涯 yá
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yá
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') -
yá
noun
boundary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 边际 (Guoyu '涯' n 2) -
yá
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). -
yá
noun
boundary; anta
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anta, Japanese: gai (BCSD '涯', p. 727; MW 'anta'; Unihan '涯')
Contained in
- 学海无涯 志在高远(學海無涯 志在高遠) Learning Is Endless; Aspire for Greatness
- 法界无涯(法界無涯) the dharma realm is boundless
- 无涯无际(無涯無際) with no limit and no boundary
- 学海无涯(學海無涯) sea of learning, no horizon; no limits to what one still has to learn; ars longa, vita brevis ; Learning Is Endless
Also contained in
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
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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