非 fēi

1. fēi adverb not; non-; un-
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 不; the pattern 非…不… is a pattern of double negation commonly used to emphasize a point (Guoyu '非' adv)
2. fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. fēi adjective wrong; bad; untruthful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1)
4. fēi adjective different
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2)
5. fēi verb to not be; to not have
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Negative copula used in noun predication in literary Chinese, in the sense of 不是 (Guoyu '非' v 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 106). For example, 非我也，歲也。'It is not owing to me; it is owing to the year.' (Mengzi 1.3/2/8, translation by Legge)
6. fēi verb to violate; to be contrary to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反对 (Guoyu '非' v 2)
7. fēi proper noun Africa
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2)
8. fēi verb to slander
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2)
9. fěi verb to avoid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi)
10. fēi verb must
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense.
11. fēi noun an error
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1)
12. fēi noun a problem; a question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense.
13. fēi noun evil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1)
14. fēi preposition besides; except; unless
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Synonymous with 除了 in this sense. 非 in this sense acts in a subordinating function in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 154).
15. fēi adverb not
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: na, Japanese: hi (BCSD '非', p. 1245; MW 'na'; SH '非', p. 295; Unihan '非')

Contained in

• 两岸降伏「非典」国泰民安世界和平祈福大法会(兩岸降伏「非典」國泰民安世界和平祈福大法會) Cross-Strait Eradication of Sars: A Blessing for Human Well-being And World Peace Dharma Service
• 四大皆空示现有 五蕴和合亦非真(四大皆空示現有 五蘊和合亦非真) The empty nature of the Four Elements manifests in existence; The incorporation of the Five Aggregates is not real either.
• 法身非相 the body of the Dharma has no appearance
• 非想非非想处天(非想非非想處天) Naiva-samjnanasamjnayatana Heaven; Naiva-sajjnanasajjnayatana; The Heaven of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought
• 无人无我观自在 非空非有见如来(無人無我觀自在 非空非有見如來) No others, no self, a state of perfect ease; No emptiness, no existence, a realization of the Buddha.
• 非量 mistaken understanding
• 诸佛妙理非关文字(諸佛妙理非關文字) the wonderful teachings of the Buddhas do not rely on written words
• 非行非坐三昧 Non-Walking and Non-Sitting Samadhi; non-walking, non-sitting samadhi
• 时非时经(時非時經) Sūtra on Proper and Improper Times; Shi Feishi Jing
• 悟彻我身原是梦 谁知此境亦非真(悟徹我身原是夢 誰知此境亦非真) Awaken to the fact that this body is but a dream; Who is to know that nothing now is real either.
• 万籁无声心自息 一身非我物同春(萬籟無聲心自息 一身非我物同春) Peaceful minds: silence reigns supreme; Springful joy: A body lacking in self.
• 福德非颠倒(福德非顛倒) merit and blessings are not illusory
• 非真色 not truly form
• 非微尘(非微塵) non-particle
• 约心为是非(約心為是非) true and false are relative in one's mind
• 非非想 neither perceiving nor not perceiving
• 说来有法原无法 参透非空却是空(說來有法原無法 參透非空卻是空) Speaking of seemingly Dharma, Dharma never was at all; Dwelling into the non-empty, Emptiness it actually is.
• 非人 a non-human ; a disabled person ; inhuman ; an unsuitable person ; a non-human; amanusya
• 见深见浅由他去 谁是谁非有公平(見深見淺由他去 誰是誰非有公平) All is a matter of opinion; Fairness will eventually be.
• 非人今当舍是人去(非人今當捨是人去) let that ghost depart!

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• Scroll 25 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 898
• Scroll 93 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 844 , has parallel version
• Scroll 595 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 842 , has parallel version
• Scroll 92 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 840 , has parallel version
• Scroll 292 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 810 , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 806
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 703
• Scroll 72 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 624 , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 617
• Scroll 21 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 559