洪恩

hóng'ēn
noun #32,938

Meanings

  1. 1 great kindness
  2. 2 boundless grace
  3. 3 magnanimous favor

Examples

HSK 3
Gǎnxiè bìxià de hóng'ēn.
Thank you, Your Majesty, for your boundless grace.
HSK 5
Fùmǔ de hóng'ēn, wǒmen zhōngshēn nán bào.
We can hardly repay our parents' immense kindness in a lifetime.

Tips

register
Literary and ceremonial. (vast, like a flood) intensifies (kindness/favor) - 'flood-like grace.' Most common in historical drama dialogue addressed to emperors and benefactors, in Buddhist contexts (the Buddha's 洪恩), and in formal acknowledgments of parents' love.
memory
Also a common Chinese given name. The educational software brand 洪恩 (Hong'en, founded 1996) is one of the most recognized children's-learning brands in mainland China - many adults learned English on 洪恩 CD-ROMs as kids.

Stroke Order

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