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Chinese
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law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
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a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
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trad. (法師)
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法
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師
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simp. (法师)
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法
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师
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anagram
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師法/师法
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Pronunciation
Noun
法師
- (Buddhism) one who has mastered the sutras
- (honorific, usually as a title) Buddhist monastic
- (fantasy) wizard; mage
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Japanese
Etymology
Old Japanese 法師 (popusi), Middle Chinese 法師 (literally “master of the law/dharma”)
Pronunciation
Noun
法師 • (hōshi) ←ほふし (fofusi)?
法師 • (hosshi)
- a Buddhist priest or monk, a bonze
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
法師 • (beopsa) (hangeul 법사)
- hanja form? of 법사 (“Buddhist monk; Korean priest”)
Vietnamese
Noun
法師
- chữ Hán form of pháp sư (“Buddhist monk; wizard”).