| 中元普渡 |
zhōng yuán pǔ dù |
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 中元 |
Zhōng yuán |
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased |
| 元 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 元 |
yuán |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon |
| 普 |
pǔ |
general / popular / everywhere / universal |
| 普渡 |
pǔ dù |
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering / (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡) |
| 渡 |
dù |
to cross / to pass through / to ferry |