"Faith" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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信心 xìn xīn confidence / faith (in sb or sth) / CL:個|个[ge4]
信念 xìn niàn faith / belief / conviction
诚信 chéng xìn genuine / honest / in good faith / honesty / integrity
信赖 xìn lài to trust / to have confidence in / to have faith in / to rely on
流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
诚意 chéng yì sincerity / good faith
鼓起 gǔ qǐ to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
忠心 zhōng xīn good faith / devotion / loyalty / dedication
信服 xìn fú to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect
信义 xìn yì good faith / honor / trust and justice
精诚 jīng chéng sincerity / absolute good faith
南无 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) / Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
信条 xìn tiáo creed / article of faith
笃信 dǔ xìn to believe firmly / devout in one's faith
信教 xìn jiào religious belief / to practice a faith / to be religious
受持 shòu chí to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom) / to betray / treachery / perfidy
信 xìn letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
背信 bèi xìn to break faith
孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
三归依 sān guī yī the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha) / see also 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3]
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 / (for men), namely: piety 孝 / to one's parents, respect 悌 / to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 / to one's monarch, faith 信 / to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 / and efficiency in needlework 功
无信义 wú xìn yì in bad faith / false / perfidious
违信背约 wéi xìn bèi yuē in violation of contract and good faith
保持对联合国的信念  Keeping Faith with the United Nations
教义部  Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
充分诚信  full faith and credit
宗教间对话计划－信仰之路  Inter-religious Dialogue Programme - Roads of Faith
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