to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins
trad. 拜懺
Also written 拜懺【bài chàn】
Characters in this word
2拜
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to bow to; to pay one's respects, (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion), to make a courtesy call, (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony, to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc), (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- Pinyin
- bài
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1216 of 2500
忏
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(bound form) to feel remorse, (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")
- Pinyin
- chàn
- Traditional
- 懺
- Strokes
- 6