盂兰盆会
Yú lán pén huì
Pinyin

Definition

盂兰盆会
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Yú lán pén huì
  1. Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

盆
pén
  1. 1 basin
  2. 2 flower pot
  3. 3 unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dǒu] and 8 升[shēng], approx 128 liters
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
盆友
pén yǒu
  1. 1 (Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友[péng yǒu])
聚宝盆
jù bǎo pén
  1. 1 treasure bowl (mythology)
  2. 2 fig. source of wealth
  3. 3 cornucopia
  4. 4 gold mine
倾盆
qīng pén
  1. 1 a downpour
  2. 2 rain bucketing down
水盆
shuǐ pén
  1. 1 basin
浴盆
yù pén
  1. 1 bathtub
火盆
huǒ pén
  1. 1 brazier
  2. 2 fire pan
  3. 3 hibachi
盆地
pén dì
  1. 1 (geography) basin
  2. 2 depression
盆子
pén zi
  1. 1 basin
盆景
pén jǐng
  1. 1 bonsai
  2. 2 landscape in a pot
盆栽
pén zāi
  1. 1 growing plants in pots
  2. 2 Japanese: bonsai
盆花
pén huā
  1. 1 potted flower
脸盆
liǎn pén
  1. 1 washbowl
  2. 2 basin for washing hands and face
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
花盆
huā pén
  1. 1 flower pot
骨盆
gǔ pén
  1. 1 pelvis
便盆
biàn pén
  1. 1 bed pan
冷盆
lěng pén
  1. 1 cold dish
  2. 2 appetizer
尿盆
niào pén
  1. 1 chamber pot
洗手盆
xǐ shǒu pén
  1. 1 bathroom sink
  2. 2 wash basin
洗脸盆
xǐ liǎn pén
  1. 1 washbowl
  2. 2 basin for washing hands and face

Idioms (4)

盂方水方
yú fāng shuǐ fāng
  1. 1 If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom)
血盆大口
xuè pén dà kǒu
  1. 1 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
  2. 2 fig. greedy exploiter
  3. 3 rapacious aggressor
金盆洗手
jīn pén xǐ shǒu
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
  1. 1 drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
  2. 2 fig. grief for a lost wife

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