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Variations:
始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し
始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし

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 hajimehashojonogotokunochihadattonogotoshi
    はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし
(expression) (proverb) (from Sun Tzu's Art of War) hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

Variations:
どう仕様もない
如何しようもない
如何しようも無い
どう仕様も無い
如何仕様も無い

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 doushiyoumonai / doshiyomonai
    どうしようもない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

Variations:
過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し
過ぎたるはなお及ばざるが如し
過ぎたるはなお及ばざるがごとし

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 sugitaruhanaooyobazarugagotoshi
    すぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとし
(expression) (proverb) the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more

Variations:
禍福は糾える縄のごとし
禍福は糾える縄の如し
禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし
禍福はあざなえる縄の如し

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 kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi
    かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
(expression) (proverb) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

Variations:
どうしようも無い(sK)
どう仕様もない(sK)
如何しようもない(sK)
如何しようも無い(sK)
どう仕様も無い(sK)
如何仕様も無い(sK)

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 doushiyoumonai(p); doushoumonai(sk) / doshiyomonai(p); doshomonai(sk)
    どうしようもない(P); どうしょうもない(sk)
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

金剛峻經金剛頂一切如來深妙祕密金剛界大三昧耶修行四十二種壇法經作用威儀法則大毘盧遮那佛金剛心地法門祕法戒壇法儀則


金刚峻经金刚顶一切如来深妙祕密金刚界大三昧耶修行四十二种坛法经作用威仪法则大毘卢遮那佛金刚心地法门祕法戒坛法仪则

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jīn gāng jun jīng jīn gāng dǐng yī qiè rú lái shēn miào mì mì jīn gāng jiè dà sān mèi yé xiū xíng sì shí èr zhǒng tán fǎ jīng zuò yòng wēi yí fǎ zé dà pí lú zhēn à fó jīn gāng xīn dì fǎ mén mì fǎ jiè tán fǎ yí zé
    jin1 gang1 jun4 jing1 jin1 gang1 ding3 yi1 qie4 ru2 lai2 shen1 miao4 mi4 mi4 jin1 gang1 jie4 da4 san1 mei4 ye2 xiu1 xing2 si4 shi2 er4 zhong3 tan2 fa3 jing1 zuo4 yong4 wei1 yi2 fa3 ze2 da4 pi2 lu2 zhen1 a4 fo2 jin1 gang1 xin1 di4 fa3 men2 mi4 fa3 jie4 tan2 fa3 yi2 ze2
chin kang chün ching chin kang ting i ch`ieh ju lai shen miao mi mi chin kang chieh ta san mei yeh hsiu hsing ssu shih erh chung t`an fa ching tso yung wei i fa tse ta p`i lu chen a fo chin kang hsin ti fa men mi fa chieh t`an fa i tse
    chin kang chün ching chin kang ting i chieh ju lai shen miao mi mi chin kang chieh ta san mei yeh hsiu hsing ssu shih erh chung tan fa ching tso yung wei i fa tse ta pi lu chen a fo chin kang hsin ti fa men mi fa chieh tan fa i tse
 Kongō shun kyō kongō chōissai nyorai shinmyō himitsu kongō kaidai zanmaiya shugyō shijūnishu danhōkyō sayō igi hōsoku daibirushanabutsu kongō shinchi hōmon hihō kaidanhō gisoku
Jingang jun jing jingang ding yiqie rulai shen miao mimi Jingang jie da sanmeiye xiuxing sishierzhong tanfa jing zuoyong weiyi faze da pilu zhena fo jingang xindi famen mifa jie tanfa yize

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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

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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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