坐禅(zuò chán): to sit in meditation
2 charactersTrad. 坐禪
to sit in meditation
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zuò chán
- Meaning
- to sit in meditation; to meditate
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 坐禪
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 坐禅 — tap one to open its word page.
zuò坐xià下
HSK 1to sit down
chéng乘zuò坐
HSK 5to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
yǎng仰wò卧qǐ起zuò坐
sit-up (physical exercise)
zuò坐bù不chuí垂táng堂
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep …
zuò坐jǐng井guān观tiān天
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
zuò坐xiǎng享qí其chéng成
to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
zuò坐yǐ以dài待bì毙
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
zuò坐biàn便qì器
pedestal type WC
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