běn zūn

  1. (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)
  2. the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
  3. (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1])
  4. (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
  5. the real McCoy
  6. the man himself
  7. the woman herself
  8. the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)