"Mantra" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional

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口头禅	kǒu tóu chán	Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase
大悲咒	Dà bēi zhòu	the Great Compassion Mantra
诀	jué	to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣\|十六字诀 / on guerrilla warfare)
唵嘛咪叭呢哞	ǎn ma mī ba ní mōu	Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra / also written 唵嘛呢叭咪哞 / 唵嘛呢叭咪哞
唵嘛呢叭咪哞	ǎn ma ní bā mī mōu	Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra
六字真言	liù zì zhēn yán	the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
唵嘛呢叭咪吽	ǎn ma ní bā mī hōng	Om Mani Padme Hum (Sanskrit), or Om Mani Peme Hung (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra
十六字诀	shí liù zì jué	16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敵退我追\|敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat / when the enemy makes camp we harass / when the enemy is exhausted we fight / and when the enemy retreats we pursue