SUPERNATURAL  神聖

OBSCURE, NOT ORDINARY, AND BELIEVED TO HAVE BIG POWER, AND which one CAN NOT PERCEIVE.
SUPERNATURALPARANORMALPSYCHICMAGICMAGICALOCCULTMYSTICMYSTICALSUPERHUMANSUPERNORMALRARE EXTRAMUNDANE
Antonym
  • ORDINARYCOMMON AND INFERIOR to what is EXCELLENT.
    Hypernym
    • OBSCUREDARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of.
      • DARKCOLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS.
        • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
          • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES....
    Hyponym
    • SACRED　SUPERNATURAL in ORIGIN AND THEREFORE OF DIVINE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY AND POWER.
    • APOTHEOSIS　BECOME SUPERNATURAL
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The general and very common term referring to whatever is supernatural or divine in any way, and thus superior to what is ordinarily human or natural, is shén 神.

      2. Líng 靈 tends to refer specifically to the supernatural efficiency and divine dynamics inherent in something or someone, and insofar as these interfere in human affairs.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      超人的

      神聖的

      靈

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      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • Semantica del Griego Antiguo ( HERNANDEZ 2000) p. 45n190

      • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1529

        TRANSCENDANCE, TRANSCENDANT

      • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 10.670

        SUPRANATURAL

      Words

      靈  líng OC: reeŋ MC: leŋ 62 AttributionsWD

      Líng 靈 tends to refer specifically to the supernatural efficiency and divine dynamics inherent in something or someone, and insofar as these interfere in human affairs.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 神/SUPERNATURAL The general and very common term referring to whatever is supernatural or divine in any way, and thus superior to what is ordinarily human or natural, is shén 神.

        Syntactic words
      • nab.post-V{NUM}metaphysicaldivine sphere(s)
      • nabmetaphysicalmagical effectiveness, supernatural efficiency; divine influence; divinely aided succour
      • vadNendowed with supernatural efficacy; endowed with supernatural dignity
      • vadVwith supernatural efficacy
      • viactbe magically efficatious, be supernaturally efficacious; show one's supernatural talents and effectiveness
      • vtoNpassivebe regarded as magically/supernaturally efficacious
      神  shén OC: ɢljin MC: ʑin 53 AttributionsWD

      The general and very common term referring to whatever is supernatural or divine in any way, and thus superior to what is ordinarily human or natural, is shén 神.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 器/VESSEL The general word for vessels of any kind is qì 器.
      • Epithet: 聖/WISE Shèng 聖 (ant. yōng 庸 "mediocre") refers to supreme sagehood and perfection of character.
      • Contrast: 怪/STRANGE The current general word for things strange is guài 怪 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") .
      • Assoc: 仙 / 仙/DEITY Xiān 仙 refers to ethereal divinised creatures of any kind, typically to those who have attained an eternal life on earth, and it is striking that the word gained currency first in Eastern Han times, and that the word is very common in the verbal meaning "become an immortal", whereas guǐ 鬼 is very rarely so used.
      • Assoc: 靈/SUPERNATURAL Líng 靈 tends to refer specifically to the supernatural efficiency and divine dynamics inherent in something or someone, and insofar as these interfere in human affairs.

        Syntactic words
      • nabsupernatural power, supernatural efficiency (mostly so in XUN as a technical term)LZ
      • nabstativethe status of divinity
      • v[adN]person possessed of supernatural talents
      • vadNdivine, superhuman; numinous; divinely efficient; of divine powers; divinely inspired
      • vadNfigurativeholy
      • vibe supernatural, divine, numinous; divinely efficient; be possessed of supernatural powers; occasionally used in a derived transitive sense
      • viactshow one's divine efficacy in action
      • vtoNcausativemake into something spiritual
      • vtoNcausativecause (oneself) to become supernaturally endowed
      • vtoNcausativemake yourself appear supernaturally endowedCH
      • vtoNgradedbe more supernaturally effective than
      • vtoNpassivebe recognised as being endowed with supernatural abilities or featuresCH
      • vtoNreflexive.自make oneself appear supernaturally endowedCH
      不可思議  bù kě sī yì OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ snɯ ŋrals MC: pi̯ut khɑ sɨ ŋiɛ 8 AttributionsWD
      • 佛經詞語匯釋 Fójīng cíyǔ huìshì The Translation of the Vocabulary of Buddhist Sūtras ( LI WEIQI 2004) p. 29-31

      • 佛經詞語的構造與漢語詞匯的發展 Fójīng cíyǔ de gòuzào yǔ hànyǔ cíhuì de fāzhǎn The Formation/Stucture of Buddhist Terms and the Development of the Chinese Vocabulary ( LIANG XIAOHONG 1994) p. 94-95

        Syntactic words
      • NPabeventremarkable event
      • VPadNbuddhistBUDDH: inconveivable > COLL remarkable, incredible
      • VPibuddhistBUDDH: SANSKRIT acintya 'be inconceivable; unexpressable [qualities of the dharma, truth, etc.]'
      • {VP...}buddhistBUDDH: This is a an originally specialist Buddhist term having become part of the colloquial language: SANSKRIT acintya 'inconceivable; unexpressable [qualities of the dharma, truth, etc.]' > COLL. 'incredible! [expressing astonishment]'
      無相  wú xiàng OC: ma sqaŋs MC: mi̯o si̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadNnot of this world, not mundanely linked to appearances
      玉  yù OC: ŋɡoɡ MC: ŋi̯ok 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadNdivine; heavenly; jade-like

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