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普度眾生

简普度众生 · 繁普度眾生

Mandarin · pinyin pǔ dù zhòng shēng

(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)

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普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
众: zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public

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3–4–4–1 · pu3 du4 zhong4 sheng1

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