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There are 7 total results for your 四圣 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

四聖


四圣

see styles
sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shisei / shise
    しせい
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
The four kinds of holy men— śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Also, the four chief disciples of Kumārajīva, i. e. 道生 Daosheng, 僧肇 Sengzhao, 道融 Daorong, and 僧叡 Sengrui.

四聖種


四圣种

see styles
sì shèng zhǒng
    si4 sheng4 zhong3
ssu sheng chung
 shi shōshu
four seeds of holiness

四聖行


四圣行

see styles
sì shèng xíng
    si4 sheng4 xing2
ssu sheng hsing
 shi shōgyō
The four holy ways— wearing rags from dust-heaps, begging for food, sitting under trees, and entire withdrawal from the world. The meaning is similar in 四良藥; 行四依; and 四聖種.

四聖諦


四圣谛

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sì shèng dì
    si4 sheng4 di4
ssu sheng ti
 shishoutai / shishotai
    ししょうたい
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism); see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
{Buddh} (See 四諦) The Four Noble Truths
The four holy or noble truths, idem 四諦.

六凡四聖


六凡四圣

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liù fán sì shèng
    liu4 fan2 si4 sheng4
liu fan ssu sheng
 rokubon shishō
six enlightened and four unenlightened

六道四聖


六道四圣

see styles
liù dào sì shèng
    liu4 dao4 si4 sheng4
liu tao ssu sheng
 rokudō shishō
The six ways of rebirth, see above, and the four holy ways of rebirth, the latter being respectively into the realms of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas; the ten are known as the 十界.

四聖諦智


四圣谛智

see styles
sì shèng dì zhì
    si4 sheng4 di4 zhi4
ssu sheng ti chih
 shi shōtai chi
knowledge of the four noble truths

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

This page contains 7 results for "四圣" 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).



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