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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]
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[zhong1 yuan2 pu3 du4])
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
社稷 shè state / country / the Gods of earth and grain
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
神明 shén míng deities / gods


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