Dictionary › 衣钵

衣钵

yī bō

2-character word Traditional 衣缽

What 衣钵 means

1. the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism)
2. legacy
3. mantle

The characters in 衣钵

• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 钵bōsmall earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra

Words containing 衣钵

• 继承衣钵jì chéng yī bōto take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī bō correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.