常 cháng
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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'). -
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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
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
- 有佛无佛性相常住(有佛無佛性相常住) whether there is a buddha or no buddha, the presence of this nature always remains
- 常瞿梨 Janguli
- 常精进(常精進) Nityodyukta
- 四季花常好 万年月永圆(四季花常好 萬年月永圓) Blossoming flowers all seasons long; A perfect full moon through all passages of time.
- 常为诸天之所守护(常為諸天之所守護) always have the protection of devas
- 十方常暗冥 all quarters wrapt in darkness
- 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything ; Continuous Turning of the Dharma Wheel
- 常瞿利毒女陀罗尼呪经(常瞿利毒女陀羅尼呪經) Dhāraṇī Sūtra of Jāṅgulī, the Girl able to Dispel Poison; Chang Ju Li Du Nu Tuoluoni Zhou Jing
- 三法印; 1. 诸行无常 2. 诸法无我 3. 涅槃寂静(三法印; 1. 諸行無常 2. 諸法無我 3. 涅槃寂靜) Three Dharma Seals: 1. all conditioned phenomena are impermanent; 2. all phenomena are without an independent self; 3. Nirvana is perfect tranquility
- 常啼菩萨(常啼菩薩) Sadāprarudita
- 无常印(無常印) the seal of impermanence
- 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
- 常晓(常曉) Jōgyō
- 花开花落春常在 云去云来山更幽(花開花落春常在 雲去雲來山更幽) Flowers bloom and wilt, but spring never fades; Clouds come and go, yet mountains are ever more serene.
- 常晓和尚请来目录(常曉和尚請來目錄) Master Jōgyō's Catalog Submitted by Imperial Request
- 平常一样窗前月 才有梅花便不同(平常一樣窗前月 才有梅花便不同) In the presence of plum blossoms; The same moon outside the window is then different.
- 常住一心 dwelling eternally in single mindedness
- 佛说常瞿利毒女陀罗尼呪经(佛說常瞿利毒女陀羅尼呪經) Dhāraṇī Sūtra of Jāṅgulī, the Girl able to Dispel Poison; Fo Shuo Chang Ju Li Du Nu Tuoluoni Zhou Jing
- 常奉行是二十四愿(常奉行是二十四願) consistently practiced these twenty-four vows
- 诸法一切无常(諸法一切無常) all dharmas are impermanent
- 常见(常見) commonly seen ; eternalism; śāśvatadṛṣṭi
Also contained in
常德地区 、 每常 、 常川 、 常模 、 常务 、 一反往常 、 朱常洛 、 不正常 、 常朝 、 常州 、 常绿 、 兵家常事 、 常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋 、 常智 、 常侍 、 不正常状况 、 常礼服 、 常绿植物 、 进退有常 、 常平仓 、 拉家常 、 常宁 、 通常 、 常品 、 家常 、 恒常 、 蹈常袭故 、 超常 、 季常癖 、 家常茶饭
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- Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 212
- Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 202
- Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 148
- Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 129
- Scroll 491 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 127 , has parallel version
- Scroll 18 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 127
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 125
- Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 121
- Scroll 5 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 121
- Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 111