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There are 11 total results for your 不忍 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

不忍

see styles
bù rěn
    bu4 ren3
pu jen
 shinobazu
    しのばず
cannot bear to
(surname) Shinobazu
cannot stand

不忍心

see styles
bù rěn xīn
    bu4 ren3 xin1
pu jen hsin
can't bear to (do something emotionally painful)

不忍池

see styles
 shinobazunoike
    しのばずのいけ
(place-name) Shinobazunoike

不忍見


不忍见

see styles
bù rěn jiàn
    bu4 ren3 jian4
pu jen chien
 funinken
cannot bear to watch

愛不忍釋


爱不忍释

see styles
ài bù rěn shì
    ai4 bu4 ren3 shi4
ai pu jen shih
to love something too much to part with it (idiom)

慘不忍睹


惨不忍睹

see styles
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
    can3 bu4 ren3 du3
ts`an pu jen tu
    tsan pu jen tu
lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

慘不忍聞


惨不忍闻

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cǎn bù rěn wén
    can3 bu4 ren3 wen2
ts`an pu jen wen
    tsan pu jen wen
(idiom) dreadful to hear

於心不忍


于心不忍

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yú xīn bù rěn
    yu2 xin1 bu4 ren3
yü hsin pu jen
can't bear to

目不忍見


目不忍见

see styles
mù bù rěn jiàn
    mu4 bu4 ren3 jian4
mu pu jen chien
see 目不忍視|目不忍视[mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4]

目不忍視


目不忍视

see styles
mù bù rěn shì
    mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4
mu pu jen shih
lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); fig. pitiful to behold

小不忍則亂大謀


小不忍则乱大谋

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xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
    xiao3 bu4 ren3 ze2 luan4 da4 mou2
hsiao pu jen tse luan ta mou
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

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

This page contains 11 results for "不忍" 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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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