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大乘
Dà shèng
What 大乘 means
- Mahayana, the Great Vehicle
- Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond
- also pr. Dà chéng
The characters in 大乘
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
Sounds the same
Read Dà shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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