甘露

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Chinese

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sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
to show; to reveal; to expose
to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
 
trad. (甘露)
simp. #(甘露)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, immortal). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).

Noun

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甘露

  1. (Buddhism) amrita
  2. (mythology) immortality potion
  3. sweet dew
  4. honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (甘露):

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.

Proper noun

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甘露

  1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S

Grade: S
on'yomi kan'on

Noun

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(かん)() (kanro

  1. (Hindu mythology) amrita
  2. (Buddhism, figurative) (by extension) Buddha's teachings
  3. (Chinese mythology) a heaven-bestowed elixir of immortality
  4. something sweet; a sweetness
  5. honeydew, nectar
  6. high-grade sencha
  7. Clipping of 甘露種 (kanroshu, a kind of sweet wine)
  8. Clipping of 甘露水 (kanrosui, sweetened water)