Kuan Yin
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Kuan Yin
from Chinese: one who hears the sounds of the world
Example Sentences
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A $10,000 wooden figurine of Kuan Yin, a Chinese goddess of mercy, was decapitated and a $35,000 sable coat so saturated with smoke that Marcus deemed it uncleanable.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Buddhist goddess Kuan Yin, he explains, had many of the same virtues that Christians revere in the Madonna: purity, motherhood and the understanding of sorrows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indo-Chinese versions of the Madonna were apt to resemble the Buddhist goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was this dragon who had devoured Hsüan Chuang’s horse, and Kuan Yin now bade him change himself into a horse of the same colour to carry the priest to his destination.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Kuan Yin may take the form of a Buddha, a prince, a priest, a nun, a scholar, any form or shape, go to any kingdom, and preach the law throughout the earth.”
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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