There are 7 total results for your 杀生 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
殺生 杀生 see styles |
shā shēng sha1 sheng1 sha sheng sesshou / sessho せっしょう |
to take the life of a living creature (n,vs,vt,vi) (1) killing; destruction of life; (adjectival noun) (2) cruel; heartless; callous; brutal; (female given name) Setsuna To take life, kill the living, or any conscious being; the taking of human life offends against the major commands, of animal life against the less stringent commands. Suicide also leads to severe penalties. |
不殺生 不杀生 see styles |
bù shā shēng bu4 sha1 sheng1 pu sha sheng fusesshou / fusessho ふせっしょう |
{Buddh} (See アヒンサー) ahimsa; abstinence from taking life; principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. prāṇātipātād vairamaṇī (virati). The first commandment, Thou shalt not kill the living. |
殺生具 杀生具 see styles |
shā shēng jù sha1 sheng1 ju4 sha sheng chü sesshōgu |
lethal weapons |
殺生戒 杀生戒 see styles |
shā shēng jiè sha1 sheng1 jie4 sha sheng chieh sesshō kai |
precept forbidding the taking of life |
不殺生戒 不杀生戒 see styles |
bù shā shēng jiè bu4 sha1 sheng1 jie4 pu sha sheng chieh fu sesshō kai |
precept forbidding the taking of life |
六種殺生 六种杀生 see styles |
liù zhǒng shā shēng liu4 zhong3 sha1 sheng1 liu chung sha sheng rokushu sesshō |
six kinds of circumstances related to killing |
方便殺生 方便杀生 see styles |
fāng biàn shā shēng fang1 bian4 sha1 sheng1 fang pien sha sheng hōben sesshō |
The right of great Bodhisattvas, knowing every one's karma, to kill without sinning, e. g. in order to prevent a person from committing sin involving unintermitted suffering, or to aid him in reaching one of the higher reincarnations. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 7 results for "杀生" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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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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