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Meaning of 涅

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Pinyin: niè
English Definition: to blacken; abbr. for 涅槃
Chinese Definition:
①可做黑色染料的矶石:涅石。
②(涅槃)佛教指超脱生死的最高境界。后亦作僧人的代称。
③以黑色染物,以墨涂物:涅字(在身上刺字涂墨)。涅面。涅齿。涅而不缁(喻品格高尚,不受外界污染)。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (water) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
涅槃 niè pán nirvana (Buddhism)
康涅狄格州 kāng niè zhōu Connecticut, US state
涅瓦河 niè Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
涅磐 niè pán variant of 涅槃
沃罗涅日 luó niè Voronezh, city in the southwest of European Russia
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Example Sentences
1
Mnemosyne, whose name is spelled with some difficulty, is spelled on the lower part of your handout.
2
Kuznets' idea, presented to Congress that year, was simple: Measure all production by companies, people, and government.
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使
So much of what we see around us is motivated by well-intentioned folks, like ourselves, looking for nirvana out there.
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西
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The idea of a single number to show a country' s economic power came from US economist Simon Kuznets.
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Last year the Nenets arrived at a regular summer camping spot and discovered that half of their lake had disappeared.