đồ đệ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 徒弟.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier đứa) đồ đệ

  1. (now chiefly Chinese fiction, otherwise historical) disciple
    • 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:
      Sau khi ông Thích-Ca mất, học trò là Ma-kha-ca-diệp hội hết đồ đệ ở thành Vương-sá cả thảy năm trăm người, đó là lần thứ nhất Phật-giáo hội tụ.
      After Śākyamuni passed away, his disciple Mahākāśyapa gathered all the disciples in Rājagṛha, totaling 500 people; thus was the First Buddhist council.