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众生

zhòng shēng

2-character word Traditional 眾生

What 众生 means

1. all living things

The characters in 众生

• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 佛堂前面的一个牌子上写着：“注意脚下众生。”
  In front of the Buddhist Hall, a sign says: "Beware of all the life under your steps."

Words containing 众生

• 芸芸众生yún yún zhòng shēngevery living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
• 普度众生pǔ dù zhòng shēng(Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
• 普济众生pǔ jì zhòng shēnguniversal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy