Results, 馬の耳に念仏

馬の耳に念仏【うまのみみにねんぶつumanomimininenbutsu】

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏

Kanji definition:

馬
常用２年JLPTN3

バBA・うまuma・うま~uma ・まma

horse

Strokes:
10
Radical:
馬 horse
SKIP:
4-10-1
UTF:
99ac
JIS208:
39-47
Nanori:
たta・ばんban・めme・もmo
Hangul:
마 [ma]
Pinyin:
mǎ
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
馬【うまuma】
horse; / horse racing; / promoted bishop
出馬【しゅつばshutsuba】
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; / going on horseback; / going in person; / letting out a horse; taking out a horse
競馬【けいばkeiba】
horse racing
馬場【ばばbaba】
horse-riding ground
競馬場【けいばじょうkeibajou】
racecourse; race track
耳
常用１年JLPTN3

ジJI・みみmimi

ear

Strokes:
6
Radical:
耳 ear
SKIP:
4-6-1
UTF:
8033
JIS208:
28-10
Nanori:
がみgami
Hangul:
이 [i]
Pinyin:
ěr
Stroke order:
Example words:
耳【みみmimi】
ear; / hearing; / edge; crust; / selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
耳障り【みみざわりmimizawari】
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous
耳鼻科【じびかjibika】
otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
耳元【みみもとmimimoto】
close to the ear
耳より【みみよりmimiyori】
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
念
常用４年JLPTN3

ネンNEN

wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention

Strokes:
8
Radical:
心忄⺗ heart
SKIP:
2-4-4
UTF:
5ff5
JIS208:
39-16
Hangul:
념 [nyeom]
Pinyin:
niàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
記念【きねんkinen】
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
懸念【けねんkenen】
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
理念【りねんrinen】
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
残念【ざんねんzannen】
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
念頭【ねんとうnentou】
(on one's) mind; heed
仏
常用５年JLPTN2

ブツBUTSU・フツFUTSU・ほとけhotoke

Buddha; the dead; France

➜
佛
Strokes:
4
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
1-2-2
UTF:
4ecf
JIS208:
42-9
Hangul:
불 [bul]
Pinyin:
fó / fú
Stroke order:
Example words:
仏教【ぶっきょうbukkyou】
Buddhism
大仏【だいぶつdaibutsu】
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
仏像【ぶつぞうbutsuzou】
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
仏【ほとけhotoke】
Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image; / the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead
仏語【ふつごfutsugo】
French (language)

Kanji

馬

バBA・うまuma・うま~uma ・まma

horse

耳

ジJI・みみmimi

ear


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