The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kwan yin
Kwan yin \Kwan yin\, Kwan-yin \Kwan-yin\prop. n. (Buddhism) A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.
Syn: Kuan Yin.
Usage examples of "kwan yin".
Their names were foreign to her, Vishnu and Heimdal male, Kwan Yin and Isis female.
But once again quiet, he finds that the D'/fy is still in his head, that he has not succeeded in ejecting it, that it rests a private silver unobtrusive merciful presence within him, like a statue of Kwan Yin in a temple nook close.