烧香 (燒香) shāo xiāng

  1. shāo xiāng verb to burn incense
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '燒香'; Guoyu '燒香' 1)
  2. shāo xiāng verb to burn incense
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  3. shāo xiāng proper noun Head of Devotees’ Gathering
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept: Post 职事
    Notes: One of the Forty-Eight Positions in a Chan monastery (Welch 1967, p. 422)
  4. shāo xiāng noun aromatic powder; incense intended for burning; cūrṇa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: cūrṇa; for example in the 妙法蓮華經 “Lotus Sutra” (Braarvig 2020, ch. 10; Karashima 2001, pp. 330-331; Hurvitz 2009, p. 174; Kern tr. 1884, ch. 10; MW 'cūrṇa'; Vaidya 1960, p. 142; T 262, Scroll 4, 9.0030c07)
  5. shāo xiāng verb to burn incense; dhūpa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhūpa; or: dhūpana; Japanese: shōkō (DJBT 'shōkō', p. 318; FGDB '燒香'; MW 'dhūpana'; SH '燒香', p. 448)

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烧香拜佛平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚

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