1. noun shore; bank; water's edge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 水边; for example, in 書經·微子 ”Book of Documents” Count of Wei: 若涉大水,其無津涯 'like that of one crossing a stream, who can find neither ford nor bank' (trans. by Legge 1865; Guoyu '涯' n 1; Unihan '涯')
  2. noun boundary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 边际 (Guoyu '涯' n 2)
  3. noun limit; extreme
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 极限; for example, in 莊子·養生主 ”Zhuangzi”, Nourishing the Lord of Life: 吾生也有涯,而知也无涯 'There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit' (trans. by Legge 1891; Guoyu '涯' n 3).
  4. noun boundary; anta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anta, Japanese: gai (BCSD '涯', p. 727; MW 'anta'; Unihan '涯')

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职涯咫尺天涯天涯浪迹天涯戎马生涯天涯若比邻天涯海角天涯何处无芳草海内存知己,天涯若比邻生涯瀛涯胜览地角天涯无涯

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  • Scroll 2 Pusa Yingluo Jing 菩薩瓔珞經 — count: 7
  • Scroll 6 Pusa Yingluo Jing 菩薩瓔珞經 — count: 7
  • Scroll 1 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 6
  • Scroll 14 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 4
  • Scroll 3 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 4
  • Scroll 64 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 91 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 12 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 31 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 3

Collocations

  • 涯际 (涯際) 罕測其涯際 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 1 — count: 29
  • 无有涯 (無有涯) 於一切世界修菩薩行無有涯際 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 32 — count: 26
  • 边涯 (邊涯) 所知如大海無有邊涯 — Sengjia Luocha Suo Ji Jing 僧伽羅剎所集經, Scroll 3 — count: 26
  • 无边涯 (無邊涯) 所照無邊涯 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 100 — count: 24
  • 涯涘 (涯涘) 功德弘遠莫可涯涘 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
  • 涯底 (涯底) 無有涯底 — Tathāgatotpattisambhavanirdeśasūtra (Rulai Xing Xian Jing) 佛說如來興顯經, Scroll 3 — count: 14
  • 涯岸 (涯岸) 涯岸深絕 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 望涯 (望涯) 中流四望涯際莫知 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 20 — count: 10
  • 津涯 (津涯) 津涯浩汗 — Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 涯畔 (涯畔) 涯畔也 — Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan 妙法蓮華經玄贊, Scroll 3 — count: 8