口訣

口诀
kǒujué
  1. mnemonic chant
  2. rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)

CEDICT

  1. (historical) kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)
  2. (religion) orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism
  3. kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)
  4. mnemonic chant; formula; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order, etc.)
  5. orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism

Wiktionary

  1. 容易背誦上口的祕訣。
  2. 佛、道二家傳授道法或祕術的要語。

重編國語辭典

  1. 佛教、道教傳授道法或法術的要語
  2. 容易背誦上口的語句
  3. 用於表示加注於漢文的朝鮮語助詞的漢字或符號

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 口 kǒu
  1. mouth
  2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls
2 訣 jué
  1. to bid farewell
  2. tricks of the trade
  3. pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣 on guerrilla warfare)