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小乘

Xiǎo shèng

2-character word

What 小乘 means

1. Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle
2. Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras
3. also pr. Xiǎo chéng

The characters in 小乘

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of

Sounds the same

Read Xiǎo shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 小胜(sports) to secure a narrow win; to edge out