1. verb to mend; to sew; to patch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '衲'; Guoyu '衲' v; Unihan '衲')
  2. verb to line
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '衲'; Unihan '衲')
  3. noun a quilt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '衲')
  4. noun a Buddhist monk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '衲' n 1)
  5. noun monastic robe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '衲' n 2)
  6. verb to mend; to patch
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: dou, or: nou (BCSD '衲', p. 1049; SH '衲', p. 489; Unihan '衲')

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  • Scroll 19 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 12
  • Scroll 16 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 8
  • Scroll 5 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 7
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 6
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Caoshan Yuanzheng from Fuzhou 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 4 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 18 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 22 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 3

Collocations

  • 布衲 (布衲) 布衲艾絮 — Fo Zhi Biqiu Liu Wu Tu 佛制比丘六物圖, Scroll 1 — count: 17
  • 老衲 (老衲) 紹熙三年七月旦日橘洲老衲寶曇記 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 7 — count: 10
  • 磨衲 (磨衲) 磨衲袈裟入墨盆 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 12 — count: 6
  • 一衲 (一衲) 天台四十餘年唯被一衲永嘉食不 — Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 衲问 (衲問) 時稠布衲問 — Quotations from Chan Master Caoshan Yuanzheng from Fuzhou 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 宿衲 (宿衲) 宿衲名儒奉之者寶珠有集 — Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 坏衲 (壞衲) 破衣壞衲度寒暄 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 衲帔 (衲帔) 衲帔蒙頭萬事休 — Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 拥衲 (擁衲) 擁衲疑雲重 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 天下衲 (天下衲) 天下衲 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 4