302 Themes

173 Religious activities 宗教活动 (zōngjiào huódòng)


pray
pray
make a vow
go to church
go to mass
take oaths
be baptized
bless
worship, pilgrimage
make a pilgrimage
consecration, offering
make an offering
burn incense and worship Buddha
fortune telling
palm reading
use trigrams to tell fortunes
divine
avoid evil spirits
marry to ward off a sickness
blessing
leave home to be a monk
practice Buddhism or Taoism
find The Way
Once on person reaches enlightenment, his pets also go to heaven (one person’s success benefits those around them).

abstain from eating meat
pray to Buddha
recite scriptures
preach, give a sermon
preach
do missionary work
enlightenment, transformation
moment of enlightenment, satori
practice of giving
monks’ begging
beg for vegetarian food (as a monk)

1 祷告 [禱-] dǎogào (pray-tell) pray: 向上帝~ pray to god || 静静~ quietly pray || 集体~ pray in a group '
2 祈祷 [-禱] qǐdǎo (pray-pray) pray: 向上帝~ pray to god || ~和平 pray for peace '
3 许愿 [許願] xǔyuàn (make-wish) make a vow: 向上帝~ make a vow to god || ~给她加工资 vow to give her wages || 私下~ secret vow '
4 做礼拜 [-禮-] zuòlǐbài (do-religious service) go to church: 在教堂~ be at a church service 487 '
5 做弥撒 [-彌-] zuòmísǎ (do-missa/mass) go to mass: 在教堂~ go to mass in a church '
6 受戒 [-] shòujiè (receive-Buddhist monastic discipline) take oaths: 僧侣 ~ take oaths as a monk || 十六岁~ take oaths at 16 years old '
7 受洗 [-] shòuxǐ (receive-baptism) be baptized: ~入教 be baptized and enter the church || 婴儿~ infant baptism || 无条件~ unconditional baptism '
8 赐福 [賜-] cìfú (bestow/bless-fortune) bless: ~人类 bless mankind || ~给百姓 bless a commoner '
9 朝拜 [-] cháobài (have an audience with-worship) worship, pilgrimage: ~圣地 make a pilgrimage to a holy land || 向天子~ worship the emperor '
10 朝圣 [-聖] cháoshèng (have an audience with-sage) make a pilgrimage: 到西藏~ make a pilgrimage to Tibet '
11 供奉 [-] gòngfèng (present with all respect-supply) consecration, offering: ~祖先 consecrate an ancestor || ~香火 incense offering '
12 上供 [-] shànggòng (make-offer) make an offering: 烧香 ~ burn an incense offering || 给菩萨~ make an offering to the Buddha || 给领导~ give a gift to a leader '
13 烧香拜佛 [燒---] shāoxiāngbàifó (burn-incense-worship-buddha) burn incense and worship Buddha: 到寺庙~ go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha '
14 算命 [-] suànmìng (tell-fortune) fortune telling: 给她~ tell her fortune || 看相 ~ read a fortune by appearance '
15 看手相 [-] kànshǒuxiàng (read-palm) palm reading: 给他~ read his palm '
16 算卦 [-] suànguà (tell-trigrams) use trigrams to tell fortunes: 抽签 ~ draw a fortune || 给她 ~ predict her fortune || 算一卦 count one trigram '
17 占卜 [-] zhānbǔ (divine with milfoils-divine with tortoise shells) divine: ~吉凶 divine good and bad luck || ~胜负 divine an outcome || ~将来的职业 predict a future career '
18 避邪 [-] bìxié (avoid-demon) avoid evil spirits: 以镜~ use a mirror to avoid evil spirits '
19 冲喜 [沖-] chōngxǐ (counteract-wedding) marry to ward off a sickness: 娶媳妇~ marry a woman to cure a sickness '
20 保佑 [-] bǎoyòu (protect-bless) blessing: ~平安 blessing of safety || 上 帝~ god’s blessing || ~父母长寿 blessing for parents’ longevity '
21 出家 [-] chūjiā (leave-home) leave home to be a monk: 半路~ become a monk part way through life || ~为僧 leave home to be a monk '
22 修行 [-] xiūxíng (correct-behavior) practice Buddhism or Taoism: 带 发~ bring the practice of Buddhism/Taoism || 刻苦~ strictly practice Buddhism/Taoism || 出家~ leave home to be a monk or nun '
23 得道 [-] dédào (get-Tao/The Way) find The Way: ~成佛 find Buddhist enlightenment '
24 一人得道, 鸡犬升天 [----, 雞---] yīréndédào, jīquǎnshēngtiān (one-person-getThe Way, chicken-dog-ascend-heaven) Once on person reaches enlightenment, his pets also go to heaven (one person’s success benefits those around them).: 他当了大官以后, 整个家族的人都得到了好处, 真是~. When he '
488 became a high-ranking officer, the whole family benefited. It’s just like the saying that ‘when a man attains the Tao, even his pets ascend to heaven.’ '
25 吃斋 [-齋] chīzhāi (eat-vegetarian diet) abstain from eating meat: 长 期~ stop eating meat for a long time || ~念佛 abstain from meat and pray to Buddha || ~打坐 abstain from meat while meditating '
26 念佛 [-] niànfó (pray-buddha) pray to Buddha: 专心 ~ concentrate on prayers || ~二十年 pray to Buddha for 20 years '
27 念经 [-經] niànjīng (recite-scripture) recite scriptures: 高声~ loudly recite scripture '
28 布道 [佈-] bùdào (preach-gospel) preach, give a sermon: 传经~ pass on doctrine in a sermon || 开坛~ preach at the altar '
29 传道 [傳-] chuándào (spread-gospel) preach: 积极~ energetically preach '
30 传教 [傳教] chuánjiào (spread-religion) do missionary work: 到非洲~ go to Africa to be a missionary '
31 点化 [點-] diǎnhuà (enlighten-transform) enlightenment, transformation: ~众生 enlighten beings || ~凡人 transform a mortal '
32 顿悟 [頓-] dùnwù (sudden-enlightenment) moment of enlightenment, satori: ~这个道理 a moment of realizing the Daoist truth || ~成佛 a moment of Buddhist enlightenment '
33 布施 [佈-] bùshī (give-alms) practice of giving: ~钱财 give money || ~物品 donate money || ~给穷人 give to poor people '
34 化缘 [-緣] huàyuán (beg-alms) monks’ begging: 外出~ go out begging (as a monk) || 四处~ beg everywhere (as a monk) '
35 化斋 [-齋] huàzhāi (beg-vegetarian food) beg for vegetarian food (as a monk): 沿路~ beg for food on the road || 和尚 ~ Buddhist monk begging for food '