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醫之好治不病以為功


医之好治不病以为功

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yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng
    yi1 zhi1 hao4 zhi4 bu4 bing4 yi3 wei2 gong1
i chih hao chih pu ping i wei kung
doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

佛爲心王菩薩說投陀經


佛为心王菩萨说投陀经

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fó wéi xīn wáng pú sà shuō tóu tuó jīng
    fo2 wei2 xin1 wang2 pu2 sa4 shuo1 tou2 tuo2 jing1
fo wei hsin wang p`u sa shuo t`ou t`o ching
    fo wei hsin wang pu sa shuo tou to ching
 Butsui shin'ō bosatsu setsu tōta kyō
Fo wei xinwang pusa shuotoutuo jing

毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事


毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事

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máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi
    mao2 ze2 dong1 · xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 gu4 shi5
mao tse tung · hsien wei jen chih te ku shih
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday

吃得苦中苦,方為人上人


吃得苦中苦,方为人上人

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chī dé kǔ zhōng kǔ , fāng wéi rén shàng rén
    chi1 de2 ku3 zhong1 ku3 , fang1 wei2 ren2 shang4 ren2
ch`ih te k`u chung k`u , fang wei jen shang jen
    chih te ku chung ku , fang wei jen shang jen
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb); no pain, no gain

毛澤東:鮮為人知的故事


毛泽东:鲜为人知的故事

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máo zé dōng : xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi
    mao2 ze2 dong1 : xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 gu4 shi5
mao tse tung : hsien wei jen chih te ku shih
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] and Jon Halliday

若要人不知,除非己莫為


若要人不知,除非己莫为

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ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
    ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1 , chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2
jo yao jen pu chih , ch`u fei chi mo wei
    jo yao jen pu chih , chu fei chi mo wei
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

士為知己者死,女為悅己者容


士为知己者死,女为悦己者容

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shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng
    shi4 wei4 zhi1 ji3 zhe3 si3 , nu:3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2
shih wei chih chi che ssu , nü wei yüeh chi che jung
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart

當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯


当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

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dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ
    dang1 guan1 bu4 wei4 min2 zuo4 zhu3 bu4 ru2 hui2 jia1 mai4 hong2 shu3
tang kuan pu wei min tso chu pu ju hui chia mai hung shu
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是雲


曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云

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céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún
    ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3 nan2 wei2 shui3 , chu2 que4 wu1 shan1 bu4 shi4 yun2
ts`eng ching ts`ang hai nan wei shui , ch`u ch`üeh wu shan pu shih yün
    tseng ching tsang hai nan wei shui , chu chüeh wu shan pu shih yün
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

有仇不報非君子,有冤不伸枉為人


有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人

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yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jun zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
    you3 chou2 bu4 bao4 fei1 jun1 zi3 , you3 yuan1 bu4 shen1 wang3 wei2 ren2
yu ch`ou pu pao fei chün tzu , yu yüan pu shen wang wei jen
    yu chou pu pao fei chün tzu , yu yüan pu shen wang wei jen
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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