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There are 17 total results for your 利他 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

利他

see styles
lì tā
    li4 ta1
li t`a
    li ta
 rita
    りた
to benefit others; altruism
(ant: 利己) altruism
for the benefit of others

利他事

see styles
lì tā shì
    li4 ta1 shi4
li t`a shih
    li ta shih
 rita ji
activities for the benefit of others

利他德

see styles
lì tā dé
    li4 ta1 de2
li t`a te
    li ta te
 rita toku
merit of bringing benefit to others

利他林

see styles
lì tā lín
    li4 ta1 lin2
li t`a lin
    li ta lin
Ritalin (brand name); methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD)

利他能

see styles
lì tā néng
    li4 ta1 neng2
li t`a neng
    li ta neng
Ritalin (brand name); methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD); also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2]

利他行

see styles
lì tā xíng
    li4 ta1 xing2
li t`a hsing
    li ta hsing
 rita gyō
altruistic practices

利他靈


利他灵

see styles
lì tā líng
    li4 ta1 ling2
li t`a ling
    li ta ling
Ritalin (brand name); methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD); also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2]

利他主義


利他主义

see styles
lì tā zhǔ yì
    li4 ta1 zhu3 yi4
li t`a chu i
    li ta chu i
 ritashugi
    りたしゅぎ
altruism
altruism

利他功德

see styles
lì tā gōng dé
    li4 ta1 gong1 de2
li t`a kung te
    li ta kung te
 rita kudoku
merit of aiding others

利他行滿


利他行满

see styles
lì tā xíng mǎn
    li4 ta1 xing2 man3
li t`a hsing man
    li ta hsing man
 rita gyōman
the completion of practices that are beneficial to others

利他行為


利他行为

see styles
lì tā xíng wéi
    li4 ta1 xing2 wei2
li t`a hsing wei
    li ta hsing wei
altruistic behavior

忘己利他

see styles
 moukorita / mokorita
    もうこりた
selflessness; selfless devotion to the service of others

自利利他

see styles
zì lì lì tā
    zi4 li4 li4 ta1
tzu li li t`a
    tzu li li ta
 jiri rita
Self-profit profit others', i. e. the essential nature and work of a bodhisattva, to benefit himself and benefit others, or himself press forward in the Buddhist life in order to carry others forward. Hīnayāna is considered to be self-advancement, self-salvation by works or discipline; Bodhisattva Buddhism as saving oneself in order to save others, or making progress and helping others to progress, bodhisattvism being essentially altruistic.

利他主義者

see styles
 ritashugisha
    りたしゅぎしゃ
altruist

自利利他圓滿


自利利他圆满

see styles
zì lì lì tā yuán mǎn
    zi4 li4 li4 ta1 yuan2 man3
tzu li li t`a yüan man
    tzu li li ta yüan man
 jiri rita enman
perfection in the practices of improving oneself and bringing benefit to others

互恵的利他主義

see styles
 gokeitekiritashugi / goketekiritashugi
    ごけいてきりたしゅぎ
reciprocal altruism

婆羅必利他伽闍那


婆罗必利他伽阇那

see styles
pó luó bì lì tā qié shén à
    po2 luo2 bi4 li4 ta1 qie2 shen2 a4
p`o lo pi li t`a ch`ieh shen a
    po lo pi li ta chieh shen a
 barahiritakajana
(Skt. bāla-pṛthag-jana)

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

This page contains 17 results for "利他" 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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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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