超度
chāo​dù

release soul

超度 chāo​dù
release soul verb
to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul of the deceased find peace or reach reincarnation

家属请来僧人为逝者诵经超度。

jiā​shǔ qǐng lái sēng​rén wèi shì​zhě sòng​jīng chāo​dù.

The family invited monks to chant sutras to release the soul of the deceased.

transcend verb
to surpass or transcend; to rise above the ordinary or worldly

老人家去世后，家属请来僧人为他诵经超度。

lǎo​rén​jiā qù​shì hòu, jiā​shǔ qǐng lái sēng​rén wèi tā sòng​jīng chāo​dù.

After the elderly man passed away, his family invited monks to chant sutras and perform rites for his soul.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.61 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.589 per million

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)