bàng​hè

Buddhist awakening practice

  • created reference approved 棒喝 → 当头棒喝/當頭棒喝 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棒喝 bàng​hè

    当头棒喝 / 當頭棒喝 dāng​tóu​bàng​hè

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 棒喝 · bàng​hè · Buddhist awakening practice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棒喝

    bàng​hè

    Buddhist awakening practice

    a Zen Buddhist method of shouting at or hitting a student with a stick to trigger instant enlightenment

    棒 (literal) → 棒 · bàng · stick 喝 (literal) → 喝 · hè · to shout

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 棒喝 · bàng​hè · to rouse or rebuke — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棒喝

    bàng​hè

    to rouse or rebuke

    to sternly rebuke or give a sharp warning intended to snap someone out of their confusion or wrong ways

    棒 (literal) → 棒 · bàng · hit with a stick 喝 (literal) → 喝 · hè · to shout

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

    created sense