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Nope, it's "the Buddha".

• jhbadger 4y ago
  Technically, Chinese doesn't have words for "a" or "the". It's only in English and other Western languages that the distinction makes sense.
  • thaumasiotes 4y ago
    The distinction makes sense everywhere, but it's not tracked in Chinese (as in many other languages). It's still possible to look at a Chinese text and determine accurately whether an English translation should mark definiteness or indefiniteness on particular nouns. That wouldn't be possible if the distinction didn't make sense.