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There are 5 total results for your 邪命 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

邪命

see styles
xié mìng
    xie2 ming4
hsieh ming
 jamyō
(邪命食) Heterodox or improper ways of obtaining a living on the part of a monk, e. g. by doing work with his hands, by astrology, his wits, flattery, magic, etc. Begging, or seeking alms, was the orthodox way of obtaining a living.

五邪命

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wǔ xié mìng
    wu3 xie2 ming4
wu hsieh ming
 go jamyō
(五邪) The five improper ways of gain or livelihood for a monk, i. e. (1) changing his appearance, e. g. theatrically; (2) advertising his own powers and virtue; (3) fortuning by physiognomy, etc.; (4) hectoring and bullying; (5) praising the generosity of another to induce the hearer to bestow presents.

邪命外道

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xié mìng wài dào
    xie2 ming4 wai4 dao4
hsieh ming wai tao
 jamyō gedō
evil life heresy

邪命說法


邪命说法

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xié mìng shuō fǎ
    xie2 ming4 shuo1 fa3
hsieh ming shuo fa
 jamyō seppō
The heterodox way of preaching or teaching, for the purpose of making a living.

喜樂邪命


喜乐邪命

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xǐ lè xié mìng
    xi3 le4 xie2 ming4
hsi le hsieh ming
 kiraku jamyō
enjoyment of evil livelihood

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

This page contains 5 results for "邪命" 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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