前人 qiánrén

qiánrén noun predecessor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '前人'; Guoyu '前人'; Mathews 1931 '前人', p. 126)

Also contained in

史前人前人栽树,后人乘凉跟前人

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 30
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒本疏 — count: 29
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Meaning of the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒義疏 — count: 19
  • Scroll 26 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 10
  • Scroll 6 Pi Ni Mu Jing 毘尼母經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 10 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Mārīcīdhāraṇīsūtra (Molizhi Tipo Huaman Jing) 末利支提婆華鬘經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 9
  • Scroll 9 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 2 Jingang Xian Lun 金剛仙論 — count: 8

Collocations

  • 过前人 (過前人) 於一念頃能過前人無量無數阿僧祇劫所行世界 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 9 — count: 10
  • 前人无量 (前人無量) 於一念頃能過前人無量無數阿僧祇劫所行世界 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 9 — count: 9
  • 前人欢喜 (前人歡喜) 前人歡喜恭敬尊重 — Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 使前人 (使前人) 欲使前人識戒名字 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 6 — count: 6
  • 前人阿僧祇劫 (前人阿僧祇劫) 能過前人阿僧祇劫所過世界 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 17 — count: 5
  • 知前人 (知前人) 能知前人阿僧祇劫所知劫數 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 17 — count: 4
  • 见前人 (見前人) 但見前人為鬼所食 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 3
  • 问前人 (問前人) 問前人曰 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 567 — count: 3
  • 令前人 (令前人) 但令前人得善福者 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 作前人 (作前人) 能作前人及無數世界所有眾生無數劫中供養之事 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 17 — count: 2