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compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
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sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
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trad. (慈悲)
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慈
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simp. #(慈悲)
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慈
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Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit मैत्रीकरुणा (maitrīkaruṇā, “benevolence and compassion”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
慈悲
- (originally Buddhism) merciful; benevolent; pitying
精進行道,慈悲修慧,乘法身船,至涅槃岸;復還生死,度脫眾生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
精进行道,慈悲修慧,乘法身船,至涅槃岸;复还生死,度脱众生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 2nd century, An Shigao, 《佛說八大人覺經》, in Taishō Tripiṭaka, volume 17, page 715
- Jīngjìn xíngdào, cíbēi xiūhuì, chéng fǎshēn chuán, zhì nièpán àn; fùhái shēngsǐ, dùtuō zhòngshēng.
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
慈悲 • (jihi)
- (Buddhism) compassion
- mercy; sympathy
- お慈悲を!
- O-jihi o!
- Have mercy!
1632, Diego Collado, Niffon no Cotõbani Yô Confesion, page 4:R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.
R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.
(Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.)- R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.
R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.
(Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.) - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, page 81:Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, [sic] æ, miſericordia y limoſna, [sic] jifi.- Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, [sic] æ, miſericordia y limoſna, [sic] jifi.
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “mercy; sympathy”): 無慈悲 (mujihi)
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Korean
Noun
慈悲 • (jabi) (hangeul 자비)
- hanja form? of 자비 (“mercy”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
慈悲
- chữ Hán form of từ bi (“merciful, compassion”).