大圣

大聖
dàshèng
  1. great sage
  2. mahatma
  3. king
  4. emperor
  5. outstanding personage
  6. Buddha

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. (Buddhism) bodhisattva
  3. (literary) great sage; mahatma
  4. (literary) having special talent or magical power
  5. (literary) monarch; emperor
  6. Buddha
  7. Sun Wukong
  8. bodhisattva
  9. great sage; mahatma
  10. having special talent or magical power
  11. monarch; emperor

Wiktionary

  1. 出类拔萃，道全德备的人。
  2. 佛的尊号。
  3. 孙悟空。明吴承恩小说《西游记》中的人物。因其号为齐天大圣，故简称为「大圣」。

重編國語辭典

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)
=2 圣 shèng variant of 圣 shèng
=2 圣 shèng
  1. (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)
  2. (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc)
  3. (bound form) holy; sacred

Containing this entry

孙大圣 Sūndàshèng
  1. Great-Sage Sun
  2. Sun Wukong 孙悟空 Sūn Wùkōng
大圣爷 Dàshèngyé

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国王 guówáng king
国王光着呢！

The king is naked!

Source: Tatoeba

大王 dàwáng
  1. king
  2. magnate
  3. person having expert skill in something
天王 tiānwáng
  1. emperor
  2. god
  3. Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
  4. see also 洪秀全 Hóng Xiùquán
官家 guānjiā
  1. emperor
  2. government
  3. official
帝 dì emperor
普遍认为佛教公元六七年在东汉明帝的统治时先来中国。

It is generally believed that Buddhism first came to China in 67 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Source: Tatoeba

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