太虛

太虚
tàixū
  1. great emptiness
  2. the void
  3. heaven
  4. the skies
  5. universe
  6. cosmos
  7. original essence of the cosmos

CEDICT

  1. (literary) the void, cosmos, universe
  2. the void, cosmos, universe

Wiktionary

  1. 天空。《文選．孫綽．遊天台山賦》：「太虛遼廓而無閡，運自然之妙有。」也作「太清」、「泰清」。
  2. 空虛寂寞的境界。
  3. 近代一位僧人的法號（西元1889～1947）。俗姓呂，法名唯心，以字行世。浙江崇德人，十六歲出家，依寧波天童寺寄禪和尚受具足戒；後從楊文會學楞嚴經；跟蘇曼殊學英文，民國元年在南京創立中國佛教協進會以推動佛教改革運動。鑑於當時佛教不振，僧眾素質低落，先後創辦武昌佛學院、閩南佛學院、漢藏教理院等，培育僧材，對中國近代僧教育貢獻很大，為中國佛教改革派的領袖。著有整理《僧伽制度論》、《釋新僧》、《真現實論》等。有《太虛大師全書》行世。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

太虛 Tàixū Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)

Examples

洋子阿姨的身體太虛弱了而無法工作。

Aunt Yoko is too weak to work.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
2 虛 xū
  1. emptiness
  2. void
  3. abstract theory or guiding principles
  4. empty or unoccupied
  5. diffident or timid
  6. false
  7. humble or modest
  8. (of health) weak
  9. virtual
  10. in vain

Related entries

上蒼 shàngcāng heaven
天公 tiāngōng
  1. heaven
  2. lord of heaven
天界 tiānjiè heaven
旻 mín heaven
遠天 yuǎntiān
  1. heaven
  2. the distant sky
天堂 tiāntáng
  1. paradise
  2. heaven
瑪麗難以相信湯姆從來没有聽過《通往天堂的階梯》。

Mary couldn't believe that Tom had never listened to Stairway to Heaven.

Source: Tatoeba

霄 xiāo
  1. firmament
  2. heaven
堪 kān
  1. (bound form) may; can
  2. (bound form) to endure; to bear
  3. (in 堪輿 kānyú) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿 yú)
出师一表真名世，千载谁堪伯仲间！

The Memorial To The Emperor upon his campaign truly established his renown for all time; Who, in a thousand years, could stand shoulder to shoulder with it?

Source: Tatoeba

天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
天很冷。

It's cold.

Source: Tatoeba

天庭 tiāntíng
  1. middle of the forehead
  2. imperial court
  3. heaven
宇 yǔ
  1. room
  2. universe
冠宇那份報表你幫我看一下，我覺得數字怪怪的。

Can you check Kuan-yu's report for me? The numbers look off.

Source: Tatoeba

三千大千世界 sānqiāndàqiānshìjiè cosmos (Buddhism)
大千世界 dàqiānshìjiè
  1. great wide world
  2. marvelously diverse world
  3. (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界 sānqiāndàqiānshìjiè)
大千世界，无奇不有。

It's a big world out there, nothing is strange.

Source: Tatoeba