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Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)/Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism |
Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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釋
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to explain / to release / buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / buddhism | |
迦
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(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms) | |
牟
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barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] / surname mou | |
尼
|
Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings) | |
佛
|
Buddha / Buddhism |
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