释 迦

Shì jiā

Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged / the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì jiā móu ní], Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

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Original source entry:

釋迦 释迦 [Shi4 jia1] /Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged/the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2], Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")/

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shì jiā

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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT

sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

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Original source entry:

釋迦释迦 [shi4 jia1] /sugar apple (Annona squamosa)/

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Other forms in these source records: 釋迦

释
shì
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì jiā móu ní]) / Buddhism
迦
jiā
(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

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