醍醐灌頂

Chinese

		clarified butter; ghee; the essence of Buddhism	to anoint someone on the head
trad. (醍醐灌頂)		醍醐	灌頂
simp. (醍醐灌顶)		醍醐	灌顶
Literally: “to anoint one's head with ghee”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíhúguàndǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíhúguàndǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíhúguàndǐng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hu²-kuan⁴-ting³
    • Yale: tí-hú-gwàn-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwuguanndiing
    • Palladius: тихугуаньдин (tixuguanʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵ ku̯än⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
    • Yale: tàih wùh gun díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ wu⁴ gun³ ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹ kuːn³³ tɪŋ³⁵/

Idiom

醍醐灌頂

1. (Buddhism) to enlighten someone with wisdom for achieving nirvana
2. (figurative) to inspire someone with insightful words