Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- 恩典
- Transliteration
- jan1 din2
- Rejected alternatives
- 福氣, 有求必應式嘅恩典, 功德
Grace
CRITICAL: NEVER frame grace as 福氣 (fuk1 hei3, good fortune) obtained the way Hong Kong temple-goers seek it — most visibly at Wong Tai Sin Temple (黃大仙祠), famous for the saying 「有求必應」(‘whatever you ask, you shall receive’), a transactional vow-and-offering exchange with a deity. NEVER use 功德 (Buddhist earned merit). 恩典 is unearned favor given apart from any exchange, vow, or offering.
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