土菩薩過江
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and charitable person | to cross a river | ||
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trad. (土菩薩過江) | 土 | 菩薩 | 過江 | |
simp. (土菩萨过江) | 土 | 菩萨 | 过江 | |
Literally: “an earthen bodhisattva statue crosses a river (― unable to even protect oneself)”. |
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土菩薩過江