逞欲 chěngyù

  1. chěngyù phrase to indulge one's desires
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Collocation (Guoyu '逞')
  2. chěng yù phrase to act in a selfish way
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Collocation (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Mathews 1931 '逞欲', p. 48)

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  • Scroll 48 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 13 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 27 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 12 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 45 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation