讨 (討) tǎo

1. tǎo verb to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 找 (Guoyu '討' v 6)
2. tǎo verb to ask for; to beg
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 请求 (Guoyu '討' v 3; Unihan '討')
3. tǎo verb to demand
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 索取 (Guoyu '討' v 2; Unihan '討')
4. tǎo verb to marry
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 娶 (Guoyu '討' v 5; Unihan '討')
5. tǎo verb to punish; to go on a punitive expedition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 征伐 (Guoyu '討' v 1; Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxii)
6. tǎo verb to provoke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 招惹 (Guoyu '討' v 4)
7. tǎo verb to investigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 研究 (Guoyu '討' v 7)
8. tǎo verb to seek
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Japanese: tou (BCSD '訊', p. 1073; Unihan '討')

Contained in

• 佛光山人间佛教本山徒众学术研讨会(佛光山人間佛教本山徒眾學術研討會) Academic Conference on Humanistic Buddhism for Members of the Fo Guang Shan Order
• 人间佛教经证阅读研讨会(人間佛教經證閱讀研討會) Humanistic Buddhist Reading Conferences on Sutras
• 佛光教科书 9：佛教问题探讨(佛光教科書 9：佛教問題探討) Fo Guang Essential Guides to Buddhism: Buddhist Q&A
• 佛教对当代问题的探讨(二)(佛教對當代問題的探討(二)) Life: Politics, Human Rights, and What the Buddha Said About Life
• 佛教对当代问题的探讨(佛教對當代問題的探討) A Look at Modern Social issues
• 人生诸苦 悭贪之人伶仃孤苦 挥霍之人求不得苦 懒惰之人千辛万苦 矫情之人嘴甜心苦 麻木之人不知甘苦 执着之人放不下苦 瞋恨之人怨憎会苦 五逆之人倒悬悲苦 风尘之人内心痛苦 流浪之人颠波泪苦 边疆之人穷困辛苦 军中之人战斗累苦 病亡之人爱别离苦 乞讨之人淒凉哀苦 创业之人备尝辛苦 发心之人不辞劳苦 养育之人含辛茹苦 情义之人同甘共苦 勤奋之人不以为苦 慈悲之人喜乐拔苦 喜舍之人济贫救苦 积善之人无有众苦(人生諸苦 慳貪之人伶仃孤苦 揮霍之人求不得苦 懶惰之人千辛萬苦 矯情之人嘴甜心苦 麻木之人不知甘苦 執著之人放不下苦 瞋恨之人怨憎會苦 五逆之人倒懸悲苦 風塵之人內心痛苦 流浪之人顛波淚苦 邊疆之人窮困辛苦 軍中之人戰鬥累苦 病亡之人愛別離苦 乞討之人淒涼哀苦 創業之人備嘗辛苦 發心之人不辭勞苦 養育之人含辛茹苦 情義之人同甘共苦 勤奮之人不以為苦 慈悲之人喜樂拔苦 喜捨之人濟貧救苦 積善之人無有眾苦) The Pains of Life Stinginess and greed cause the pain of loneliness. Extravagance causes the pain of discontent. Laziness causes the pain of hardship. Pretentiousness causes the pain of insincerity. Nonchalance causes the pain of apathy. Stubbornness causes the pain of attachment. Anger causes the pain of unpleasant meetings. The Five Offenses cause the pain of being born as an animal. Prostitution bears the pain of unspeakable torment. Vagrancy causes the pain of displacement. Being on the outlying areas bears the pain of destitution. Being a soldier suffers the pain of battle. Sickness and death suffer the pain of separation from loved ones. Beggardom suffers the pain of desolation. Entrepreneurship suffers the pain of toil and fatigue. Aspiration keeps one immune to painstaking effort. Parents willingly endure the hardships of raising a child. Righteous and loyal ones partake in each other's pains and joys. Diligence keeps one insusceptible to hardship. Compassion relieves others from pain by giving them joy and happiness. Generosity helps those in pain of being poor and needy. Good deeds keep one free from all forms of pain.
• 人间佛教理论实践学术研讨会(人間佛教理論實踐學術研討會) Academic Conference on Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Theory and Practice of Humanistic Buddhism
• 汉传佛教研究的过去，现在与未来国际学术研讨会(漢傳佛教研究的過去，現在與未來國際學術研討會) International Academic Conference on Chinese Buddhism: Past, Present, and Future
• 佛教音乐学术研讨会(佛教音樂學術研討會) Buddhist Music Academic Conference

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讨便宜 、 吃力不讨好 、 讨还 、 南征北讨 、 费力不讨好 、 讨债 、 征讨 、 东讨西征 、 沿波讨源 、 讨平 、 讨俏 、 讨人 、 自讨苦吃 、 招讨使 、 讨究 、 自讨没趣 、 追讨 、 乞讨 、 诛暴讨逆 、 申讨 、 讨饶 、 讨贼 、 奉承讨好 、 诛讨 、 杀而讨 、 讨论区 、 讨伐 、 讨帐 、 公开讨论会 、 讨吃 、 讨巧 、 探讨 、 讨好卖乖 、 讨源 、 讨扰 、 讨生活 、 讨论 、 讨取 、 研讨 、 讨饭 、 沿流讨源 、 讨嫌

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 19
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 14
• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 13
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 8
• Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 7 , has English translation
• Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 7 , has English translation
• Scroll 6 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 7
• Scroll 1 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 7
• Scroll 1 Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan Cejin) 禪關策進 — count: 7
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 7

Collocations

• 讨罚 (討罰) 有所討罰 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 25
• 往讨 (往討) 當共往討 — Jātaka stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Benyuan Jing) 菩薩本緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
• 寻讨 (尋討) 加之科未入經卒難尋討 — Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 讨击 (討擊) 讐欲行討擊 — Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶, Scroll 18 — count: 4
• 来讨 (來討) 隣國若故來討罰之 — Jātaka stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Benyuan Jing) 菩薩本緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 讨寻 (討尋) 討尋殊無緇素 — Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 讨三 (討三) 討三本之要詮 — Laṅkāvatārasūtra (Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing) 大乘入楞伽經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 讨怨敌 (討怨敵) 其諸國王恒懷憂懼討怨敵等 — Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記, Scroll 5 — count: 2
• 讨根源 (討根源) 遠討根源照 — Guanyin Xuan Yi 觀音玄義, Scroll 2 — count: 2
• 讨雠 (討讎) 討讎諸傳 — Guanzhong Chuangli Jie Tan Tu Jing 關中創立戒壇圖經, Scroll 1 — count: 2