慈悲为本
cí​bēi​wéi​běn

compassion as the guiding principle

  • created sense approved 慈悲为本/慈悲為本 · cí​bēi​wéi​běn · compassion as the guiding principle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    慈悲为本 / 慈悲為本

    cí​bēi​wéi​běn

    compassion as the guiding principle

    mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that compassion is the root of all things

    慈悲 (literal) → 慈悲 · cí​bēi · mercy 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 本 (literal) → 本 · běn · origin

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

    created sense