典 diǎn

1. diǎn noun canon; classic; scripture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX；as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典，經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書，典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子)
2. diǎn noun laws; regulations
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令)
3. diǎn noun a ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5)
4. diǎn noun an institution in imperial China
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3)
5. diǎn adjective refined; elegant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4)
6. diǎn verb to administer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4)
7. diǎn verb to pawn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5)
8. diǎn noun an allusion; a precedent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5)
9. diǎn noun scripture; grantha
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: grantha (BCSD '典', p. 175; MW 'grantha'; SH '典', p. 250)

Contained in

• 两岸降伏「非典」国泰民安世界和平祈福大法会(兩岸降伏「非典」國泰民安世界和平祈福大法會) Cross-Strait Eradication of Sars: A Blessing for Human Well-being And World Peace Dharma Service
• 中国佛教白话经典宝藏(中國佛教白話經典寶藏) Selected Chinese Buddhist Texts in Modern Language
• 典宾(典賓) Guest Prefect
• 佛教圣典(佛教聖典) Bukkyō Seiten
• 佛书解说大辞典(佛書解說大辭典) Bussho kaisetsu daijiten
• 法藏文库·中国佛教学术论典(法藏文庫·中國佛教學術論典) A Collection of Contemporary Buddhist Works: Chinese Buddhist Academic Series
• 中英佛学辞典(中英佛學辭典) A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms
• 佛教大辞典(佛教大辭典) Bukkyō daijiten ; Mochizuki Bukkyō Daijiten
• 富兰那圣典(富蘭那聖典) Puranas
• 全球中华文化经典读诵大会(全球中華文化經典讀誦大會) Global Chinese Cultural Classics Reading Competition
• 佛像安座暨启用典礼(佛像安座暨啟用典禮) inauguration and consecration ceremony
• 佛像开光暨供奉佛陀舍利典礼(佛像開光暨供奉佛陀舍利典禮) Consecration and Buddha's Relic Enshrinement Ceremony
• 万人皈依典礼及万人献灯祈福弘法大会(萬人皈依典禮及萬人獻燈祈福弘法大會) Grand Triple Gem Refuge Taking and Light Offering Dharma Service
• 慈悲爱心人宣誓典礼(慈悲愛心人宣誓典禮) Pledging Ceremony for “People of Compassion and Loving Care”
• 陞座大典 Inaugural Ceremony
• 佛学大辞典(佛學大辭典) Dictionary of Buddhist Studies ; Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
• 大典尊经(大典尊經) Mahagovinda Sutta
• 中华电子佛典协会(中華電子佛典協會) CBETA
• 安基动土典礼(安基動土典禮) Foundation Laying Ceremony

Also contained in

宝典 、 法典 、 承典 、 古典芭蕾 、 成语典故 、 萌典 、 古典哲学 、 祭典 、 数典忘祖 、 外典写作 、 古典乐 、 古典派 、 开幕典礼 、 民法典 、 典当 、 非典型肺炎 、 中国古典典籍 、 典质 、 经典案例 、 典押 、 应典 、 字典序 、 永乐大典 、 五典 、 仪典 、 雅典卫城 、 百科词典 、 活字典 、 典雅 、 典礼 、 典型用途 、 古典文学

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• Scroll 63 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 61
• Scroll 72 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
• Scroll 66 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
• Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 43
• Scroll 100 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 42
• Scroll 68 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 32
• Scroll 69 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26
• Scroll 60 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26
• Scroll 9 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 26 , has English translation
• Scroll 49 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 26

Collocations

• 典兵 (典兵) 典兵寶為七 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
• 典经 (典經) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 24
• 典尊 (典尊) 王有大臣名曰典尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 23
• 世典 (世典) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 16
• 习典 (習典) 誦習典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 15
• 典婆罗门 (典婆羅門) 輔相婆羅門往詣七千教誦經典婆羅門 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
• 三明典 (三明典) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 典中 (典中) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 四典 (四典) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 9
• 典幽微 (典幽微) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 9