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柴 chái

chái noun firewood; faggots; fuel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 柴火 or 木柴 (ABC 'chái' 柴 n 1, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' n 1; Kroll 2015 '柴' 1, p. 38; Mathews 1931 '柴', p. 13; NCCED '柴' 1, p. 166; Unihan '柴')
chái proper noun Chai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 n 2, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' n 2)
chái adjective lean; skinny
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 sv, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' adj 2; NCCED '柴' 2, p. 166)
chái noun a firewood collector
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '柴' 1a, p. 38)
chái verb to give a burned offering
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '柴' v 1; Kroll 2015 '柴' 2, p. 38; Mathews 1931 '柴', p. 13)
zhài verb to barricade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '柴' zhài v; Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 1, p. 38)
zhài verb to protect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 保护 (Guoyu '柴' v 2; Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 1a, p. 38)
zhài verb to obstruct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 2, p. 38)
chái adjective tough
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 sv, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' adj 3; NCCED '柴' 3, p. 166)
chái adjective inferior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
Notes: (NCCED '柴' 4, p. 166)
chái noun firewood; kindling; indhana
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: indhana, or: kāṣṭha, Japanese: sai shing (BCSD '柴', p. 652; DJBT '柴', p. 423; MW 'indhana'; SH '柴', p. 326)

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搬柴运水皆妙道穿衣吃饭尽禅机(搬柴運水皆妙道穿衣吃飯盡禪機) Realize the wondrous Way through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through dressing and eating.
搬柴运水明祖意洗碗扫地悟禅心(搬柴運水明祖意洗碗掃地悟禪心) Realize the Patriarch's intent through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through washing dishes and sweeping the ground.

Also contained in

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Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 17
Scroll 14 Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經 — count: 16
Scroll 17 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 15
Scroll 11 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 14
Scroll 2 Shi Men Zi Jing Lu 釋門自鏡錄 — count: 12
Scroll 1 Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Mou Li Mantuoluo Zhou Jing) 牟梨曼陀羅呪經 — count: 11
Scroll 79 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 8
Scroll 1 Homa Ritual of the Auspicious Visualization Great Teaching Sutra (Miao Jixiang Pingdeng Guan Men Da Jiao Wang Jing Lue Chu Humo Yi) 妙吉祥平等觀門大教王經略出護摩儀 — count: 8
Scroll 5 Scripture on the Great Budosnisa Extensive Collection of Dharanis (Da Fo Ding Guang Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大佛頂廣聚陀羅尼經 — count: 8
Scroll 16 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 7

Collocations

湿柴 (濕柴) 譬如濕柴體雖滋潤 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 6 — count: 9
柴等 (柴等) 所有護摩柴等物 — Susiddhikarapūjāvidhi (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Gongyang Fa) 蘇悉地羯羅供養法, Scroll 3 — count: 8
前柴 (前柴) 復用前柴作護摩 — Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
柴作 (柴作) 復用前柴作護摩 — Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
柴木 (柴木) 或柴木為衣 — Nyagrodha Brahmin Sutra (Nijutuo Fanzhi Jing) 尼拘陀梵, Scroll 1 — count: 6
薪柴 (薪柴) 薪柴 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
柴及 (柴及) 當用濕柴及黃松木長 — Fo Shuo Dasheng Guan Xiang Man Na Luo Jing Zhu E Qu Jing (Mahayana Visualized Mandala for Purification of Evil Destinies Sutra) 佛說大乘觀想曼拏羅淨諸惡趣經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
干柴 (乾柴) 心意消滅如乾柴 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 28 — count: 4
护摩柴 (護摩柴) 其護摩柴 — Susiddhikarapūjāvidhi (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Gongyang Fa) 蘇悉地羯羅供養法, Scroll 3 — count: 4
柴两头 (柴兩頭) 酥蜜酪搵柴兩頭 — Subāhuparipṛcchā (Tantra Requested by Subāhu) 蘇婆呼童子請問經, Scroll 2 — count: 4