tàn

  1. tàn verb to visit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 看望; for example, 探亲 'to visit family' (Guoyu '探' v 5)
  2. tàn verb to seek; to find; to search; to grope for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 寻求; for example, 探路 'find the path' (Guoyu '探' v 1; Unihan '探')
  3. tàn verb to study; to examine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 推究 (Guoyu '探' v 2)
  4. tàn verb to inquire
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 打听 (Guoyu '探' v 3)
  5. tàn noun a detective; an agent; an investigator
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 侦探 'detective' (Guoyu '探' n)
  6. tān verb to try
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 试 (Guoyu '探' tān v 1)
  7. tān verb to stretch forward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 伸出 (Guoyu '探' tān v 2)

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  • Scroll 7 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 36
  • Scroll 1 Tang Da Jian Fu Si Gu Si Zhu Fan Jing Dade Fa Zang Heshang Chuan 唐大薦福寺故寺主翻經大德法藏和尚傳 — count: 11
  • Scroll 1 Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises (Sanlun Xuan Yi) 三論玄義 — count: 10
  • Scroll 6 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句 — count: 9
  • Scroll 1 Jin Guangming Jing Xuan Yi Shi Yi Ji 金光明經玄義拾遺記 — count: 6
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 5
  • Scroll 1 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Fo Shuo Fang Bo Jing) 佛說放鉢經 — count: 4
  • Scroll 10 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Passing the Lamp to the Eastern Regions Catalog 東域傳燈目錄 — count: 4

Collocations

  • 探领 (探領) 意探領昔日事也 — Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記, Scroll 6 — count: 28
  • 手探 (手探) 彼兒以手探飯著口中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
  • 探古 (探古) 最上座道人博綜群籍探古達今 — Za Piyu Jing 雜譬喻經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 探水 (探水) 如人渴探水 — Fo Suo Xing Zan (Buddhacarita) 佛所行讚, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 各各探 (各各探) 各各探抱四年四月四日取伊羅鉢藏者 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 49 — count: 5
  • 探钵 (探缽) 殊師利下手探鉢 — Ajātaśatrukaukṛtyavinodana (Fo Shuo Fang Bo Jing) 佛說放鉢經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 探筹 (探籌) 宣令人民皆共探籌 — Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 探啄 (探啄) 探啄 — Abhidharmakośaśastra (Apidamo Jushe Lun) 阿毘達磨俱舍論, Scroll 11 — count: 4
  • 探玄 (探玄) 探玄云 — A String of Pearls of Remarks on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra 般若心經略疏連珠記, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 探覩 (探覩) 探覩群生 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 1 — count: 2