作么生 (作麼生) zuòmashēng

  1. zuòmashēng phrase to do what?
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 做什么 (Guoyu '作麼生')
  2. zuò me shēng phrase why, how
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 135
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 102
  • Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 59
  • Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 53
  • Scroll 9 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 43
  • Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 40
  • Scroll 18 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 39 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 37
  • Scroll 25 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 34 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 31 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 作么生道 (作麼生道) 作麼生道 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 57
  • 事作么生 (事作麼生) 不錯底事作麼生 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 32
  • 作么生会 (作麼生會) 合作麼生會 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 23
  • 意作么生 (意作麼生) 此二尊宿意作麼生 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 22
  • 一句作么生 (一句作麼生) 一句作麼生 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 17
  • 时作么生 (時作麼生) 向時作麼生 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 17
  • 合作么生 (合作麼生) 合作麼生會 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 13
  • 作么生辨 (作麼生辨) 爾作麼生辨 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 和尚作么生 (和尚作麼生) 和尚作麼生 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 人作么生 (人作麼生) 是爾如今與麼聽法底人作麼生擬修他 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5