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慈悲为本

cí bēi wéi běn

4-character word Traditional 慈悲為本

What 慈悲为本 means

1. mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion

The characters in 慈悲为本

• 慈cícompassionate; gentle; merciful
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this