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ben3 zun1
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)/the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar/(of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, fen¹ shen¹)/(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article/the real McCoy/the man himself/the woman herself/the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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ben3
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)/the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar/(of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身 [fen1 shen1])/(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article/the real McCoy/the man himself/the woman herself/the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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zun1
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)/the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar/(of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身 [fen1 shen1])/(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article/the real McCoy/the man himself/the woman herself/the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)