是非

Readings

Pinyin: shìfēi

Wade-Giles: shih-fei

Hangul: 시비

Korean MC: sibi

Korean MR: sibi

Katakana: ゼヒ

Hepburn: zehi

thị phi

yes and no

• Right and wrong; positive and negative. That which should be done, and that which shouldn’t. (Skt. kāryam akāryam, sthānâsthāna, nyāya) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
• To give too much weight to one side in an either-or situation. 〔華嚴孔目章〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
• To make the proper distinction between right and wrong. 〔灌頂經〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 670a

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 431

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 822c

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0600

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