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入聖

简入圣 · 繁入聖

Mandarin · pinyin rù shèng

to become an arhat (Buddhism)

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入: rù · enter, come in(to), join
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圣: shèng · holy, sacred

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4–4 · ru4 sheng4

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verb

(literary, Buddhism) to become an arhat

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