面壁 miànbì
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miànbì
verb
to devote oneself to study or work
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '面壁') -
miànbì
verb
to face the wall in sitting meditation
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
miànbì
verb
to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Refers to Bodhidharma meditating for nine years while facing a wall (FGDB '面壁九年')
Contained in
- 面壁九年 to sit facing the wall in meditation for nine years
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 9
- Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 7 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 7 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 20 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 18 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 4 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 30 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
Collocations
- 年面壁 (年面壁) 達磨九年面壁 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 36
- 便面壁 (便面壁) 魯祖凡見僧來便面壁 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 14
- 祖面壁 (祖面壁) 魯祖面壁用表何事 — Quotations from Chan Master Caoshan Yuanzheng from Fuzhou 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 13
- 少林面壁 (少林面壁) 少林面壁八九年 — Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 12
- 达磨面壁 (達磨面壁) 達磨面壁時如何 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 8
- 面壁意旨 (面壁意旨) 問古人面壁意旨如何 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 面壁意 (面壁意) 問魯祖面壁意如何 — Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄, Scroll 12 — count: 6
- 古人面壁 (古人面壁) 問古人面壁意旨如何 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 祖师面壁 (祖師面壁) 祖師面壁 — Quotations from Abbot Yangqi Fanghui 楊岐方會和尚後錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 空面壁 (空面壁) 九年空面壁 — Quotations from Abbot Yangqi Fanghui 楊岐方會和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3