hoá thân

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Vietnamese

 Hóa thân (Phật giáo) on Vietnamese Wikipedia
 Hóa thân (truyện) on Vietnamese Wikipedia

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Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 化身, composed of (to transform) and (body), Middle Chinese 化身 (hˠuaH ɕiɪn).

Noun

hoá thân

  1. (Buddhism) the Nirmāṇakāya (Buddha's physical incarnation)
  2. an embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)

Verb

hoá thân

  1. to embody; to personify
  2. to metamorphose; to transform dramatically