洪恩

hóng'ēn
noun #32,938

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

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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.
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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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