wai6 nang4慧能

Jyutpingwai6 nang4
Yalewaih nàhng

Definition

Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.

Example

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wai6慧nang4能hai6係sim4禅zung1宗dai6第luk6六doi6代zou2祖si1师。

Huineng was the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.

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唯心
Idealistic; idealism, the philosophical theory that reality is mentally constructed.
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迴避回避
To make way for important people, or to avoid contact and confrontation to prevent embarrassment or conflict of interest.
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穎颖
Novel, fresh, or new; also outstandingly talented.
wong4
凰
Female Chinese phoenix.
wui6 gai3
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Accounting; the study of measuring and managing financial resources for organizations.
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All talk and no action; only knowing how to criticize without being able to do any better.
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