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There are 16 total results for your 三明 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

三明

see styles
sān míng
    san1 ming2
san ming
 sanmyou / sanmyo
    さんみょう
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian
{Buddh} (See 宿命通,天眼通,漏尽通) three kinds of awareness; (surname, given name) Mitsuaki
The three insights; also 三達. Applied to Buddhas they are called 三達, to arhats 三明. (a) 宿命明 Insight into the mortal conditions of self and others in previous lives; (b) 天眼明 supernatural insight into future mortal conditions; (c) 漏盡明 nirvāṇa insight, i.e. into present mortal sufferings so as to overcome aIl passions or temptations. In the 倶舍論 27 the three are termed 住智識證明; 死生識證明 and 漏盡識證明. For 三明經 v. 長阿含16.

三明寺

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 sanmyouji / sanmyoji
    さんみょうじ
(place-name) Sanmyouji

三明市

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sān míng shì
    san1 ming2 shi4
san ming shih
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian

三明智

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sān míng zhì
    san1 ming2 zhi4
san ming chih
 sanmyōchi
trividyā. The three clear conceptions that (1) all is impermanent 無常 anitya; (2) all is sorrowful 苦 duḥkha; (3) all is devoid of a self 無我 anātman.

三明治

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sān míng zhì
    san1 ming2 zhi4
san ming chih
sandwich (loanword); CL:個|个[ge4]

三明町

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 sanmeichou / sanmecho
    さんめいちょう
(place-name) Sanmeichō

三明六通

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sān míng liù tōng
    san1 ming2 liu4 tong1
san ming liu t`ung
    san ming liu tung
 sanmyō rokutsū
three awarenesses and six supernatural powers

三明寺東

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 sanmyoujihigashi / sanmyojihigashi
    さんみょうじひがし
(place-name) Sanmyoujihigashi

三明寺西

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 sanmyoujinishi / sanmyojinishi
    さんみょうじにし
(place-name) Sanmyoujinishi

三明鑒達


三明鉴达

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sān míng jiàn dá
    san1 ming2 jian4 da2
san ming chien ta
 sanmyō kandatsu
triple mirror knowledge

今村三明

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 imamuramitsuaki
    いまむらみつあき
(person) Imamura Mitsuaki

三明婆羅門


三明婆罗门

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sān míng pó luó mén
    san1 ming2 po2 luo2 men2
san ming p`o lo men
    san ming po lo men
 sanmyō baramon
a Brahmin who follows the Three Vedas

三明寺古墳

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 sanmyoujikofun / sanmyojikofun
    さんみょうじこふん
(place-name) Sanmyouji Tumulus

公司三明治

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gōng sī sān míng zhì
    gong1 si1 san1 ming2 zhi4
kung ssu san ming chih
club sandwich

總匯三明治


总汇三明治

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zǒng huì sān míng zhì
    zong3 hui4 san1 ming2 zhi4
tsung hui san ming chih
(Tw) club sandwich

總會三明治


总会三明治

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zǒng huì sān míng zhì
    zong3 hui4 san1 ming2 zhi4
tsung hui san ming chih
(Tw) club sandwich (variant of 總匯三明治|总汇三明治[zong3 hui4 san1 ming2 zhi4])

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

This page contains 16 results for "三明" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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

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