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觀世音


观世音

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guān shì yīn
    guan1 shi4 yin1
kuan shih yin
 Kanzeon
    かんぜおん

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Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel.

ブルック

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 burukku
    ブルック

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Brooke
brook; (place-name) Bruck; Broke; Brook

倒れ

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 daore
    だおれ
(suffix) (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; (suffix) (2) falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)

劉裕


刘裕

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liú yù
    liu2 yu4
liu yü
 ryuuyou / ryuyo
    りゅうよう
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]
(personal name) Ryūyou

尸棄


尸弃

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shī qì
    shi1 qi4
shih ch`i
    shih chi
 Shiki
Śikhin, 式棄; 式詰; 尸棄那 (or 尸棄佛); 罽那尸棄; crested, or a fame; explained by 火 fire; 刺那尸棄 Ratnaśikhin occurs in the Abhidharma. In the 本行經 it is 螺髻 a shell like tuft of hair. (1) The 999th Buddha of the last kalpa, whom Śākyamuni is said to have met. (2) The second of the seven Buddhas of antiquity, born in Prabhadvaja 光相城 as a Kṣatriya. (3) A Maha-brahma, whose name Śikhin is defined as 頂髻 or 火災頂 having a flaming tuft on his head; connected with the world-destruction by fire. The Fanyimingyi 翻譯名義 describes Śikhin as 火 or 火首 fame, or a flaming head and as the god of fire, styled also 樹提 Suddha, pure; he observed the 火定 Fire Dhyāna, broke the lures of the realm of desire, and followed virtue.

敦煌

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dūn huáng
    dun1 huang2
tun huang
 tonkou / tonko
    とんこう
see 敦煌市[Dun1 huang2 Shi4]
(irregular kanji usage) (noun or adjectival noun) sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity; (place-name) Dunhuang (China)
(or 燉煌) The city in Kansu near which are the 千佛洞 Cave-temples of the thousand Buddhas; where a monk in A. D. 1900, sweeping away the collected sand, broke through a partition and found a room full of MSS. ranging in date from the beginning of the 5th to the end of the 10th century, together with block prints and paintings, first brought to light by Sir Aurel Stein.

空穴

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kòng xué
    kong4 xue2
k`ung hsüeh
    kung hsüeh
 karaketsu
    からけつ
electron hole (physics)
(noun or adjectival noun) flat or stone broke

螻蛄


蝼蛄

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lóu gū
    lou2 gu1
lou ku
 rouko / roko
    ろうこ
    okera
    おけら
mole cricket; Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)
(kana only) mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); (1) (kana only) mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) being penniless; being broke

オケラ

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 okera
    オケラ
(1) (kana only) mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) being penniless; being broke

孟姜女

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mèng jiāng nǚ
    meng4 jiang1 nu:3
meng chiang nü
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body

宋武帝

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sòng wǔ dì
    song4 wu3 di4
sung wu ti
Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422

文無し

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 monnashi
    もんなし
(adj-na,n,adj-no) penniless; broke

時化る

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 shikeru
    しける
(ateji / phonetic) (v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to be stormy or choppy (sea); (2) (kana only) to go through hard times; to be broke; (3) (kana only) to be gloomy; to be glum

無一文

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 muichimon
    むいちもん
(adj-no,n) penniless; broke

空っ穴

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 karakketsu
    からっけつ
(noun or adjectival noun) flat or stone broke

精打光

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jīng dǎ guāng
    jing1 da3 guang1
ching ta kuang
with absolutely nothing; completely broke

豁出去

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huō chu qu
    huo1 chu5 qu5
huo ch`u ch`ü
    huo chu chü
to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke

不名一文

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bù míng yī wén
    bu4 ming2 yi1 wen2
pu ming i wen
without a penny to one's name; penniless; stony-broke

井中撈月


井中捞月

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jǐng zhōng lāo yuè
    jing3 zhong1 lao1 yue4
ching chung lao yüeh
 shōchū rōgetsu
Like ladling the moon out of the well; the parable of the monkeys who saw the moon fallen into a well, and fearing there would be no more moonlight, sought to save it; the monkey-king hung on to a branch, one hung on to his tail and so on, but the branch broke and all were drowned.

