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There are 25 total results for your 大事 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

大事

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dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

大事件

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 daijiken
    だいじけん
(ant: 小事件) major incident; major happening; big scandal

大事故

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 daijiko
    だいじこ
serious accident; major incident

大事業

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 daijigyou / daijigyo
    だいじぎょう
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking

大事沢

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 ookotozawa
    おおことざわ
(personal name) Ookotozawa

一大事

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yī dà shì
    yi1 da4 shi4
i ta shih
 ichidaiji
    いちだいじ
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
The one great work of a Buddha, universal enlightenment and release; also a life, or lifetime.

成大事

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chéng dà shì
    cheng2 da4 shi4
ch`eng ta shih
    cheng ta shih
 jō daiji
to accomplish great work

重大事

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 juudaiji / judaiji
    じゅうだいじ
very serious matter; matter of very grave concern; momentous event

大事因緣


大事因缘

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dà shì yīn yuán
    da4 shi4 yin1 yuan2
ta shih yin yüan
 daiji innen
causes and conditions of the great matter

お大事に

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 odaijini
    おだいじに

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God Bless You
(expression) take care of yourself; get well soon

出世大事

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chū shì dà shì
    chu1 shi4 da4 shi4
ch`u shih ta shih
    chu shih ta shih
 shusse (no) daiji
The great work of the Buddha's appearing, or for which he appeared.

唯一大事

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wéi yī dà shì
    wei2 yi1 da4 shi4
wei i ta shih
 yui ichi daiji
only one great matter

後生大事

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 goshoudaiji / goshodaiji
    ごしょうだいじ
(yoji) with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

終身大事


终身大事

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zhōng shēn dà shì
    zhong1 shen1 da4 shi4
chung shen ta shih
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)

大事にする

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 daijinisuru
    だいじにする
(exp,vs-i) to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

大事に至る

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 daijiniitaru / daijinitaru
    だいじにいたる
(exp,v5r) to develop into a serious incident

大事をとる

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 daijiotoru
    だいじをとる
(exp,v5r) to take care doing something; to be prudent

大事を取る

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 daijiotoru
    だいじをとる
(exp,v5r) to take care doing something; to be prudent

一大事因緣


一大事因缘

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yī dà shì yīn yuán
    yi1 da4 shi4 yin1 yuan2
i ta shih yin yüan
 ichi daiji innen
the sole great purpose for the Buddha's appearance in this world

小事は大事

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 shoujihadaiji / shojihadaiji
    しょうじはだいじ
(expression) (proverb) a small leak can sink a great ship

Variations:
大事
大ごと

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 oogoto
    おおごと
(See 大事・だいじ・3) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

大事の前の小事

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 daijinomaenoshouji / daijinomaenoshoji
    だいじのまえのしょうじ
(expression) (1) (proverb) don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); (expression) (2) (proverb) read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

大事化小,小事化了

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dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
    da4 shi4 hua4 xiao3 , xiao3 shi4 hua4 liao3
ta shih hua hsiao , hsiao shih hua liao
to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

Variations:
大事なところ
大事な所

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 daijinatokoro
    だいじなところ
(exp,n) (euph) private parts; important parts

Variations:
大事を取る
大事をとる

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 daijiotoru
    だいじをとる
(exp,v5r) to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

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

This page contains 25 results for "大事" 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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