拜火教

Bàihuǒjiào
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zoroastrianism

Examples

HSK 6
Bàihuǒjiào qǐyuán yú gǔdài Bōsī.
Zoroastrianism originated in ancient Persia.
HSK 7-9
Yìndù zhìjīn hái yǒu yìxiē rén xìnyǎng Bàihuǒjiào.
Some people in India still follow Zoroastrianism today.

Tips

usage
A popular name, 'the fire-worshipping religion', after the sacred fire kept burning in its temples; the formal names are 祆教 and 琐罗亚斯德教. Its followers see fire as a symbol of purity rather than as a god.
mistakes
Not the same as 明教, the Chinese form of Manichaeism, though the two are often confused: both came from Persia and both honour light.

Stroke Order

拜 bài
火 huǒ
教 jiāo