掠虚头汉 (掠虛頭漢) lüè xū tóu hàn

lüè xū tóu hàn set phrase a cheat; a phony
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 10 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 63; Ding '掠虛頭漢'; FGDB '掠虛頭漢'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 道掠虚头汉 (道掠虛頭漢) 惹得睦州道掠虛頭漢 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2