八相成道
bā xiàng chéng dào
Pinyin
Definition
八相成道
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- the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
- 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
- 2 stuck in a rut
一脉相承
- 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
一语成谶
- 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic