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方丈
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1–5 · fang1 zhang5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fong1 zoeng6
Cantonese word readings for 方丈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
- (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
- (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra — (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
- (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra — (by extension) Buddhist abbot
- (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra — (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) narrow-minded person; petty person
classifier
- Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.
name
- (Chinese mythology) a mystical mountain island in the sea
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