参禅
cān chán
Pinyin

Definition

参禅
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cān chán
  1. to practice Chan Buddhist meditation
  2. to practice Zen meditation
  3. to sit in meditation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

参加
cān jiā
  1. 1 to participate
  2. 2 to take part
  3. 3 to join
参与
cān yù
  1. 1 to participate (in sth)
人参
rén shēn
  1. 1 ginseng
参考
cān kǎo
  1. 1 consultation
  2. 2 reference
  3. 3 to consult
  4. 4 to refer
参观
cān guān
  1. 1 to look around
  2. 2 to tour
  3. 3 to visit
参赛
cān sài
  1. 1 to compete
  2. 2 to take part in a competition
口头禅
kǒu tóu chán
  1. 1 Zen saying repeated as cant
  2. 2 (fig.) catchphrase
  3. 3 mantra
  4. 4 favorite expression
  5. 5 stock phrase
海参
hǎi shēn
  1. 1 sea cucumber
禅师
chán shī
  1. 1 honorific title for a Buddhist monk
丹参
dān shēn
  1. 1 Salvia miltiorrhiza
内参
nèi cān
  1. 1 restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考)
  2. 2 (literary) palace eunuch
刘禅
Liú Chán
  1. 1 Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
叁
sān
  1. 1 three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
参加者
cān jiā zhě
  1. 1 participant
参半
cān bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 half and half
  3. 3 both ... and ...
  4. 4 just as much ... as ...
  5. 5 equally
参天
cān tiān
  1. 1 reach high to the sky
  2. 2 tall
  3. 3 of great height
参展
cān zhǎn
  1. 1 to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc
参差
cēn cī
  1. 1 uneven
  2. 2 jagged
  3. 3 snaggletooth
  4. 4 ragged
  5. 5 serrated
参差不齐
cēn cī bù qí
  1. 1 (idiom) variable
  2. 2 uneven
  3. 3 irregular
参悟
cān wù
  1. 1 to comprehend (the nature of things etc)
  2. 2 to achieve enlightenment

Idioms (3)

参差不齐
cēn cī bù qí
  1. 1 (idiom) variable
  2. 2 uneven
  3. 3 irregular
参差错落
cēn cī cuò luò
  1. 1 uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
  2. 2 in a tangled mess
禅门五宗
chán mén wǔ zōng
  1. 1 the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)

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