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三宝

sānbǎo

the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching)…

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 三宝 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 三宝 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

啊呀,马路三宝!a ya, mǎ lù sān bǎo!

No published English translation for this sentence.

东北有三宝,过去是人参、貂皮、乌拉草,现在乌拉草变成了鹿茸。dōng běi yǒu sān bǎo, guò qù shì rén shēn、 diāo pí、 wū la cǎo, xiàn zài wū la cǎo biàn chéng le lù rōng。

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 三宝.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 三宝.

Directly before

  • 马路三宝1
  • 有三宝1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 三宝

What does 三宝 mean in Chinese?

三宝 (sānbǎo) means the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching)….

How do you pronounce 三宝?

三宝 is pronounced sānbǎo.

Is 三宝 an HSK word?

三宝 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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