常 cháng

1. cháng adverb always; ever; often; frequently; constantly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 经常 or 常常 in this sense and is placed before the verb that it modifies (CCD '常' 3; FE '常' 3; Guoyu '常' adj 2; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25; Sun 2006, loc. 2053; Unihan '常').
2. cháng proper noun Chang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Name 名字
   Notes: (CCD '常' 5; FE '常' 6; Guoyu '常' n 2)
3. cháng adverb long-lasting
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 恒久 in this sense (CCD '常' 2; FE '常' 2; Guoyu '常' adv 1)
4. cháng adjective common; general; ordinary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 常 is synonymous with 一般, 普通, or 正常 in this sense (CCD '常' 1; FE '常' 1; Guoyu '常' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25; Unihan '常')
5. cháng noun a principle; a rule
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '常' 5; FE '常' 5; Guoyu '常' n 1; Mathews 1931 '常', p. 25)
6. cháng adjective eternal; nitya
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nitya, or: śāśvata, or: satata, Pali: nicca, Japanese: jō, Tibetan: rtag pa (BCSD '常', p. 420; BL 'nitya'; FGDB '常'; Mahāvyutpatti 'nityaḥ'; MW 'nitya'; SH '常', p. 349)

Contained in

• 常寂光 Eternally Tranquil Light
• 佛光教科书 7：佛教常识(佛光教科書 7：佛教常識) Fo Guang Essential Guides to Buddhism: General Buddhist Knowledge
• 大梅法常 Damei Fachang
• 利益归于常住(利益歸於常住) benefits belong to the monastery
• 扶律谈常(扶律談常) promotes rules of discipline and discusses the eternal
• 欲者无常(欲者無常) sensuality is inconstant
• 常住一心 dwelling eternally in single mindedness
• 诸行无常(諸行無常) all conditioned phenomena are impermanent
• 常法不生故 for what is eternal is not born
• 佛日增辉 法轮常转(佛日增輝 法輪常轉) May the days of the Buddha be glorified; May the Dharma Wheel forever turn.
• 法常 Damei Fachang
• 知足常乐　能忍自安(知足常樂　能忍自安) Contentment Brings Constant Happiness; Patience Naturally Brings Peace
• 声无常(聲無常) sound is impermanent
• 不常 not permanent
• 地无寒谷春常在 家有芳邻德不孤(地無寒谷春常在 家有芳鄰德不孤) A land free of cold valleys that constantly bathes in Spring, A family with good neighbors is never without virtue.
• 智常 Zhichang
• 佛说无常经(佛說無常經) Anityatāsūtra; Fo Shuo Wuchang Jing
• 三摩地; 1. 常坐三昧 2. 常行三昧 3. 半行半坐三昧 4. 非行非坐三昧 Samadhi: 1. constant sitting samadhi; 2. constant walking samadhi; 3. half-walking, half-sitting samadhi; 4. non-walking and non-sitting samadhi
• 佛说法常住经(佛說法常住經) Fo Shuo Fa Changzhu Jing

Also contained in

常年大会 、 积习生常 、 常春藤盟校 、 中央常务委员会 、 基因染色体异常 、 素常 、 介电常数 、 常格 、 非常多 、 常青藤八校 、 常试 、 常玩 、 常熟 、 超乎寻常 、 家常 、 常辙 、 常言说得好 、 常用字 、 类精神分裂型人格违常 、 常宁 、 异常 、 常态 、 常礼服 、 常化 、 常来常往 、 平常日 、 时常 、 不正常 、 正常 、 常春藤 、 言语失常症 、 常俸

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• Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 202
• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 179
• Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 146
• Scroll 18 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 127
• Scroll 491 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 126 , has parallel version
• Scroll 5 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 122
• Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 120
• Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 119
• Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 110
• Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 106