巧 qiǎo
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qiǎo
adverb
opportune; coincidental; lucky; timely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 恰好 (CC-CEDICT '巧'; GHC '巧' 4; Guoyu '巧' adv; Kroll 2015 '巧' 4; Mathews 1931 '巧', p. 101) -
qiǎo
adjective
artfully crafted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, of an object created by a skilled artisan (Guoyu '巧' adj 3) -
qiǎo
adjective
beautiful; charming
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 美好 or 美丽 in this sense (GHC '巧' 2; Guoyu '巧' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '巧' 1b) -
qiǎo
adjective
false
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 伪 in this sense (GHC '巧' 3; Guoyu '巧' adj 4) -
qiǎo
noun
acumen; skill; talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 技巧 (GHC '巧' 1; Guoyu '巧' n; Kroll 2015 '巧' 1) -
qiǎo
noun
clever; skillful; masterful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 巧詐不如拙誠 'it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful'; from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (CC-CEDICT '巧'; DCP 'Q102'; Guoyu '巧' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '巧' 3; Mathews 1931 '巧', p. 101) -
qiǎo
verb
to cheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '巧' 2) -
qiǎo
bound form
agape
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Bound with 巧老 'open and hollow' (Kroll 2015 '巧' 5) -
qiǎo
adjective
skilful; kuśala
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kuśala, Japanese: kou (BCSD '巧', p. 410; MW 'kuśala'; SH '巧', p. 186; Unihan '巧')
Contained in
- 十二巧方便 twelve skillful means
- 巧护义应知,加彼身同行(巧護義應知,加彼身同行) ultimate blessings should be understood as the body and its attributes
- 善巧方便 skillful and expedient means
- 心二十 心光则明 心明则净 心净则清 心空则有 心正则定 心定则安 心慧则圆 心圆则满 心悦则喜 心公则平 心宽则容 心融则和 心和则诚 心平则静 心大则广 心广则开 心好则美 心慧则巧 心慈则善 心诚则灵(心二十 心光則明 心明則淨 心淨則清 心空則有 心正則定 心定則安 心慧則圓 心圓則滿 心悅則喜 心公則平 心寬則容 心融則和 心和則誠 心平則靜 心大則廣 心廣則開 心好則美 心慧則巧 心慈則善 心誠則靈) Twenty Conditions of the Mind When the mind is illuminated, there is brightness. When the mind is bright, there is purity. When the mind is pure, there is clarity. When the mind is empty, there is everything. When the mind is virtuous, there is calm. When the mind is calm, there is peace. When the mind is wise, there is perfection. When the mind is perfect, there is completeness. When the mind is joyful, there is happiness. When the mind is fair, there is equanimity. When the mind is magnanimous, there is tolerance. When the mind is harmonious, there is peace. When the mind is peaceful, there is sincerity. When the mind is fair, there is tranquility. When the mind is vast, there is broadness. When the mind is broad, there is openness. When the mind is kind, there is beauty. When the mind is wise, there is agility. When the mind is loving, there is kindness. When the mind is sincere, anything is possible.
- 外成熟众生六种巧方便(外成熟眾生六種巧方便) the six kinds of skillful means based on the outer ripening of sentient beings
- 事出千巧 phenomena emerge from all the arts
- 善巧 Skillful ; virtuous and clever; skilful
- 方便善巧 skillful means; expedient means; skillful and expedient means
- 方便善巧为父(方便善巧為父) skillful and expedient means is the father
Also contained in
巧夺天工 、 巧妇难为无米之炊 、 工巧 、 巧佞 、 七巧 、 巧合 、 花言巧语 、 语音技巧 、 巧克力色 、 巧笑 、 机巧 、 巧日 、 巧妇鸟 、 取巧 、 纤巧 、 小巧 、 无巧不成书 、 巧手 、 熟能生巧 、 不凑巧 、 奸巧 、 来得早不如来得巧 、 巧计 、 技巧 、 巧诋 、 贾巧姐 、 弄巧成拙 、 缪巧 、 巧舌如簧 、 凑巧 、 巧辩 、 巧遇 、 巧妙 、 巧诈不如拙诚 、 心灵手巧 、 巧克力脆片 、 尝巧 、 刚巧 、 巧思 、 巧家县 、 不巧 、 淫巧
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Truncated for common words
- Scroll 4 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 48
- Scroll 15 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 48
- Scroll 4 Jing Ming Xuan Lun 淨名玄論 — count: 44
- Scroll 8 Bodhisattvabhūmi (Pusa Xing Chi Jing) 菩薩地持經 — count: 41
- Scroll 17 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 39
- Scroll 3 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 35
- Scroll 4 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 29
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 24
- Scroll 54 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 22 , has English translation
- Scroll 37 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 20