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Simplified涅槃
Traditional涅槃
Pinyinniè pán
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涅槃
niè pán · (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
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