mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
trad. 慈悲為本
Also written 慈悲為本【cí bēi wéi běn】
Characters in this word
4慈
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compassionate, gentle, merciful, kind, humane
- Pinyin
- cí
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 48044 of 2500
悲
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sad, sadness, sorrow, grief
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 18271 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
本
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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- Pinyin
- běn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 799 of 2500