诚 (誠) chéng

  1. chéng noun honesty; sincerity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 诚 is an important Confucian concept (Guoyu '誠' n; Kroll 2015 '誠' 1a; Mathews 1931 '誠', p. 49; XHZD '诚' 1, p. 85; Yao 2000, p. 217). For example, 所謂誠其意者，毋自欺也 What is meant by 'making the thoughts sincere.' is the allowing no self-deception.' (The Classic of Rites, The Great Learning禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885)
  2. chéng adverb if
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: May be used in Literary Chinese to emphasize a supposition in a complex sentence with a subordinating conjunction, like 'if' (Kroll 2015 '誠' 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 153).
  3. chéng adverb truly; indeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 的確( Guoyu '誠' adv; Kroll 2015 '誠' 2; Mathews 1931 '誠', p. 49; XHZD '诚' 2, p. 85)
  4. chéng noun Sincerity
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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亲爱精诚 、 至诚 、 诚中形外 、 精诚所至，金石为开 、 诚斋乐府 、 非诚勿扰 、 诚心诚意 、 忠诚老实 、 一秉虔诚 、 诚朴 、 诚如 、 诚意 、 推诚爱物 、 志诚 、 诚然 、 赤诚相见 、 诚聘 、 诚怕 、 诚笃 、 虔诚 、 诚心 、 巧诈不如拙诚 、 投诚 、 真心诚意 、 金诚一 、 诚壹 、 精诚所至 、 不诚实 、 开诚布公 、 掬诚 、 精诚 、 至意诚心 、 洪自诚 、 竭诚 、 诚惶诚恐 、 诚心所愿

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  • Scroll 5 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 64
  • Scroll 6 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 46
  • Scroll 2 Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog (Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu) 大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 — count: 40
  • Scroll 1 Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog (Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu) 大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 — count: 34
  • Scroll 16 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 34
  • Scroll 3 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 30
  • Scroll 2 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 25
  • Scroll 10 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 24
  • Scroll 15 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 22 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 21

Collocations

  • 归诚 (歸誠) 歸誠懺悔 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 13
  • 诚言 (誠言) 菩薩誠言示教方入 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 5 — count: 8
  • 诚说 (誠說) 三界有名誠說時 — Xin Sui Jing (Pravāraṇasūtra) 新歲經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 诚告 (誠告) 以誠告我 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
  • 说诚 (說誠) 如來所說誠無虛妄 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
  • 诚语 (誠語) 八誠語不發 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 丹诚 (丹誠) 志節丹誠慈行發中 — Lu Mu Jing 鹿母經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 诚忏悔 (誠懺悔) 歸誠懺悔 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 谛诚 (諦誠) 義味諦誠 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 3
  • 诚愿 (誠願) 於是迦葉知眾誠願 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 9 — count: 3