深 shēn

1. shēn adjective deep
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in deep water (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 1; GHC '深' 1; Guoyu '深' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '深' 1; NCCED '深' 1; Unihan '深')
2. shēn adjective profound; penetrating
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 深入 (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 2; GHC '深' 2; Guoyu '深' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '深' 4; NCCED '深' 4)
3. shēn adjective dark; deep in color
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 4; GHC '深' 6; Kroll 2015 '深' 5; NCCED '深' 6)
4. shēn adjective remote in time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 时间久 (GHC '深' 7; Kroll 2015 '深' 3)
5. shēn noun depth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Measurement and Control
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 n; NCCED '深' 2; Unihan '深')
6. shēn adjective far
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 2)
7. shēn adjective to withdraw; to recede
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 2a)
8. shēn adjective thick; lush
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 茂盛 (Guoyu '深' adj 5)
9. shēn adjective intimate; close
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 3; NCCED '深' 5)
10. shēn adjective late
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: At night (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 5; Guoyu '深' adj 4; NCCED '深' 7)
11. shēn adjective great
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: In the sense of a great difference between top and botton or between inner and outer (GHC '深' 2)
12. shēn adjective grave; serious
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 6)
13. shēn adverb very
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: In the sense of 很多 (Guoyu '深' adv; NCCED '深' 8; Unihan '深')
14. shēn verb to dig; to go deep into; to be well versed in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 6)
15. shēn verb to survey; to probe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 探测 (GHC '深' 8)
16. shēn adjective deep; gambhīra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gambhīra, Japanese: shin, Tibetan: zab pa (BCSD '深', p. 731; Mahāvyutpatti 'gambhīraḥ'; MW 'gambhīra'; SH '深', p. 356; Unihan '深')

Contained in

• 譬喻问号(二) 智慧似海洋， 深乎浅乎？ 戒律似老师， 是正是邪？ 布施似耕耘， 有收无收？ 供养似奉献， 真心假意？ 美女似春花， 是久是暂？ 欲望似饑渴， 太多太少？ 语言似冬阳， 炙乎暖乎？ 笑容似春风， 是真是假？ 时间似车轮， 该快该慢？ 精进似电力， 是动是停？(譬喻問號(二) 智慧似海洋， 深乎淺乎？ 戒律似老師， 是正是邪？ 布施似耕耘， 有收無收？ 供養似奉獻， 真心假意？ 美女似春花， 是久是暫？ 欲望似饑渴， 太多太少？ 語言似冬陽， 炙乎暖乎？ 笑容似春風， 是真是假？ 時間似車輪， 該快該慢？ 精進似電力， 是動是停？) Metaphors (2) Wisdom is an ocean. Is it shallow or deep? Precepts are teachers. Are they righteous or not? Generosity is cultivation. Will there be harvests or not? Offering is dedication. Is it genuine or pretentious? Beauty is a spring blossom. Does it last long or short? Desire is thirst. Is it too much or too little? Words are the winter sun. Do they warm or burn? Smile is a spring breeze. Is it real or fake? Time is a cartwheel. Should it go fast or slow? Diligence is electricity. Should it energize or stop?
• 观海明水深 登山知地广(觀海明水深 登山知地廣) Perceive the depth of water observing the ocean; Realize the broadness of the Earth climbing the mountains.
• 金刚顶瑜伽降三世成就极深密门(金剛頂瑜伽降三世成就極深密門) Vajraśekhara-yoga's Very Highest and Secret Methods of Trailokyavijaya Siddhi; Jingang Ding Yujia Jiang San Shi Chengjiu Ji Shen Mi Men
• 利益深心住 dwelling in the intention of benefitting others
• 深信因果 believe firmly in cause and effect
• 十种深入佛法(十種深入佛法) ten kinds of deep penetration of the Buddha Dharma
• 深信 to firmly believe ; deep faith; adhyāśaya
• 出深功德经(出深功德經) Sutra of Profound Merit
• 竺潜深(竺潛深) Zhu Qianshen
• 禅门深似海 佛法大如天(禪門深似海 佛法大如天) Deep as the ocean is the Way of Chan; Majestic as the sky is the Dharma of Buddha.

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深层清洁 、 深耕细作 、 深入 、 临深履薄 、 深谋远虑 、 深不见底 、 渊深 、 深源地震 、 高垒深沟 、 深稽博考 、 深得民心 、 深广 、 深邃 、 深层 、 深长 、 深思 、 深度 、 情深 、 深深 、 深坑乡 、 伉俪情深 、 深刻 、 深沉 、 加深理解 、 深入度 、 深处 、 深泽县 、 资深 、 北上广深 、 港深 、 高深莫测 、 深色 、 发人深思 、 艰深晦涩 、 深红色 、 深更半夜 、 加深 、 苦难深重 、 高深 、 深谋 、 深闭固拒

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 519 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 93 , has parallel version
• Scroll 454 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 80 , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 74
• Scroll 71 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 74 , has English translation
• Scroll 317 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 72 , has parallel version
• Scroll 14 The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經 — count: 71
• Scroll 69 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 69 , has English translation
• Scroll 81 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 66 , has parallel version
• Scroll 13 The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經 — count: 64
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 63

Collocations

• 深照 (深照) 深奧深照 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 深奥深 (深奧深) 深奧深照 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 深达因 (深達因) 深達因 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 9
• 深八 (深八) 海水深八萬四千由旬 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
• 深四 (深四) 雨深四指 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 地深 (地深) 是地深六百八十萬由旬 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 深涧 (深澗) 我從深澗至深澗 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
• 深水 (深水) 猶去村不遠有深水淵 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 深慧 (深慧) 深慧 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
• 深生 (深生) 深生欣慶心 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 4