上座 shàngzuò

  1. shàngzuò noun seat of honor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '上座'; Guoyu '上座' 1)
  2. shàngzuò phrase to sit down in a seat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '上座' 2)
  3. shàngzuò noun sthavira; elder
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sthavira, Pali: there, Japanese: jōza, Tibetan: gnas brtan; a title of respect for a senior monastic (BL 'sthavira', p. 858; FGDB '上座'; Powers 2007, p. 102)
  4. shàngzuò proper noun Sthavira; Elders
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: An early branch of Indian Buddhism (BL 'sthavira'; FGDB '上座'; Powers 2007, p. 102)

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