The four great vows.
四弘誓願
四 Pinyin: sì. Meaning: four.
弘 Pinyin: hóng. Meaning: expand, enlarge, great. Composition: 弓 + 厶 (“bow” + “mouth”).
誓願 Pinyin: shì-yuàn. Meaning: vow, pledge, oath. Composition: 誓 + 願 (“vow” + “wish/desire”)
Sentient beings are numberless, we vow to save them all.
眾生無邊誓願度
眾生 Pinyin: zhòng-shēng. Meaning: All living things. Composition: 眾 + 生 (“everything” + “born”)
無邊 Pinyin: wú-biān. Meaning: without limit. Composition: 無 + 邊 (“no” + “border/boundary”)
度 Pinyin: dù. Meaning: save/liberate.
Delusions are endless; we vow to cut through them all.
煩惱無盡誓願斷
煩惱 Pinyin: fán-nǎo. Meaning: kleśa; affliction. Composition: 煩 + 惱 (“unhappy/troublesome” + “unhappy/vexed”)
無盡 Pinyin: wú-jìn. Meaning: endless/inexhaustible. Composition: 無 + 盡 (“no” + “end/finish”)
斷 Pinyin: duàn. Meaning: cut off/sever/interrupt.
The teachings are infinite; we vow to learn them all.
法門無量誓願學
法門 Pinyin: fǎ-mén. Meaning (literal): Dharma gate. Composition: 法 + 門 (“Dharma” + “gate”)
無量 Pinyin: wú-liàng. Meaning: immeasurable. Composition: 無量 (“no” + “measure”)
學 Pinyin: xué. Meaning: learn
The Buddha Way is inconceivable; we vow to attain it.
佛道無上誓願成
佛道 Pinyin: fó-dào. Meaning (literally): Buddha Dao.
無上 Pinyin: wú-shàng. Meaning: highest/ultimate. Composition: 無 + 上 (“no” + “up/above/superior”)
成 Pinyin: chéng. Meaning: succeed/accomplish/attain
Here is a link to a helpful pdf provided by the Village Zendo of NYC with 13 different English translations and the original Chinese. (Note that this appears to be the “Japanese” version of the Chinese characters, and is slightly different from what is in this post): https://villagezendo.org/wp-content/pdfs/FourVowsVZ-ZCLA.pdf
And this page at the terebess website has a bunch more translations (at least 8 of which are not among the 13 found in the Village Zendo site linked to above): https://terebess.hu/zen/szoto/vows.html.
The above two links provide 21 different English language versions of the Four Great Vows, and I personally know of at least six other versions that are not on either of those lists.
Here is a video for the song 無盡 (“Endless”) by the Hong Kong “Cantopop” band “Supper Moment”: