徘徊 páihuái

páihuái verb to dither; to hesitate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This is an example of a rhyming semi-reduplicate in Literary Chinese (Norman 1988p. 87).

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徘徊于桂椒之间

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 2 Fo Suo Xing Zan (Buddhacarita) 佛所行讚 — count: 3
  • Scroll 30 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經 — count: 3
  • Scroll 10 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 52 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 4 Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 2 Guang Qingliang Chuan 廣清涼傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 18 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 徘徊骚扰 (徘徊騷擾) 皆於空中徘徊騷擾 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 空中徘徊 (空中徘徊) 皆於空中徘徊騷擾 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 徘徊久之 (徘徊久之) 徘徊久之俱捨而去 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 中徘徊 (中徘徊) 須臾之頃便踊身空中徘徊而去 — Wu Men Chan Jing Yao Yongfa 五門禪經要用法, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 徘徊顾 (徘徊顧) 徘徊顧慕 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 2
  • 徘徊虚空 (徘徊虛空) 徘徊虛空 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 4 — count: 2
  • 徘徊空 (徘徊空) 徘徊空 — Mahāsahasrapramardanasūtra (Fo Shuo Shouhu Da Qian Guotu Jing) 佛說守護大千國土經, Scroll 3 — count: 2
  • 踟蹰徘徊 (踟躕徘徊) 踟蹰徘徊 — Fo Shuo Lu Mu Jing 佛說鹿母經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 徘徊恨 (徘徊恨) 徘徊恨 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 3 — count: 2
  • 徘徊路 (徘徊路) 徘徊路側 — Guoqu Xianzai Yinguo Jing (Sūtra on Past and Present Causes and Effects) 過去現在因果經, Scroll 3 — count: 2