放生

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

放生

  1. to free captive animals
    1. (Buddhism) to buy captive fish or birds to set them free (of Buddhists)
  2. (by extension) to spare somebody

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (放生):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 방생(放生) (bangsaeng)
  • → Vietnamese: phóng sinh (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Korean
Hanja in this term
放生

Noun

放生 • (bangsaeng) (hangeul 방생)

  1. Hanja form? of 방생 (“freeing captive animals, etc.”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放生

Noun

放生

  1. (Buddhism) chữ Hán form of phóng sinh (“to release captive animals into the wild”).
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