大乘

Dàshèng
  1. Mahayana, the Great Vehicle
  2. Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond
  3. also pr. Dàchéng

CEDICT

Homographs

大乘 Dàchéng

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 乘 shèng
  1. (archaic) four horse military chariot
  2. (archaic) four
  3. generic term for history books

Containing this entry

大乘佛教 Dàchéng Fójiào