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There are 10 total results for your 妄語 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

妄語


妄语

see styles
wàng yǔ
    wang4 yu3
wang yü
 mougo / mogo
    もうご
to tell lies; to talk nonsense
(noun/participle) lie; falsehood
The commandment against lying. either as slander, or false boasting, or deception; for this the 智度論 gives ten evil results on reincarnation: (1) stinking breath; (2) good spirits avoid him, as also do men; (3) none believes him even when telling the truth; (4) wise men never admit him to their deliberations: etc.

妄語戒


妄语戒

see styles
wàng yǔ jiè
    wang4 yu3 jie4
wang yü chieh
 mougokai / mogokai
    もうごかい
(expression) {Buddh} do not speak untruthfully (precept)
precept forbidding false speech

不妄語


不妄语

see styles
bù wàng yǔ
    bu4 wang4 yu3
pu wang yü
 fumō go
musāvādā-veramaṇī, the fourth commandment, thou shalt not lie; no false speaking.

大妄語


大妄语

see styles
dà wàng yǔ
    da4 wang4 yu3
ta wang yü
 daimōgo
great lie

小妄語


小妄语

see styles
xiǎo wàng yǔ
    xiao3 wang4 yu3
hsiao wang yü
 shōmōgo
minor lie

自妄語


自妄语

see styles
zì wàng yǔ
    zi4 wang4 yu3
tzu wang yü
 jimō go
false speech spoken through one's own mouth

虛妄語


虚妄语

see styles
xū wàng yǔ
    xu1 wang4 yu3
hsü wang yü
 komō go
false speech

五事妄語


五事妄语

see styles
wǔ shì wàng yǔ
    wu3 shi4 wang4 yu3
wu shih wang yü
 goji mō go
The five things fallaciously explained by Mahādeva, as stated in the Kathāvatthu.

教人妄語


教人妄语

see styles
jiào rén wàng yǔ
    jiao4 ren2 wang4 yu3
chiao jen wang yü
 kyōnin mōgo
instigating another to speak falsely

方便妄語


方便妄语

see styles
fāng biàn wàng yǔ
    fang1 bian4 wang4 yu3
fang pien wang yü
 hōben mōgo
falsehood carried out by deception

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

This page contains 10 results for "妄語" 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.
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).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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