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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1乳钵 乳缽 ru3 bo1small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM)
2 bo1small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra; variant of
3钵头 缽頭 tóubo1 tou2earthen bowl (Shanghainese)
4钵盂 缽盂 bo1 yu2alms bowl
5继承衣钵 繼承衣缽 chéng ji4 cheng2 yi1 bo1to take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps
6金钵 金缽 jīn jin1 bo1(gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
7墨尔钵 墨爾缽 ěr Mo4 er3 bo1see 墨尔本
8盆钵 盆缽 pén pen2 bo1generic term for pottery
9托钵修会 托缽修會 tuō xiū huìtuo1 bo1 xiu1 hui4mendicant religious order in Catholicism; Franciscan order
10研钵 研缽 yán yan2 bo1mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
11衣钵 衣缽 yi1 bo1the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle
12衣钵相传 衣缽相傳 xiāng chuányi1 bo1 xiang1 chuan2to inherit the mantle and alms-bowl (idiom)