如是 (rúshì) · thus; like this; in this way

如是我闻 'thus have I heard' opens the Buddhist sutras: the words of the disciple Ananda, who heard the Buddha preach and recited his sermons from memory.

In Pop Culture

柳如是 Liǔ Rúshì

Liu Rushi

Late-Ming poet and courtesan, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. She took her name from 辛弃疾's line 料青山见我应如是.

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Related Words

如是说 rúshìshuō #29,961

thus spoke / so said / as it is written

如此这般 rúcǐ zhèbān #23,793

thus and so / in such a way / like this and like that / such and such

逝者如斯夫 shì zhě rú sī fú

time flows on like this / what passes is like this (flowing water) / thus does all pass away

如同 rútóng HSK 5 #3,858

like; as; as if

如 rú HSK 5 #577

as; like; such as / if; supposing

如此 rúcǐ HSK 5 #415

like this; so; such / to this extent

如何 rúhé HSK 5 #330

how; what way / what about; how about

风展红旗如画 fēng zhǎn hóngqí rú huà

the wind unfurls the red banners - a scene like a painting / (fig.) a rousing, picturesque image of revolutionary army / victory / (lit.) wind - unfurl - red - banner - like - painting

气吞万里如虎 qì tūn wàn lǐ rú hǔ

with a spirit to swallow ten thousand li, like a tiger / (fig.) of heroic, sweeping martial momentum / (lit.) spirit swallow ten-thousand-li like tiger

象是 xiàngshì #3,781

to seem like / to look as if / to appear to be