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成 chéng

chéng verb to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to succeed; to perfect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 君子去仁，惡乎成名？ 'If a superior man [junzi] abandon virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; CCD 1 '成' 1; Guoyu '成' v 1; Kroll 2015 '成' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '成', p. 48; Unihan '成'; XHZD '成' 1)
chéng measure word one tenth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 2 '成'; Guoyu '成' n 1; XHZD '成' 9)
chéng verb to become; to turn into
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 成为; for example, 把猫说成虎 'to describe a cat [to become] as a tiger' [to exaggerate] (CCD 1 '成' 3; Guoyu '成' v 2; Suyu, p. 15; XHZD '成' 3)
chéng verb to grow up; to ripen; to mature
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 生长 (CCD 1 '成' 5; Guoyu '成' v 4; XHZD '成' 2)
chéng verb to set up; to establish; to develop; to form
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 3, p. 48)
chéng noun a full measure of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '成' n 3; Kroll 2015 '成' 1b, p. 48)
chéng verb whole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 完整 (Guoyu '成' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '成' 2, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '成', p. 49)
chéng adjective set; established
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 6; Guoyu '成' adj 2; XHZD '成' 8)
chéng adjective to reache a certain degree; to amount to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 达到 (CCD 1 '成' 7; Guoyu '成' v 3; Kroll 2015 '成' 5, p. 48; XHZD '成' 7)
chéng adjective to reconcile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 4, p. 48)
chéng adverb alright; OK
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In spoken Chinese, in the sense of 可以 or 行 (CCD 1 '成' 8; Guoyu '成' v 5; XHZD '成' 5)
chéng measure word an area of ten square miles
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '成' n 2; Kroll 2015 '成' 6, p. 49)
chéng verb to resmble; to be similar to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '成' 7, p. 49)
chéng adjective composed of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 成分 ingredient (Guoyu '成' adj 3)
chéng noun a result; a harvest; an achievement
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 成果 or 成就 (CCD 1 '成' 4; XHZD '成' 4)
chéng adjective capable; able; accomplished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 9; Kroll 2015 '成' 1c, p. 48; XHZD '成' 6)
chéng verb to help somebody achieve something
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 成全 (CCD 1 '成' 2)
chéng proper noun Cheng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD 1 '成' 10; Guoyu '成' n 4)
chéng verb Become
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
chéng verb becoming; bhāva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāva, or: nirhāra, Japanese: sei, or: jou, Tibetan: sgrub pa (BCSD '成', p. 514; Mahāvyutpatti 'nirhāra'; MW 'bhāva'; SH '成', p. 237; Unihan '成')

Contained in

铁杵成针(鐵杵成針) An Iron Pestle Can Be Ground Down to a Needle
两俱不成过(兩俱不成過) the error related to something not established by both parties
世界成就 The Formation of the Worlds
人成佛成 Buddhahood Is Attained Upon the Attainment of a Perfected Character
心净土净　人成佛成(心淨土淨　人成佛成) A Pure Mind Makes Everything Just as Pure; Buddhahood Is Attained When Human Characters Are Perfected
佛光青年干部成长营(佛光青年幹部成長營) Buddha's Light Young Adult Executive Growth And Development Camp
破铜烂铁也能成钢(破銅爛鐵也能成鋼) Even scrap metal can be turned into steel.
如意宝珠转轮秘密现身成佛金轮呪王经(如意寶珠轉輪祕密現身成佛金輪呪王經) Mani Jewel Wheel Secret Body to Attain Enlightenment Gold Wheel Mantra Sutra; Ruyi Bao Zhu Zhuanlun Mimi Xianshen Cheng Fo Jin Lun Zhou Wang Jing
成人之美　我心安然 Assist Others in Fulfilling Their Goals; My Mind Is Peaceful and at Ease
世间成就(世間成就) worldly accomplishments

Also contained in

成安县、文成公主、收成、可变成本、成活率、荣成、玉成、不成体统、阶级成分、屈打成招、没有规矩，何以成方圆、习以成性、集成电路、波澜老成、成纪、成败利钝、功败垂成、成辞、成人向、不赞成、成造、一气呵成、达成协议、成语典故、成武县、周成王、切成、匠成、成圣、成则为王，败则为寇、成约、成城、修炼成仙、成天、盐成土、不成章、成绩单、功能性磁共振成像、制成品、成名、磁共振成像

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 389
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 307
Scroll 1 Commentary on Nyāyamukha 因明入正理論疏 — count: 213
Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 211
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 199
Scroll 2 Commentary on Nyāyamukha 因明入正理論疏 — count: 197
Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 189
Scroll 1 Dispeller of Objections; Vigrahavyāvartanī 迴諍論 — count: 188 , has English translation
Scroll 7 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 183
Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 172

Collocations

七宝成 (七寶成) 以七寶成 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 41
织成 (織成) 金縷織成 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 13
成最正觉 (成最正覺) 我今亦於賢劫中成最正覺 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 13
成阿罗汉 (成阿羅漢) 即成阿羅漢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 10
成阴阳 (成陰陽) 身身相觸以成陰陽 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
成无比 (成無比) 佛用自覺成無比聖猗 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
自觉成 (自覺成) 佛用自覺成無比聖猗 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
成神通 (成神通) 未能變化成神通證 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 7
成办 (成辦) 自足成辦 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
行成 (行成) 明行成 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 6