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真言

zhēn yán

2-character word

What 真言 means

1. true statement
2. incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀罗尼)

The characters in 真言

• 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Words starting with 真言

• 真言宗Zhēn yán zōngShingon Buddhism

Words containing 真言

• 酒后吐真言jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yánafter wine, spit out the truth; in vino veritas
• 六字真言liù zì zhēn yánthe six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)

Sounds the same

Read zhēn yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 箴言admonition; exhortation; dictum

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