不肖

Readings

Pinyin: bùxiào

Wade-Giles: pu-hsiao

Hangul: 불초

Korean MC: bulcho

Korean MR: pulch'o

Katakana: フショウ

Hepburn: fushō

does not reject

• Does not squelch; does not get rid of. In the Hyeonjeong non, even if a child is stupid, its parents do not reject, but instead love it all the more. 〔顯正論 HBJ 7.219b11〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• Unfilial. To be unfair to a person. To be unlike a father. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, LinYutang]
• Foolish; lacking ability (Skt. hīna-prākṛta). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Gakken, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 136

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1163d

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0043

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