八相成道
bā xiàng chéng dào
Pinyin

Definition

八相成道
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bā xiàng chéng dào
  1. the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
完成
wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
成
Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
成功
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
成名
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
成就
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about
成为
chéng wéi
  1. 1 to become
  2. 2 to turn into
成长
chéng zhǎng
  1. 1 to mature
  2. 2 to grow
  3. 3 growth
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
变成
biàn chéng
  1. 1 to change into
  2. 2 to turn into
  3. 3 to become
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
八十
bā shí
  1. 1 eighty
  2. 2 80
八卦
bā guà
  1. 1 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. 2 gossip
  3. 3 gossipy

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不成体统
bù chéng tǐ tǒng
  1. 1 not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous
  2. 2 bad form
  3. 3 unacceptable behavior
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord

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