niè pán

涅槃 (niè pán) is a Chinese word meaning “(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])”.

Meanings

  1. 1(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])

Characters in 涅槃

涅niè · (literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)槃pán · variant of 盤|盘

Related words

涅(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)涅variant of 涅[nie4]康涅狄格Connecticut, US state槃variant of 盤|盘埃涅阿斯Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid波洛涅斯(name) Polonius屠格涅夫Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist海涅Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet入涅to enter nirvana (Buddhism)涅白opaque white涅石alumen羽涅alumen

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