1. verb to pity; to regret
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 可惜 (CCD '惜' 2; ; Guoyu '惜' 2; Kroll 2015 '惜' 2, p. 484; Unihan '惜')
  2. verb to preserve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惜' 1a, p. 484)
  3. verb to reject
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惜' 3, p. 484)
  4. verb to treasure; to value; to cherish
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 爱惜 (CCD '惜' 2; Guoyu '惜' 1; Kroll 2015 '惜' 1, p. 484)
  5. verb to begrudge; to gudge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '惜' 3; Kroll 2015 '惜' 1b, p. 484; Unihan '惜')
  6. verb Cherish
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  7. verb to care for; long for; spṛhā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: spṛhā (BCSD '惜', p. 486; MW 'spṛhā'; SH '惜', p. 349)

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爱惜光阴贾惜春休惜食之无味,弃之可惜不惜血本惜寸阴顾惜不惜一战疼惜惋惜珍惜岂不惜哉爱惜皮肉惜墨如金悯惜怜惜体惜惺惺惜惺惺爱惜性命吝惜惜别怜香惜玉痛惜叹惜不惜哀惜可惜

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  • Scroll 18 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 16
  • Scroll 24 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 15
  • Scroll 1 Za Piyu Jing 雜譬喻經 — count: 11
  • Scroll 10 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 11
  • Scroll 1 Ratnakūṭasūtraśāstra (Da Baoji Jing Lun) 大寶積經論 — count: 10
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒本疏 — count: 10
  • Scroll 49 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 77 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 8
  • Scroll 2 Fan Wang Jing Guji Ji 梵網經古迹記 — count: 8
  • Scroll 2 Jātaka stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Benyuan Jing) 菩薩本緣經 — count: 8

Collocations

  • 悋惜 (悋惜) 汝等不應悋惜舍利 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 75
  • 悭惜 (慳惜) 九慳惜飲食不施佛僧 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 1 — count: 33
  • 贪惜 (貪惜) 猶故貪惜 — Nyagrodha Brahmin Sutra (Nijutuo Fanzhi Jing) 尼拘陀梵, Scroll 2 — count: 23
  • 护惜 (護惜) 於此五受陰保持護惜 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 13
  • 惜身命 (惜身命) 菩薩不當惜身命 — Sutra on Prince Punyarasmi (De Guang Taizi Jing) 德光太子經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 不足惜 (不足惜) 此三事皆不足惜 — Za Piyu Jing 雜譬喻經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 歎惜 (歎惜) 莫不歎惜 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
  • 恡惜 (恡惜) 心不恡惜 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
  • 惜命 (惜命) 此王大象猶故惜命 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
  • 惜身 (惜身) 憐子惜身 — Fo Shuo Lu Mu Jing 佛說鹿母經, Scroll 1 — count: 6