一佛出世，二佛涅槃

一佛出世，二佛涅槃

Chinese

				two	Buddha; Buddhism	nirvana
simp. and trad. (一佛出世，二佛涅槃)		一佛出世	，	二	佛	涅槃
alternative forms		一佛出世，二佛生天 一佛出世，二佛升天 一佛出世，九族升天 一佛出世，二佛涅盤／一佛出世，二佛涅盘
Literally: “one buddha attains liberation from samsara and two buddhas achieve nirvana”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfóchūshì, èrfónièpán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄛˊ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ, ㄦˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fat⁶ ceot¹ sai³, ji⁶ fat⁶ nip⁶ pun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīfóchūshì, èrfónièpán [Phonetic: yìfóchūshì, èrfónièpán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄛˊ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ, ㄦˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄆㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iforchushyh, ellforniehparn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifóchushìh, èrfónièpán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fwɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ fwɔ³⁵ njɛ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ fat⁶ ceot¹ sai³, ji⁶ fat⁶ nip⁶ pun⁴
    • Yale: yāt faht chēut sai, yih faht nihp pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fat⁹ tsoet⁷ sai³, ji⁶ fat⁹ nip⁹ pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fed⁶ cêd¹ sei³, yi⁶ fed⁶ nib⁶ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fɐt̚² t͡ʃʰɵt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³ jiː²² fɐt̚² niːp̚² pʰuːn²¹/

Idiom

一佛出世，二佛涅槃

1. (figuratively, humorous) to be (beaten to) within an inch of one's life; to feel extremely painful

Synonyms

• 死去活來／死去活来