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祭祀 to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
神佛 Shén Gods and Buddhas
许仲琳 Zhòng lín Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]
社稷 shè state / country / the Gods of earth and grain
神明 shén míng deities / gods
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
兰摧玉折 lán cuī zhé premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
普渡 (Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering / (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡[zhong1yuan2 pu3du4])
海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
修罗 xiū luó (Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
神谱 shén list of Gods and Immortals / pantheon
天心 tiān xīn center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
供养 gòng yǎng to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
上供 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
鬼斧神工 guǐ shén gōng supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
纸钱 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
神工鬼斧 shén gōng guǐ supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
kuì (literary) to make an offering to the gods / variant of 饋|馈[kui4]
封神榜 Fēng shén Bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc


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