tán​yuè

benefactor

  • created reference approved 檀越 → 檀樾 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    檀越 tán​yuè

    檀樾 tán​yuè

    variant

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

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  • created reference approved 檀越 → 施主 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    檀越 tán​yuè

    施主 shī​zhǔ

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 檀越 · tán​yuè · benefactor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    檀越

    tán​yuè

    benefactor

    (Buddhism) a donor or almsgiver; a respectful term used by Buddhist monks to address a lay person who supports the temple.

    檀 (literal) → 檀 · tán · [charity] 越 (literal) → 越 · yuè · to exceed

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

    created sense