如是我闻

Traditional form:

如是我聞

Pinyin (reading):

rúshìwǒwén

Definitions:

• so I have heard (idiom)
• the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)

Characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 我 - I, me, my; our, us
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known

Traditional characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 我 - I, me, my; our, us
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known