八部眾
bā​bù​zhòng

eight legions

  • created sense approved 八部众/八部眾 · bā​bù​zhòng · eight legions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八部众 / 八部眾

    bā​bù​zhòng

    eight legions

    eight classes of supernatural beings in Buddhist mythology including gods and dragons, often depicted as protectors of the dharma

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 部 (literal) → 部 · bù · category 众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · crowd

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense