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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
四德 see styles |
sì dé si4 de2 ssu te shitoku |
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm. |
四德樂邦 四德乐邦 see styles |
sì dé lè bāng si4 de2 le4 bang1 ssu te le pang shitoku rakuhō |
四德波羅蜜 The joyful realm, or acme of the above four virtues, the nirvana realm, the abode or dharmakāya of the Tathāgata. |
三從四德 三从四德 see styles |
sān cóng sì dé san1 cong2 si4 de2 san ts`ung ssu te san tsung ssu te |
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 |
涅槃四德 see styles |
niè pán sì dé nie4 pan2 si4 de2 nieh p`an ssu te nieh pan ssu te nehan no shitoku |
four attributes of nirvāṇa |
四德波羅蜜 四德波罗蜜 see styles |
sì dé bō luó mì si4 de2 bo1 luo2 mi4 ssu te po lo mi shitoku haramitsu |
realm of the bliss of the four virtues |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 5 results for "四德" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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