本尊
běn zūn
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Definitions
- 1. (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)
- 2. the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
- 3. (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fēn shēn])
- 4. (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
- 5. the real McCoy
- 6. the man himself
- 7. the woman herself
- 8. the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)