to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
trad. 數珠念佛
Also written 數珠念佛【shǔ zhū niàn fó】
Characters in this word
4数
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to count, to count as; to regard as, to enumerate; to list
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Traditional
- 數
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4576 of 2500
珠
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bead, pearl, CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 20415 of 2500
念
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variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
- Pinyin
- niàn
- Traditional
- 唸
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3471 of 2500
佛
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Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])
- Pinyin
- Fó
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5305 of 2500