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念佛

Mandarin · pinyin niàn fó

to pray to Buddha
to chant the names of Buddha

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念: niàn · think of, recall, study
佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)

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4–2 · nian4 fo2

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verb

(Buddhism) to recite 南無阿彌陀佛／南无阿弥陀佛 (Nāmó Ēmítuófó)

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