去 qù

1. qù verb to go
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 往 (Guoyu '去' v 1; Unihan '去'; XHZD '去' 1)
2. qù verb to remove; to wipe off; to eliminate
   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; Guoyu '去' v 6; XHZD '去' 4)
3. qù verb to be distant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 距离 (Guoyu '去' v 4; XHZD '去' 2)
4. qù verb to leave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 离开 (Guoyu '去' v 2)
5. qù verb to play a part
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '去' 5)
6. qù verb to abandon; to give up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放弃 (Guoyu '去' v 7)
7. qù verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '去' v 3)
8. qù adjective previous; past
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 过去 (Guoyu '去' adj; XHZD '去' 3)
9. qù verb to send out; to issue; to drive away
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 发出 (Guoyu '去' v 5)
10. qù particle expresses a tendency
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Used after a verb as a complement of direction or expressing a tendency or continuity (Guoyu '去' particle; XHZD '去' 6)
11. qù noun falling tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学
    Notes: In the sense of 去声 (Guoyu '去' n 1; XHZD '去' 8)
12. qù verb to lose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 失掉 (Guoyu '去' v 8)
13. qù proper noun Qu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '去' n 2)
14. qù verb go; gati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: √gam, or: gati, or: gaccha, or: gacchati, Japanese: ko, Tibetan: song (BCSD '去', p. 224; Dhammajoti 2013, p. 16; DJBT '去', p. 426; Mahāvyutpatti 'gaccha'; MW 'gati')

Contained in

• 去者则不去(去者則不去) a goer does not go
• 去拔恶业(去拔惡業) eliminate unwholesome karma; aghahantā
• 去除烦恼垢 增长菩提心(去除煩惱垢 增長菩提心) Cleanse the dirt of defilement; Nurture the Bodhi Mind.
• 粥去饭来何日了 日升月落几时休(粥去飯來何日了 日升月落幾時休) Go the congees and come the rice, when will this ever end? Rises the sun and sets the moon, when will they ever rest?
• 问一声您今哪里去 望三思何日君再来(問一聲您今哪裡去 望三思何日君再來) Upon the question, “where are you headed now?” Do think thrice about when your next return will be.
• 去来现(去來現) past, present, and future
• 自性本清净 诸法无去来(自性本清淨 諸法無去來) Nature is intrinsically pure; Dharmas never actually come or go.
• 过去(過去) past; previous; former ; to go over; to pass by ; to die ; already past ; to go forward ; to turn one's back ; past ; past; previous; former
• 幸福要自我去感受 生活要自我去满足 进步要自我去实践 收成要自我去播种 健康要自我去维护 人缘要自我去培养 成功要自我去努力 安心要自我去调适(幸福要自我去感受 生活要自我去滿足 進步要自我去實踐 收成要自我去播種 健康要自我去維護 人緣要自我去培養 成功要自我去努力 安心要自我去調適) Discover happiness yourself. Fulfill life's needs yourself. Truly improve yourself. Sow before you harvest. Stay in good health yourself. Develop good affinities yourself. Strive to succeed yourself. Change your own mind to feel safe.
• 过去庄严劫千佛名经(過去莊嚴劫千佛名經) Sutra on the Names of a Thousand Buddhas from the Past Kalpa
• 死死生生生复死 来来去去去还来(死死生生生復死 來來去去去還來) Death, rebirth, and death again; Coming, going, and coming again.
• 看世间花开花落 任天上云去云来(看世間花開花落 任天上雲去雲來) Peaceful and detached: Watch the flowers blossom and wilt
• 不要将歉疚带到棺材里去(不要將歉疚帶到棺材裡去) Never bring your regret to your deathbed.
• 非人今当舍是人去(非人今當捨是人去) let that ghost depart!
• 若有二去法 If two acts of going are supplied

Also contained in

逝去 、 旧的不去，新的不来 、 转去 、 去职 、 活不下去 、 挤上去 、 偷去 、 去掉 、 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 、 去逝 、 挤来挤去 、 去取 、 过得去 、 霍去病 、 去处 、 减去 、 直来直去 、 绕来绕去 、 死去 、 也好不到哪里去 、 泼出去的水 、 涂去 、 去你的 、 搬出去 、 去向不明 、 我勒个去 、 死去活来 、 去芜存菁 、 看上去 、 去耦 、 略去 、 占去 、 相去日已远 、 去年 、 呼之即来，挥之即去 、 消去

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 404
• Scroll 3 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 354
• Scroll 6 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 175 , has English translation
• Scroll 58 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 173 , has parallel version
• Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 157
• Scroll 494 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 155 , has parallel version
• Scroll 419 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 154 , has parallel version
• Scroll 59 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 143
• Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 140 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 130

Collocations

• 去未 (去未) 其去未久 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 17
• 佛去 (佛去) 佛去未久 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 11
• 去佛 (去佛) 首陀會天去佛不遠 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 舍去 (捨去) 諸不善聚及黑冥聚汝但捨去 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 7
• 去钵 (去缽) 食訖去鉢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 讫去 (訖去) 食訖去鉢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 去地 (去地) 吹此大地及諸名山須彌山王去地十里 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
• 去离 (去離) 衛護不去離 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 去尼 (去尼) 去尼民陀羅山不遠有山 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 4
• 去恶 (去惡) 去惡就善 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4