RELIGION · 296 WORDS
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- 玉帝yù dì· the Jade Emperor
- 赞美诗(讚美詩)zàn měi shī· (Christianity) hymn; psalm
- 阴魂不散(陰魂不散)yīn hún bù sàn· lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)
- 巫wū· witch
- 修罗(修羅)xiū luó· (Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
- 祭奠jì diàn· to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)
- 转生(轉生)zhuǎn shēng· reincarnation (Buddhism)
- 灵验(靈驗)líng yàn· efficacious
- 圣像(聖像)shèng xiàng· (old) image of Confucius
- 罗汉(羅漢)luó hàn· (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4])
- 海神hǎi shén· Emperor of the Sea
- 做礼拜(做禮拜)zuò lǐ bài· to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
- 天主教会(天主教會)Tiān zhǔ Jiào huì· the Catholic Church
- 南无(南無)nā mó· Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit)
- 尼姑ní gū· Buddhist nun
- 鬼神guǐ shén· supernatural beings
- 祏shí· stone shrine
- 真神zhēn shén· the True God
- 教主jiào zhǔ· founder or leader of a religion or sect
- 耶稣会(耶穌會)Yē sū huì· The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
- 庙宇(廟宇)miào yǔ· temple
- 教廷Jiào tíng· the Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See
- 神学(神學)shén xué· theological
- 放生fàng shēng· to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
- 佛教徒Fó jiào tú· Buddhist
- 出家chū jiā· to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
- 古兰经(古蘭經)Gǔ lán jīng· the Koran
- 黄泉(黃泉)Huáng quán· the Yellow Springs
- 因果报应(因果報應)yīn guǒ bào yìng· (Buddhism) retribution
- 梵Fàn· abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism
- 图腾(圖騰)tú téng· totem (loanword)
- 神职人员(神職人員)shén zhí rén yuán· clergy
- 原罪yuán zuì· original sin
- 魂魄hún pò· soul
- 道士dào shì· Daoist priest
- 阴间(陰間)yīn jiān· the nether world
- 仙人xiān rén· Daoist immortal
- 神谕(神諭)shén yù· oracle
- 观音(觀音)Guān yīn· Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
- 清教徒qīng jiào tú· Puritan
- 下凡xià fán· (of immortals) to descend to the human world
- 吠陀fèi tuó· Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)
- 东正教(東正教)Dōng zhèng jiào· Eastern Orthodox Church
- 杀生(殺生)shā shēng· to take the life of a living creature
- 礼拜堂(禮拜堂)lǐ bài táng· chapel
- 方丈fāng zhang· square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
- 上西天shàng xī tiān· (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise
- 衹qí· robe of a Buddhist monk or nun
- 异教(異教)yì jiào· heresy
- 皈依guī yī· to convert to (a religion)