色即是空，空即是色

Chinese

		color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	be; yes; this	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	be; yes; this	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (色即是空，空即是色)		色	即	是	空	，	空	即	是	色
variant forms		色則是空，空則是色／色则是空，空则是色色即是空空即是色

From the Heart Sutra.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zik¹ si⁶ hung¹, hung¹ zik¹ si⁶ sik¹

色即是空，空即是色

(Buddhism) Form is precisely emptiness and emptiness precisely form.
(reinterpretation of the phrase, humorous) Lust is void, and void is lust. / Lust is nothing worthy of your pursuit. (often as an admonishment)

Sino-Xenic (色即是空，空即是色):

→ Japanese: 色 (しき)即 (そく)是 (ぜ)空 (くう)、空 (くう)即 (そく)是 (ぜ)色 (しき) (shiki soku ze kū, kū soku ze shiki)
→ Korean: 색즉시공 공즉시색 (色卽是空空卽是色, saekjeuksigong gongjeuksisaek)
→ Vietnamese: sắc tức thị không, không tức thị sắc (色即是空，空即是色)

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