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大般涅槃經 大般涅槃经 [[Da4 Ban1nie4pan2 Jing1]] /(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism/ 649 2
大本涅槃經 大本涅槃经 [[Da4ben3 Nie4pan2 Jing1]] /(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra/ 649 2
盲人摸象 盲人摸象 [mang2 ren2 mo1 xiang4] /blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture/to mistake the part for the whole/unable to see the wood for the trees/ 6348 1
涅磐 涅磐 [nie4 pan2] /variant of 涅槃[nie4 pan2]/ 5914 1
涅槃 涅槃 [[nie4pan2]] /(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4])/ 177 2
涅槃經 涅槃经 [[Nie4pan2 Jing1]] /(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra/ 649 2
[pan2] /variant of 盤|盘/wooden tray/ 6954 1
瞎子摸象 瞎子摸象 [xia1 zi5 mo1 xiang4] /blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture/to mistake the part for the whole/unable to see the wood for the trees/ 6348 1
眾盲摸象 众盲摸象 [zhong4 mang2 mo1 xiang4] /multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture/to mistake the part for the whole/unable to see the wood for the trees/ 6348 1

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