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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「不生不滅」 below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「不生不滅」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

A Buddhist term that holds that the Dharma of Buddhism is without birth, death, or change. It is another name for “eternal”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù shēng bù miè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 saang1/sang1 bat1 mit6

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