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There are 8 total results for your 山外 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

山外

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shān wài
    shan1 wai4
shan wai
 sangai
    さんがい
{Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto
A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect.

山外宗

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shān wài zōng
    shan1 wai4 zong1
shan wai tsung
 Sangaishū
sect outside the mountains

山外森

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 santomori
    さんともり
(surname) Santomori

山外野

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 yamatono
    やまとの
(place-name) Yamatono

山家山外

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shān jiā shān wài
    shan1 jia1 shan1 wai4
shan chia shan wai
 sange sangai
on the mountain and off the mountain

石山外畑

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 ishiyamasotohata
    いしやまそとはた
(place-name) Ishiyamasotohata

石山外畑町

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 ishiyamasotohatachou / ishiyamasotohatacho
    いしやまそとはたちょう
(place-name) Ishiyamasotohatachō

山外有山,天外有天

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shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān
    shan1 wai4 you3 shan1 , tian1 wai4 you3 tian1
shan wai yu shan , t`ien wai yu t`ien
    shan wai yu shan , tien wai yu tien
(idiom) however good something is, there is always something better; in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
This page contains 8 results for "山外" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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