) Yogou |
四鄰 四邻 see styles |
sì lín si4 lin2 ssu lin |
one's nearest neighbors |
四重 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) fourfold (四重禁) The four grave prohibitions, or sins, 四重罪 pārājikas: killing, stealing, carnality, lying. Also four of the esoteric sect, i. e. discarding the truth, discarding the bodhi-mind, being mean or selfish in regard to the supreme law, injuring the living. |
四野 see styles |
yoshino よしの |
(surname) Yoshino |
四量 see styles |
sì liáng si4 liang2 ssu liang shiryō |
four authorities |
四釜 see styles |
yotsugama よつがま |
(surname) Yotsugama |
四釡 see styles |
shikama しかま |
(place-name, surname) Shikama |
四鈴 see styles |
yotsurei / yotsure よつれい |
(surname) Yotsurei |
四鉢 四钵 see styles |
sì bō si4 bo1 ssu po shihatsu |
The four heavy stone begging-bowls offered to Śākyamuni by the four devas, which he miraculously combined into one and used as if ordinary material. |
四鎭 see styles |
sì zhèn si4 zhen4 ssu chen shichin |
The four guardians, v. 四天王. |
四鏡 四镜 see styles |
sì jìng si4 jing4 ssu ching yotsukagami よつかがみ |
(surname) Yotsukagami The four resemblances between a mirror and the bhūtatathatā in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The bhūtatathatā, like the mirror, is independent of all beings, reveals all objects, is not hindered by objects, and serves all beings. |
四門 四门 see styles |
sì mén si4 men2 ssu men yotsukado よつかど |
(surname) Yotsukado The four doors, schools of thought, or theories: 有 is the phenomenal world real, or 空 unreal, or both, or neither ? According to the Tiantai school each of the four schools 四教 in discussing these four questions emphasizes one of them, i. e. 三藏教 that it is real 通教 unreal, 別通 both, 圓通 neither; v. 有 and 空, and each of the four schools. In esoteric symbolism the 四門 are four stages of initiation, development, enlightenment, and nirvana, and are associated with E., S., W., and N.; with the four seasons; with warmth, heat, coolness and cold, etc. |
四間 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(surname) Shiken |
四関 see styles |
yotsuzeki よつぜき |
(surname) Yotsuzeki |
四阿 see styles |
azuma あづま |
More info & calligraphy: Azuka |
四陰 四阴 see styles |
sì yīn si4 yin1 ssu yin shion |
four aggregates |
四隅 see styles |
sì yú si4 yu2 ssu yü yosumi(p); shiguu / yosumi(p); shigu よすみ(P); しぐう |
(1) four corners; (2) four ordinal directions the four intermediate directions |
四階 四阶 see styles |
sì jiē si4 jie1 ssu chieh shikai |
four stages |
四隣 see styles |
shirin しりん |
whole neighborhood; whole neighbourhood; surrounding countries |
四隨 四随 see styles |
sì suí si4 sui2 ssu sui shi zui |
four appropriate methods |
四雄 see styles |
yotsuo よつお |
(given name) Yotsuo |
四霊 see styles |
shirei / shire しれい |
(rare) (See 麒麟・2,鳳凰,霊亀・1,応竜) the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology |
四露 see styles |
shiro しろ |
(personal name) Shiro |
四靈 四灵 see styles |
sì líng si4 ling2 ssu ling |
four divinities; four divine emperors; four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2]; also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky |
四静 see styles |
shisei / shise しせい |
(surname) Shisei |
四面 see styles |
sì miàn si4 mian4 ssu mien shimen しめん |
all sides four sides; all sides four sides |
四韋 四韦 see styles |
sì wéi si4 wei2 ssu wei shī |
four Vedas |
四響 see styles |
shikyou / shikyo しきょう |
(personal name) Shikyō |
四願 四愿 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shi gan |
four vows |
四類 四类 see styles |
sì lèi si4 lei4 ssu lei shirui |
four kinds |
四顧 四顾 see styles |
sì gù si4 gu4 ssu ku shiko しこ |
to look around (noun/participle) (1) (form) looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; (2) (form) neighborhood; vicinity |
四風 see styles |
shifuu / shifu しふう |
(given name) Shifū |
四食 see styles |
sì shí si4 shi2 ssu shih shijiki |
The four kinds of food, i. e. 段食 or 摶食 for the body and its senses; 觸食 or 樂食 for the emotions; 思食 or 念食 for thought; and 識食 for wisdom, i. e. the 六識 of Hīnayāna and the 八識 of Mahāyāna, of which the eighth, i. e. ālayavijñāna, is the chief. |
四飯 see styles |
yotsui よつい |
(surname) Yotsui |
四馬 四马 see styles |
sì mǎ si4 ma3 ssu ma shime |
Four kinds of horses, likened to four classes of monks: those that respond to the shadow of the whip, its lightest touch, its mild application, and those who need the spur to bite the bone. |
四駆 see styles |
yonku よんく |
(abbreviation) (See 四輪駆動) four-wheel drive |
四體 四体 see styles |
sì tǐ si4 ti3 ssu t`i ssu ti |
one's four limbs; two arms and two legs See: 四体 |
四鬼 see styles |
shiki しき |
(surname) Shiki |
四魔 see styles |
sì mó si4 mo2 ssu mo shima しま |
{Buddh} (See 煩悩魔,陰魔,死魔,天魔) the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings four demons |
四鳥 see styles |
shidori しどり |
(personal name) Shidori |
四鶴 see styles |
shizuru しづる |
(female given name) Shizuru |
四鹿 see styles |
shiroku しろく |
(place-name) Shiroku |
四麻 see styles |
shima しま |
(female given name) Shima |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "四" 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.
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