忏 (懺) chàn

  1. chàn verb to feel remorse; to regret
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '懺' v; Mathews 1931 '懺', p. 18; Unihan '懺')
  2. chàn verb to repent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '懺', p. 40; Mathews 1931 '懺', p. 18; Unihan '懺')
  3. chàn noun a ritual for confessing sins
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially in Buddhism (Guoyu '懺' n; Mathews 1931 '懺', p. 18)
  4. chàn verb repentance
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kṣamayati, Japanese: san, or: sen (BCSD '懺', p. 482; DJBT '懺', p. 423; Kroll 2015 '懺', p. 40; MW 'kṣamā'; SH '懺', p. 478)

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