念佛
niàn fó
Pinyin
Definition
念佛
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- to pray to Buddha
- to chant the names of Buddha
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
不念旧恶
- 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
不看僧面看佛面
- 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
- 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism
家家有本难念的经
- 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)