囊空如洗

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náng kōng rú xǐ
    nang2 kong1 ru2 xi3
nang k`ung ju hsi
    nang kung ju hsi
(idiom) penniless; broke

朱雲折檻


朱云折槛

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zhū yún zhé jiàn
    zhu1 yun2 zhe2 jian4
chu yün che chien
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly; also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]

樂昌破鏡


乐昌破镜

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lè chāng pò jìng
    le4 chang1 po4 jing4
le ch`ang p`o ching
    le chang po ching
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4 chang1 Gong1 zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom); fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

Variations:
螻蛄

 kera; okera(螻蛄); rouko(螻蛄); kera; okera / kera; okera(螻蛄); roko(螻蛄); kera; okera
    けら; おけら(螻蛄); ろうこ(螻蛄); ケラ; オケラ
(1) (kana only) mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); (2) (おけら, オケラ only) (colloquialism) (kana only) being penniless; being broke

身無分文


身无分文

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shēn wú fēn wén
    shen1 wu2 fen1 wen2
shen wu fen wen
(idiom) penniless; completely broke

金のない

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 kanenonai
    かねのない
(exp,adj-i) (See 金がない) broke; skint

宋武帝劉裕


宋武帝刘裕

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sòng wǔ dì liú yù
    song4 wu3 di4 liu2 yu4
sung wu ti liu yü
Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420

食い詰める

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 kuitsumeru
    くいつめる
(transitive verb) to go broke

すっからかん

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 sukkarakan
    すっからかん
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) flat out (of); completely empty; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) out of money; penniless; broke

すってんてん

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 suttenten
    すってんてん
(adjectival noun) flat broke; cleaned out; penniless

当たって砕けろ

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 atattekudakero
    あたってくだけろ
(expression) take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

Variations:
文無し
文なし

 monnashi
    もんなし
(adj-no,n) (See 一文無し) penniless; broke

Variations:
空っけつ
空っ穴

 karakketsu; karakketsu
    からっけつ; カラッケツ
(noun or adjectival noun) (colloquialism) (kana only) flat broke; stone broke; penniless

Variations:
一文無し
一文なし

 ichimonnashi
    いちもんなし
(adj-no,n) penniless; broke

触らぬ神に祟りなし

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 sawaranukaminitatarinashi
    さわらぬかみにたたりなし
(expression) (idiom) let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it

触らぬ神に祟り無し

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 sawaranukaminitatarinashi
    さわらぬかみにたたりなし
(expression) (idiom) let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it

時化る(ateji)

 shikeru
    しける
(v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to be stormy or choppy (sea); (v1,vi) (2) (kana only) to go through hard times; to be broke; (v1,vi) (3) (kana only) to be gloomy; to be glum

触らぬ神にたたりなし

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 sawaranukaminitatarinashi
    さわらぬかみにたたりなし
(expression) (idiom) let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it

壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草


压死骆驼的最后一根稻草

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yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo
    ya1 si3 luo4 tuo5 de5 zui4 hou4 yi1 gen1 dao4 cao3
ya ssu lo t`o te tsui hou i ken tao ts`ao
    ya ssu lo to te tsui hou i ken tao tsao
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw

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金がない
金が無い

 kaneganai
    かねがない
(exp,adj-i) (See 金のない) broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

Variations:
すっからかん
スッカラカン

 sukkarakan; sukkarakan
    すっからかん; スッカラカン
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) completely empty; (adj-na,adj-no) (2) penniless; flat broke

Variations:
すってんてん
スッテンテン

 suttenten; suttenten
    すってんてん; スッテンテン
(adjectival noun) flat broke; cleaned out; penniless

Variations:
当たって砕けろ
あたって砕けろ
当たってくだけろ(sK)

 atattekudakero
    あたってくだけろ
(expression) take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

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

This page contains 42 results for "broke" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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