修行
xiū xíng
Pinyin

Definition

修行
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xiū xíng
  1. to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修复
xiū fù
  1. 1 to restore
  2. 2 to renovate
  3. 3 restoration
  4. 4 (computing) to fix (a bug)
修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lǚ xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 classifier: 趟 tàng
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你还知道点皮毛嘛。呵呵！罗汉是对释迦牟尼佛弟子里那些修行到了最高境界的弟子的称呼。
nǐ hái zhīdào diǎnr pímáo ma 。hēhē ！luóhàn shì duì Shìjiāmóuní fó dìzǐ lǐ nàxiē xiūxíng dào le zuì gāo jìngjiè de dìzǐ de chēnghu 。
So you do know a thing or two. Hehe. An arhat is what you call one of Siddhartha Buddha's disciples who has attained the highest levels of spiritual perfection.
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藏传佛教融合了很多西藏当地的文化习俗和政治因素，再加上它选用的经文也不同，所以在信仰体系、修行的方法和具体的目的上都有所不同。总的来说，藏传佛教对喇嘛异常的尊崇、有活佛转世的思想、教派繁多，而且宗教与政治紧密结合；还有它的仪式也特别复杂。这些都是比较明显的区别。
zàngchuán fójiào rónghé le hěn duō Xīzàng dāngdì de wénhuà xísú hé zhèngzhì yīnsù ，zài jiāshang tā xuǎnyòng de jīngwén yě bùtóng ，suǒyǐ zài xìnyǎng tǐxì 、xiūxíng de fāngfǎ hé jùtǐ de mùdì shàng dōu yǒusuǒbùtóng 。zǒngdeláishuō ，zàngchuán fójiào duì lǎmā yìcháng de zūnchóng 、yǒu huófó zhuǎnshì de sīxiǎng 、jiàopài fánduō ，érqiě zōngjiào yǔ zhèngzhì jǐnmì jiéhé ；hái yǒu tā de yíshì yě tèbié fùzá 。zhèxiē dōu shì bǐjiào míngxiǎn de qūbié 。
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