莫若 mò ruò

mò ruò phrase nothing is better than
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 莫若 is an idiomatic phrase in Literary Chinese with this meaning (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 136). For example, 如恥之,莫若師文王。'For a prince who is ashamed of this, the best plan is to imitate king Wen.' (Mengzi: 7.7/36/31, translation by Legge)

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知子莫若父

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  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Zhu Huayan Fajie Guan Men 註華嚴法界觀門 — count: 4
  • Scroll 2 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 3 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 3
  • Scroll 10 Zhu Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing 注大乘入楞伽經 — count: 3
  • Scroll 13 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Fajie Cidi Chu Men 法界次第初門 — count: 3
  • Scroll 7 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 3
  • Scroll 16 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 3 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 患莫若 (患莫若) 大患莫若 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔, Scroll 8 — count: 5
  • 莫若善友 (莫若善友) 是故近因莫若善友 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 20 — count: 5
  • 近因莫若 (近因莫若) 是故近因莫若善友 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 20 — count: 4
  • 莫若己身 (莫若己身) 天下所重莫若己身 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 重莫若 (重莫若) 天下所重莫若己身 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 莫若象 (莫若象) 莫若象 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔, Scroll 36 — count: 2
  • 要莫若 (要莫若) 中之要莫若綱維 — Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian 法華玄義釋籤, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 莫若地狱 (莫若地獄) 三界之苦莫若地獄 — Adbhutadharmparyāya (Fo Shuo Wei Ceng You Yinyuan Jing) 佛說未曾有因緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 象莫若 (象莫若) 盡象莫若言 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔, Scroll 36 — count: 2
  • 子莫若 (子莫若) 知子莫若於父 — Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟, Scroll 1 — count: 2