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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
面壁 see styles |
miàn bì mian4 bi4 mien pi menpeki めんぺき |
to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism); (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc (n,vs,vi) meditation facing a wall; (surname) Omokabe To sit in meditation with the face to a wall, as did Bodhidharma for nine years, without uttering a word. |
面壁九年 see styles |
miàn bì jiǔ nián mian4 bi4 jiu3 nian2 mien pi chiu nien menpekikunen めんぺきくねん |
More info & calligraphy: Facing the Wall Nine Yearsnine years facing the wall |
面壁思過 面壁思过 see styles |
miàn bì sī guò mian4 bi4 si1 guo4 mien pi ssu kuo |
to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds; to stand in the corner (punishment); (fig.) to examine one's conscience |
九年面壁 see styles |
jiǔ nián miàn bì jiu3 nian2 mian4 bi4 chiu nien mien pi kunen menpeki |
nine years facing the wall |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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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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