莫如 mò rú

mò rú phrase nothing is better than
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 莫如 is an idiomatic phrase in Literary Chinese with this meaning (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 136). For example, 如惡之,莫如貴德而尊士 'If a prince hates disgrace, the best course for him to pursue, is to esteem virtue and honour virtuous scholars ...' (Mengzi: 3.4/17/21, translation by Legge)

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杖莫如信讳莫如深

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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  • Scroll 16 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 7 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 3 Guancha Zhu Fa Xing Jing 觀察諸法行經 — count: 4
  • Scroll 11 Long Shu Zeng Guang Jing Tu Wen 龍舒增廣淨土文 — count: 4
  • Scroll 39 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Da Ban Niepan Jing) 大般泥洹經 — count: 3
  • Scroll 19 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經 — count: 2
  • Scroll 4 Yamantaka Dharani Sutra (Da Wei De Tuoluoni Jing) 大威德陀羅尼經 — count: 2
  • Scroll 43 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 42 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 莫如肉眼 (莫如肉眼) 莫如肉眼之所見也 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 7
  • 莫如凡夫 (莫如凡夫) 莫如凡夫 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 莫如外道 (莫如外道) 莫如外道髮長甲長則得清潔 — One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 比丘莫如 (比丘莫如) 汝等比丘莫如凡夫 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 莫如泥洹 (莫如泥洹) 皆莫如泥洹 — Changshou Wang Jing 長壽王經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 莫如念佛 (莫如念佛) 直之門莫如念佛 — Le Bang Wenlei 樂邦文類, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 莫如偷盗 (莫如偷盜) 所受食莫如偷盜 — Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律, Scroll 39 — count: 3
  • 莫如公 (莫如公) 昭列大鑒莫如公 — The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖大師法寶壇經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 莫如佛 (莫如佛) 莊嚴莫如佛 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 师莫如 (師莫如) 師莫如佛 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 36 — count: 3