Vol 1 Lesson 4

Question 1

毘婆尸

Answer 1

Pípóshī: (Skt transcrip) Vipaśyin

Question 2

菩薩

Answer 2

púsà: (Skt transcrip) Bodhisattva

Question 3

母

Answer 3

mŭ: mother

Question 4

胎

Answer 4

tāi: womb

Question 5

專

Answer 5

zhuān: to concentrate

Question 6

念

Answer 6

niàn: to think, to ponder

Question 7

亂

Answer 7

luàn: chaos, confusion

Question 8

不

Answer 8

bù: negative particle, negates word it’s in front of
OR
at end of sentence: fŏu – “or not”

Question 9

吾

Answer 9

wú: I, me

Question 10

今

Answer 10

jīn: today, now

Question 11

欲

Answer 11

yù: to want, to desire; to be about to, will

Question 12

以

Answer 12

yĭ: to use, employ; with, by means of

Question 13

宿命智

Answer 13

sùmìnghzì: knowledge of past lives (lit. past-destinies-wisdom)

Question 14

說

Answer 14

shuō: say, expound, relate, explain

Question 15

事

Answer 15

shì: thing, event

Question 16

汝

Answer 16

rŭ: you

Question 17

闇冥

Answer 17

ànmíng: darkness

Question 18

無

Answer 18

wù: not, none (often negating yŏu and meaning ‘there is no’, takes noun as object; also used in double negatives)

Question 19

蒙

Answer 19

méng: receive (expresses one who gives is superior to an inferior who humbly receives)

Question 20

明

Answer 20

míng: brightness

Question 21

數

Answer 21

shù: number

Question 22

兜率

Answer 22

Dōushuài (Skt transcrip): Tuṣita

Question 23

天

Answer 23

tiān: heaven, god, deva

Question 24

神

Answer 24

shèn: divine, spirit

Question 25

身

Answer 25

shēn: body, physically

Question 26

安隱

Answer 26

ānyĭn: serene, at peace

Question 27

惱患

Answer 27

năohuàn: troubles, difficulties

Question 28

降

Answer 28

jiàng: to descend

Question 29

四

Answer 29

sì: four

Question 30

天子

Answer 30

tiānzĭ: lit children of heaven, heavenly beings, minor deities

Question 31

執

Answer 31

zhí: to hold

Question 32

戈

Answer 32

gé: halberd

Question 33

矛

Answer 33

máo: spear

Question 34

侍

Answer 34

shì: to attend

Question 35

護

Answer 35

hù: to protect

Question 36

非人

Answer 36

fēirén: non-human, demon, Skt: amanusya

Question 37

非

Answer 37

féi: is not, normally is verb and takes noun as object

Question 38

得

Answer 38

dé: to be able to

Question 39

侵嬈

Answer 39

qīnrăo: to harass

Question 40

其

Answer 40

qí: that (person), the (person); his, her, their, its

Question 41

間

Answer 41

jiān: between, among

Question 42

憒閙

Answer 42

kuìnào: hubub, noise

Question 43

宜

Answer 43

yĭ: appropriate

Question 44

天母

Answer 44

tiānmŭ: queen

Question 45

生

Answer 45

shēng: to be born

Question 46

聖

Answer 46

shèng: holy

Question 47

子

Answer 47

zĭ: child, son

Question 48

懷

Answer 48

huài: to harbor (a feeling), to feel

Question 49

憂慼

Answer 49

yōuqī: worries and sadness, grief, anguish

Question 50

勿

Answer 50

wù: imperative, do not

Question 51

使

Answer 51

shĭ: to cause, to make

Question 52

眾生

Answer 52

zhòngshēng: all beings

Question 53

墜落

Answer 53

zhìluò: to fall to, to descend to

Question 54

餘

Answer 54

yú: other, remaining

Question 55

趣

Answer 55

qù: destination, realm, path of existence

Question 56

去

Answer 56

qù: to leave

Question 57

久

Answer 57

jiŭ: long (duration)

Question 58

未

Answer 58

wèi: not yet