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始 shǐ

shǐ noun beginning; start
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 起点 (Guoyu '始' n 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 1; Unihan '始')
shǐ adverb just now; then; only then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方才 or 然后 (Guoyu '始' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 2; Unihan '始')
shǐ adverb first; for the first time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 始 may be used as an adverb in Literary Chinese. For example, 臣始至於境 'When I first arrived at the borders of your kingdom' (Mengzi: 2.2/8/12, translation by Legge; Guoyu '始' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '始' 1a; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121)
shǐ adverb exactly; just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3)
shǐ adverb formerly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2)
shǐ noun beginning; ādi
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ādi, Japanese: shi (BCSD '始', p. 360; MW 'ādi'; SH '始', p. 254; Unihan '始')

Contained in

呾叉始罗国(呾叉始羅國) Taxila; Takshasila
哩始 ṛṣi
原始佛教时期(原始佛教時期) period of early Buddhism
千里之行　始于足下(千里之行　始於足下) A Thousand-Mile Journey Begins with a Step
一加一颂 1. 一晓一天明 2. 一天一日行 3. 一路一条道 4. 一往一来去 5. 一点一开始 6. 一笔一幅画 7. 一手一片天 8. 一笑一欢喜 9. 一生一条命 10. 一人一颗心 11. 一句一赞歎 12. 一家一合相 13. 一默一声雷 14. 一事一种理 15. 一诺一千金 16. 一小一无限 17. 一念一禅法 18. 一空一切色 19. 一花一世界 20. 一叶一如来(一加一頌 1. 一曉一天明 2. 一天一日行 3. 一路一條道 4. 一往一來去 5. 一點一開始 6. 一筆一幅畫 7. 一手一片天 8. 一笑一歡喜 9. 一生一條命 10. 一人一顆心 11. 一句一讚歎 12. 一家一合相 13. 一默一聲雷 14. 一事一種理 15. 一諾一千金 16. 一小一無限 17. 一念一禪法 18. 一空一切色 19. 一花一世界 20. 一葉一如來) Every One Thing 1. Every dawn breaks into a sunrise.
君子慎始 The Accomplished Man Is Cautious from the Beginning
水因有月方知净天为无云始见高(水因有月方知淨天為無雲始見高) That purity unseen until the moon is reflected in the water; The height of the sky unseen until not a cloud is in sight.
养成大拙方为巧学到真愚始知贤(養成大拙方為巧學到真愚始知賢) Mental agility is the ability to show wisdom in disguise of foolishness; Sagehood is not attained until one learns the true art of foolishness.
原始与近代(原始與近代) primitive and contemporary
心安茅屋稳性定菜根香世事静方见人情淡始长(心安茅屋穩性定菜根香世事靜方見人情淡始長) A peaceful mind stays in an unshakable hut. A steady nature tastes delicacy in vegetable roots. A calm observer detects the unseen in this world. A bland relationship is the one to last long.

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 109
Scroll 6 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 97
Scroll 3 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 95
Scroll 31 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 84 , has English translation
Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 51
Scroll 10 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 51
Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 50
Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 49
Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 46
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 46

Collocations

今日始 (今日始) 從今日始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 57
始生死 (始生死) 謂究竟無始生死 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 41
今始 (今始) 今始獲此難得之法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
时始 (時始) 當此世界劫初轉時始成就時 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 7
始愿佛 (始願佛) 我聞世尊迦葉佛時始願佛道 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
众生始 (眾生始) 戱笑懈怠是眾生始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
世间始 (世間始) 於是世間始有剎利名生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
始入 (始入) 始入母胎時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
始生 (始生) 金翅大鳥入宮搏撮或始生方便 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 4
始取 (始取) 彼有一人始取如是行 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 53 — count: 3