dà​shèng

great sage

  • created reference approved 大圣/大聖 → 位 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圣 / 大聖 dà​shèng

    位 wèi

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 大圣/大聖 → 齐天大圣/齊天大聖 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圣 / 大聖 dà​shèng

    齐天大圣 / 齊天大聖 qí​tiān​dà​shèng

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 大圣/大聖 · dà​shèng · great sage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圣 / 大聖

    dà​shèng

    great sage

    An outstanding person of great talent and character, often used to refer to Confucius or a mahatma

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 圣 (literal) → 圣/聖 · shèng · sage

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 大圣/大聖 · dà​shèng · Great Sage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圣 / 大聖

    dà​shèng

    Great Sage

    Short for the title [[齐天大圣|齊天大聖|qi2 tian1 da4 sheng4]] referring to the character Sun Wukong from the novel "Journey to the West".

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 圣 (literal) → 圣/聖 · shèng · sage

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 大圣/大聖 · dà​shèng · venerable title for a Buddha — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大圣 / 大聖

    dà​shèng

    venerable title for a Buddha

    A title of honor used to refer to a Buddha

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 圣 (literal) → 圣/聖 · shèng · holy

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

    created sense