七花八裂 qī huā bā liè
qī huā bā liè
set phrase
seven pieces and eight cracks; scattered and smashed; falling to pieces
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in Koan 9 in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 61; FGDB '七花八裂'; T 2003, Scroll 1)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation