临 (臨) lín

  1. lín verb to face; to overlook
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 面对 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1; Kroll 2015 '臨' 1, p. 273)
  2. lín verb to watch; to look; to look down
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 1a, p. 273)
  3. lín verb to monitor; to oversee; to supervise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 监视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 2, p. 273)
  4. lín verb to meet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 碰上 or 逢着 (Guoyu '臨' v 4)
  5. lín verb to arrive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 到 or 至 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1)
  6. lín noun a weapon used to shoot down at defenders
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' 6, p. 273)
  7. lín verb to copy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 5; Kroll 2015 '臨' 4, p. 273)
  8. lín verb to govern; to administer; to control
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 治理, 管理, or 统治 (Guoyu '臨' v 6)
  9. lín verb to be about to; to be near; to approach
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 靠近 or 逼近 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 3; Kroll 2015 '臨' 3, p. 273)
  10. lìn verb to pay respects to the deceased
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' lìn, p. 273)
  11. lín proper noun Overseeing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Name of a hexagram in the Yijing (Guoyu '臨' n; Kroll 2015 '臨' 5, p. 273)
  12. lín verb to shine on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 7)
  13. lín verb to give; to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 8)
  14. lín proper noun Lin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' n 2)
  15. lín verb to overlook; upasthita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upasthita, Japanese: rin (BCSD '臨', p. 982; MW 'upasthita'; SH '臨'; Unihan '臨')

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  • Scroll 317 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 58 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 30
  • Scroll 2 Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog (Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu) 大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 — count: 28
  • Scroll 1 Shijia Fangzhi 釋迦方志 — count: 25
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 22
  • Scroll 3 Abbreviated History of Monastics Written in the Song (Da Song Seng Shi Lue) 大宋僧史略 — count: 22
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 20
  • Scroll 2 Ming Bao Ji 冥報記 — count: 20 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 18
  • Scroll 34 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 16

Collocations

  • 临命终 (臨命終) 我父臨命終時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 23
  • 临欲 (臨欲) 二者臨欲滅度 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 15
  • 世尊临 (世尊臨) 世尊臨欲般涅槃時 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
  • 临顾 (臨顧) 唯願世尊以時臨顧 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 9
  • 临火坑 (臨火坑) 臨火坑炙 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 9
  • 临灭度 (臨滅度) 佛臨滅度能施食者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 父临 (父臨) 我父臨命終時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
  • 临趣 (臨趣) 彼多聞聖弟子其心長夜臨趣 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 43 — count: 5
  • 临寿终 (臨壽終) 轉輪王臨壽終時 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 远临 (遠臨) 遠臨草野 — Pusa Shan Zi Jing (Śyāmakajātakasūtra) 菩薩睒子經, Scroll 1 — count: 4