hē​fó​mà​zǔ

to curse at Buddha

  • created reference approved 诃佛骂祖/訶佛罵祖 → 呵佛骂祖/呵佛罵祖 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诃佛骂祖 / 訶佛罵祖 hē​fó​mà​zǔ

    呵佛骂祖 / 呵佛罵祖 hē​fó​mà​zǔ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 诃佛骂祖/訶佛罵祖 · hē​fó​mà​zǔ · to curse at Buddha — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诃佛骂祖 / 訶佛罵祖

    hē​fó​mà​zǔ

    to curse at Buddha

    To curse at Buddha and revile the ancestors; used to describe Zen teachers who shock students out of conventional thinking to help them reach enlightenment.

    诃 (literal) → 诃/訶 · hē · to scold 佛 (literal) → 佛 · fó · Buddha 骂 (literal) → 骂/罵 · mà · to scold 祖 (literal) → 祖 · zǔ · founder

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 诃佛骂祖/訶佛罵祖 · hē​fó​mà​zǔ · to be completely unscrupulous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诃佛骂祖 / 訶佛罵祖

    hē​fó​mà​zǔ

    to be completely unscrupulous

    To have no scruples or be completely unrestrained; to dare to do anything or surpass those who came before.

    诃 (literal) → 诃/訶 · hē · to scold 佛 (literal) → 佛 · fó · Buddha 骂 (literal) → 骂/罵 · mà · to scold 祖 (literal) → 祖 · zǔ · founder

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

    created sense