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Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn fǎ lún

to transmit Buddhist teaching
chakram or chakka (throwing disk)

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法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
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转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
轮: lún · wheel; revolve, turn; recur

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3–3–2 · zhuan3 fa3 lun2

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verb

(Buddhism, figurative) to transmit Buddhist teachings

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