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涅磐

niè pán

2-character word

What 涅磐 means

1. variant of {涅槃|niè pán}

The characters in 涅磐

• 涅niè(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock

Sounds the same

Read niè pán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅槃(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain)…

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