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藥師佛

简药师佛 · 繁藥師佛

Mandarin · pinyin Yào shī fó

Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)

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師: shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)
药: yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine
师: shī · teacher, master, specialist

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4–1–2 · Yao4 shi1 fo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

joek6 si1 fat6

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(Buddhism) Bhaiṣajyaguru

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