慈悲为本 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 慈悲為本 cíbēiwéiběn ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion Character by character 慈(cí)compassionate 悲(bēi)sad 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 本(běn)root A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0