艰 (艱) jiān

  1. jiān adjective difficult; hard
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '艱'; Guoyu '艱' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '艱' 1, p. 169; Mathews 1931 '艱', p. 114; Unihan '艱'; XHZD '艰', p. 327)
  2. jiān adjective distressing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '艱' n; Kroll 2015 '艱' 3, p. 169; Mathews 1931 '艱', p. 114; Unihan '艱')
  3. jiān adjective dangerous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '艱' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '艱' 2, p. 169)
  4. jiān adjective difficult; hard
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: kan, or: ken (BCSD '艱', p. 1004; Unihan '艱')

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  • Scroll 2 Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 5
  • Scroll 1 Da Tang Gu San Zang Xuan Zang Fashi Xing Zhuang 大唐故三藏玄奘法師行狀 — count: 3
  • Scroll 7 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 5 Abhidharmasaṅgītīparyāyapādaśāstra (Apidamo Ji Yi Men Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨集異門足論 — count: 3
  • Scroll 3 Jing Tu Wang Sheng Chuan 淨土往生傳 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 The Journey of the Eminent Monk Faxian 高僧法顯傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 2
  • Scroll 8 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Dayi Jing (Mahāmati) 大意經 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 艰嶮 (艱嶮) 艱嶮在近 — Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經, Scroll 2 — count: 14
  • 路艰 (路艱) 前路艱嶮無有人煙 — Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 艰劬 (艱劬) 求法重師不憚艱劬心無懈怠 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
  • 艰关 (艱關) 艱關故言 — Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 历艰 (歷艱) 吾少嬰勤苦備歷艱關 — Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 难艰 (難艱) 修行時無難艱故為中善 — San Mile Jing Shu 三彌勒經疏, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 多艰 (多艱) 流布多艱 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 艰虞 (艱虞) 屬艱虞之運 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 13 — count: 3
  • 涉艰 (涉艱) 逮涉艱嶮 — Chinese-Sanskrit Phonetic Comparison for the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra 唐梵翻對字音般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 时艰 (時艱) 時艱路難不止如何 — Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑, Scroll 4 — count: 3