如是我聞
rú​shì​wǒ​wén

so I have heard

  • created sense approved 如是我闻/如是我聞 · rú​shì​wǒ​wén · so I have heard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如是我闻 / 如是我聞

    rú​shì​wǒ​wén

    so I have heard

    (idiom) Specifically the opening phrase of Buddhist sutras, indicating that the content is a record of what the disciple [[阿难|阿難|a1 nan2]] heard directly from the Buddha.

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to follow 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · this 我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · I 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

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

    created sense