须弥
Xū mí
Pinyin

Definition

须弥
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Xū mí
  1. Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
  2. Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gù yuán], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

必须
bì xū
  1. 1 to have to
  2. 2 must
  3. 3 compulsory
  4. 4 necessarily
何须
hé xū
  1. 1 there is no need
  2. 2 why should
弥漫
mí màn
  1. 1 to pervade
  2. 2 to fill the air
  3. 3 diffuse
  4. 4 everywhere present
  5. 5 about to inundate (water)
  6. 6 permeated by (smoke)
  7. 7 filled with (dust)
  8. 8 to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
弥补
mí bǔ
  1. 1 to complement
  2. 2 to make up for a deficiency
无须
wú xū
  1. 1 need not
  2. 2 not obliged to
  3. 3 not necessarily
阿弥陀佛
Ē mí tuó Fó
  1. 1 Amitabha Buddha
  2. 2 the Buddha of the Western paradise
  3. 3 may the lord Buddha preserve us!
  4. 4 merciful Buddha!
须
xū
  1. 1 must
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to wait
须知
xū zhī
  1. 1 key information
  2. 2 instructions
  3. 3 it must be borne in mind
弥
mí
  1. 1 full
  2. 2 to fill
  3. 3 completely
  4. 4 more
弥勒
Mí lè
  1. 1 Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
  2. 2 Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
弥勒佛
Mí lè fó
  1. 1 Maitreya
  2. 2 the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
弥勒县
Mí lè xiàn
  1. 1 Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
弥合
mí hé
  1. 1 to cause a wound to close up and heal
弥天
mí tiān
  1. 1 filling the entire sky
  2. 2 covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
弥撒
mí sa
  1. 1 (Catholic) Mass
弥散
mí sàn
  1. 1 to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
弥渡
Mí dù
  1. 1 Midu county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
弥留
mí liú
  1. 1 seriously ill and about to die
弥蒙
mí méng
  1. 1 impenetrable thick fog or smoke
弥赛亚
Mí sài yà
  1. 1 Messiah

Idioms (5)

弥天大谎
mí tiān dà huǎng
  1. 1 a pack of lies (idiom)
欲盖弥彰
yù gài mí zhāng
  1. 1 trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
历久弥坚
lì jiǔ mí jiān
  1. 1 to become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom)
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

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