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天官赐福 (Vocabulary)

  • Writer: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
    鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
  • Jun 2
  • 1 min read

天地为炉,众生为铜,水深火热,万劫其中


"Heaven and Earth are the furnace; all sentient beings are the copper. Amidst the depths of water and the raging fires, they endure through ten thousand kalpas."


天地 tiāndì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity

为 wèi because of; for; to

炉 lú rutherfordium (chemistry); variant of 爐

众生 zhòngshēng all living things

为 wèi because of; for; to

铜 tóng copper (chemistry); see also 红铜

水深火热 shuǐshēn huǒrè deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)

万 wàn ten thousand; a great number; (Chinese surname)

劫 jié abbr. for kalpa 劫波

其中 qízhōng among; in; included among these


上元佳节,神武大街,惊鸿一瞥,百世沦陷


上 shàng on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts)

元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental;

constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable

(Tw) (geology) eon; (Chinese surname);

the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

佳节 jiājié festive day; holiday

神武 shénwǔ divine martial

大街 dàjiē street; main street

惊鸿 jīnghóng graceful (esp. of female posture); lithe

一瞥 yīpiē glance; glimpse

百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of; (Chinese surname)

世 shì life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant;

noble; (Chinese surname)

沦陷 lúnxiàn to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge


 
 
 

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