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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles

    du2
tu
 toku
    こうじ
calf; sacrificial victim
calf; small cow
vatsa; a calf, young animal, offspring, child.

爪犢


爪犊

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zhǎo dú
    zhao3 du2
chao tu
 Sōtoku
The long-nailed ascetic Brahmacārī (of the) Vātsīputrīyaḥ; it is said that his nails were a treatise and his hair a discourse 爪章髮論.

牛犢


牛犊

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niú dú
    niu2 du2
niu tu
calf

犢子


犊子

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dú zi
    du2 zi5
tu tzu
 Tokushi
calf
Vatsa, the founder of the犢子部, Vātsīputrīyas (Pali Vajjiputtakas), one of the main divisions of the Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) school; they were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the ego; "their failure in points of discipline," etc.; the vinaya as taught by this school "has never reached China". Eitel. For other forms of Vātsīputrīya, v. 跋私; also 婆 and 佛.

扯犢子


扯犊子

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chě dú zi
    che3 du2 zi5
ch`e tu tzu
    che tu tzu
(dialect) to talk nonsense; to chat idly

抱犢崮


抱犊崮

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bào dú gù
    bao4 du2 gu4
pao tu ku
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], south Shandong

滾犢子


滚犊子

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gǔn dú zi
    gun3 du2 zi5
kun tu tzu
(dialect) Beat it!; Scram!; Fuck off!

犢子部


犊子部

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dú zǐ bù
    du2 zi3 bu4
tu tzu pu
 Tokushi bu
Vātsīputrīya

護犢子


护犊子

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hù dú zi
    hu4 du2 zi5
hu tu tzu
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children

帶牛佩犢


带牛佩犊

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dài niú pèi dú
    dai4 niu2 pei4 du2
tai niu p`ei tu
    tai niu pei tu
to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)

王八犢子


王八犊子

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wáng bā dú zi
    wang2 ba1 du2 zi5
wang pa tu tzu
see 王八羔子[wang2 ba1 gao1 zi5]

老牛舐犢


老牛舐犊

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lǎo niú shì dú
    lao3 niu2 shi4 du2
lao niu shih tu
lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom); fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children

舐犢之愛


舐犊之爱

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shì dú zhī ài
    shi4 du2 zhi1 ai4
shih tu chih ai
the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love

舐犢情深


舐犊情深

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shì dú qíng shēn
    shi4 du2 qing2 shen1
shih tu ch`ing shen
    shih tu ching shen
lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom); fig. to show deep affection towards one's children

初生之犢不怕虎


初生之犊不怕虎

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chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ
    chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 pa4 hu3
ch`u sheng chih tu pu p`a hu
    chu sheng chih tu pu pa hu
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之不畏虎[chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 wei4 hu3]

初生之犢不畏虎


初生之犊不畏虎

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chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
    chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 wei4 hu3
ch`u sheng chih tu pu wei hu
    chu sheng chih tu pu wei hu
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom); fig. the fearlessness of youth

初生牛犢不怕虎


初生牛犊不怕虎

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chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
    chu1 sheng1 niu2 du2 bu4 pa4 hu3
ch`u sheng niu tu pu p`a hu
    chu sheng niu tu pu pa hu
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless

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

This page contains 17 results for "犊" 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

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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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