美谈 (美談) měitán

měitán noun anecdote passed on with approbation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '美談')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 1
  • Scroll 15 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Huayan Jing Zhuanji 華嚴經傳記 — count: 1
  • Scroll 3 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 5 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 1
  • Scroll 10 Collection of records concerning the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Chu San Zang Ji Ji) 出三藏記集 — count: 1
  • Scroll 22 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
  • Scroll 7 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 称美谈 (稱美談) 何必德稱美談也 — Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論疏, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 以为美谈 (以為美談) 是故先賢以為美談 — Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集, Scroll 5 — count: 4