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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- blessing ['blεsɪŋ]
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n
the act of invoking divine protection or aid
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2.
n
null brachah brocho
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3.
n
the words or ceremony used for this
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4.
n
a short prayer of thanksgiving before or after a meal; grace
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5.
n
[Judaism]
a short prayer prescribed for a specific occasion and beginning ``Blessed art thou, O Lord
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n
a section of the liturgy including a similar formula
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7.
n
approval; good wishes
- her father gave his blessing to the marriage
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8.
n
the bestowal of a divine gift or favour
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9.
n
a happy event or state of affairs
- a blessing in disguise
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1.
n
the act of invoking divine protection or aid
Examples
- it was a blessing in disguise
- 因祸得福 → blessing
- a mixed blessing
- 优劣参半 → blessing
- her father gave his blessing to the marriage → blessing
- a blessing in disguise → blessing
- 借你的吉言，这件事我干了!
- With your blessing I shall go ahead with it. → 吉言
- 塞翁失马，安知非福?
- Just like the old frontiersman losing his horse, who knows but that this may be a blessing in disguise? → 塞翁失马
- 百福并臻。
- May every blessing descend upon you! → 臻
- 真没想到这次我能当选委员, 真是捡洋落儿。
- It's amazing that I was elected a member of the committee, which is really a blessing for me. → 捡洋落儿
- 皇帝宠信幸臣实非万民之福。
- It is not a blessing for people if the Emperor dotes on his favorite courtiers. → 幸臣
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