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法寶
简 法宝 · 繁 法寶Mandarin · pinyin fǎ bǎo
Meanings
- Buddha's teaching
- Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc
- (Daoism) magic weapon
- talisman
- fig. specially effective device
- magic wand
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3–3 · fa3 bao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
faat3 bou2
Cantonese word readings for 法寶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (literally) magical weapon used to slay demons and monsters
- (religion) collection of religious items owned by a Buddhist mendicant, usually consisting of the khakkhara, the mantle and the alms bowl
- (figuratively) method or a tool especially effective against something; bane
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