layman(mén wài hàn)

layman

Layman is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is m é NW à IH à n, which means layman who has just started.

explain

Refers to the layman.

Historical records

Su Dongpo, a famous poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "sudonglinji" when he visited Chang Zong Zen master of Donglin Buddhist temple in Jiangzhou, because he understood the Zen theory: "the sound of the stream is the broad tongue, and the mountain scenery is not pure body. How can we lift up like a person in the future when there are 84000 verses at night?" According to the records of the Song Dynasty's Puji's wudenghuiyuan: "master Zhengwu paid a visit to the Buddhist monk yunyun, who was the protector of the state. He spoke at night for several times. His master judongpo's sudonglinji also said," it's not easy to come here. ". Nunnery said: we haven't seen the path yet. What can we say? He said: just as he said: the sound of the stream is a wide tongue, and the scenery of the mountain is not pure. If not, how can we get the news? An said, "it's a layman's ear.". In this passage, the master of enlightenment visited Zen master Anyun. During the conversation at night, he took Su Dongpo's su Donglin Po as an example, believing that Su Dongpo had deep Buddhist attainments, while Anyun believed that Su Dongpo had not yet found a path and that he was a layman.

Word information

Idiom spelling MWh idiom phonetic notation ㄇㄣㄨㄞㄞㄏㄢㄢ degree of common use emotional color neutral idiom idiom usage is more formal; as object; refers to layman idiom structure is more formal generation time of ancient idiom idiom example: Zhu Ziqing's trace of Wenzhou: "but my paintings in China and the West are laymen, what I say can't help but be laughed by experts." Layman, English translator, layman, Japanese translator, layman, plain person, Russian Translator

Chinese PinYin : mén wài hàn