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Carvings of the Faith

S1E5 · 造像 zào xiàng

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将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
面不改色 面不改色 miàn bù gǎi sè (idiom) not bat an eyelid Idiom ∼HSK 4
无用 無用 wú yòng useless; worthless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
河西走廊 河西走廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长安 長安 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
敦煌 敦煌 Dūn huáng Dunhuang, county-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛教徒 佛教徒 Fó jiào tú Buddhist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
涅槃经 涅槃經 Niè pán Jīng (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
易经 易經 Yì jīng The Book of Changes ("I Ching") Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文殊 文殊 Wénshū Manjushri Bodhisattva Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金塔 金塔 Jīn tǎ Jinta county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙门石窟 龍門石窟 Lóng mén Shí kū Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
榆林 榆林 Yú lín Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛陀 佛陀 Fó tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法轮 法輪 Fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马其顿 馬其頓 Mǎ qí dùn Macedonia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚历山大大帝 亞歷山大大帝 Yà lì shān dà Dà dì Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安西 安西 Ān xī Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county in Jiuquan, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丝绸之路 絲綢之路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
后梁 後梁 Hòu Liáng Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔子 孔子 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东晋 東晉 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玄奘 玄奘 Xuánzàng Xuanzang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉文 漢文 Hàn wén Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
匈奴 匈奴 Xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛学 佛學 Fó xué Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist studies Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
梁河 梁河 Liáng hé Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天主 天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism); abbr. for, Catholicism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大同 大同 Dà tóng Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County, Taiwan; Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Datong District of Daqing City, Heilongjiang; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
梁山 梁山 Liáng shān Liangshan city and County in Jining, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金昌市 金昌市 Jīn chāng Shì Jinchang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永昌县 永昌縣 Yǒng chāng xiàn Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永昌 永昌 Yǒng chāng Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu; ancient prefecture in Yunnan, modern Baoshan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神佛 神佛 Shén Fó Gods and Buddhas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宇文 宇文 Yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei nomadic people; two-character surname Yuwen Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
瓜州 瓜州 Guā zhōu Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛寺 佛寺 Fó sì Buddhist temple Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
摩 摩 mā rub, scour, grind; friction ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
传法 傳法 chuán fǎ to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism) ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
二十世纪 二十世紀 èr shí shì jì 20th century ∼HSK 4