数珠念佛 — Chinese idiom
数珠念佛
shǔ zhū niàn fó
Traditional: 數珠念佛
Meaning
- to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name
Character by character
- 数shǔcount, number, several
- 珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
- 念niànto think of, to recall; to study
- 佛fóBuddha; Buddhist
Idioms sharing a character
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 不计其数 bù jì qí shù
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 如数家珍 rú shǔ jiā zhēn
- 寥寥可数 liáo liáo kě shǔ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 心里有数 xīn lǐ yǒu shù
- 恒河沙数 Héng hé shā shù
- 擢发难数 zhuó fà nán shǔ
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