阐 (闡) chǎn

  1. chǎn verb to explain; to clarify; to elucidate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阐明 (ABC 'chǎn' 阐, p. 91; CCD '阐'; FE '闡' 1; GHDC '阐' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 2, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16; NCCED '阐', p. 171; Unihan '闡')
  2. chǎn adjective clear; evident
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '闡' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1a, p. 40)
  3. chǎn verb to open
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 打开 (GHDC '阐' 1; Guoyu '闡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16)
  4. chǎn proper noun Chan
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Historic Place Name 古地名
    Notes: (GHDC '阐' 3)
  5. chǎn verb to augment; to develop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '闡' v 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 3, p. 40)
  6. chǎn verb explain; deśayati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deśayati, Japanese: sen (BCSD '闡', p. 1201; DJBT '闡', p. 423; Edgerton 1953 'deśayati', p. 272; MW 'diś'; SH '闡', p. 483)

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  • Scroll 10 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 27
  • Scroll 1 Si Shamen Xuan Zang Shang Biao Ji 寺沙門玄奘上表記 — count: 22
  • Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 12
  • Scroll 1 Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄 — count: 11
  • Scroll 17 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 10
  • Scroll 4 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 10
  • Scroll 10 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 8
  • Scroll 18 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 8

Collocations

  • 开阐 (開闡) 令心開闡 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 4 — count: 77
  • 一阐 (一闡) 一闡名信 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 26 — count: 14
  • 阐法教 (闡法教) 修治開闡法教業 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 53 — count: 13
  • 阐无相 (闡無相) 是故開闡無相空 — Ratnolkādhāraṇisūtra (Dafangguang Puxian Suo Shuo Jing) 大方廣總持寶光明經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 阐大乘 (闡大乘) 開闡大乘甘露法門 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 阐法藏 (闡法藏) 開闡法藏護諸賢聖 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 光阐 (光闡) 光闡心目 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 阐三摩地 (闡三摩地) 開闡三摩地 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 41 — count: 4
  • 阐法门 (闡法門) 開闡法門 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 广阐 (廣闡) 廣闡佛法 — Sutra on the Life of Śākyamuni (Zhong Benqi Jing) 中本起經, Scroll 2 — count: 3