承乏 chéngfá

chéngfá verb to accept a position on a provisional basis
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the absence of better qualified candidates; humble expression (CC-CEDICT '承乏'; Guoyu '承乏'; Mathews 1931 '承乏', p. 51)

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  • Scroll 7 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Tang Hufa Shamen Fa Lin Bie Chuan 唐護法沙門法琳別傳 — count: 1
  • Scroll 20 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
  • Scroll 8 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 1
  • Scroll 4 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 30 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Abbreviated History of Monastics Written in the Song (Da Song Seng Shi Lue) 大宋僧史略 — count: 1