古 gǔ
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adjective
ancient; old; palaeo-
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: kuX, Japanese: furu, or: ko; in the sense of old in historic terms (ABC 'gǔ' sv 1; David 2013, p. 1731; Kroll 2015 '古', p. 139; NCCED '古' 3; Unihan '古') -
adjective
ancient; old
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often begins a sentence that ends in 者 in Literary Chinese to mean 'in ancient times.' (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119) -
adjective
out of date
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Ci Yian '古' 2; ABC 'gǔ' sv 2; GHC '古' 1) -
noun
former times
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Ci Yian '古' 1; GHC '古' 1; NCCED '古' 1) -
noun
events in former times
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '古' 2) -
adjective
sincere; unpretentious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '古' 4) -
adjective
an ancient style of poetry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Pre-Tang form (NCCED '古' 5) -
proper noun
Gu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Ci Yian '古' 3) -
adjective
ancient; old; purāṇa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: purāṇa, Japanese: ko (BCSD '古', p. 233; MW 'purāṇa'; SH '古', p. 169; Unihan '古')
Contained in
- 三古鉾 trident
- 古教照心 former teachings illuminate the mind
- 今人古心 Modern Mind, Ancient Heart
- 古德 elders; ancient sages ; Ancient Sages
- 五古 five pronged vajra
- 观其存篇古今可辩(觀其存篇古今可辯) observing the surviving fragments, old and new can be distinguished
- 顺古不翻(順古不翻) terms traditionally transliterated
- 忠孝信义无古今 仁山智水有真心(忠孝信義無古今 仁山智水有真心) Loyal, dutiful, honest, and righteous minds transcend past and future; Majestic benevolence and everflowing wisdom reveal a true heart.
- 集古今佛道论衡(集古今佛道論衡) Ji Gu Jin Fodao Lun Heng
- 道无古今 悟在当下(道無古今 悟在當下) The Ways speak not of time, Attainment is here and now.
- 了却人间多少事 笑开天下古今愁(了却人間多少事 笑開天下古今愁) See through the many mundane affairs, Laugh away sorrows past and present.
- 谤他古人(謗他古人) slander people of the past
- 古翻 old translation
- 松无古今色 竹有上下节(松無古今色 竹有上下節) The pine reflects no signs of past and present; The bamboo grows with upper and lower connections.
- 古译(古譯) old translation
Also contained in
古城区 、 今古文 、 前不见古人，后不见来者 、 古交市 、 古隶 、 是古非今 、 古都 、 古希腊哲学 、 古典芭蕾 、 古文 、 额尔古纳市 、 老古板 、 古钱学 、 亘古未有 、 古典哲学 、 蒙古语族 、 古印度六派哲学 、 古柯 、 古董 、 古冶区 、 古拙 、 古典乐 、 古塔区 、 古吉拉特邦 、 东冲古剌 、 古埃及 、 古典派 、 自古 、 古丈 、 旷古未闻 、 中国古典典籍 、 古坑 、 内蒙古自治区 、 元古宙 、 古尔班通古特沙漠 、 万古长新
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 153
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 140
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 64
- Scroll 1 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 39
- Scroll 3 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 38
- Scroll 52 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 35
- Scroll 1 A Summary of the Meaning of Nyāyamukha 因明義斷 — count: 34
- Scroll 4 Mahāyānopadeśa (Bao Nu Suo Wen Jing) 寶女所問經 — count: 32
- Scroll 9 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 30
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 29
Collocations
- 古世 (古世) 昔我古世時 — Sutra on the Buddha's Liberation of the Brahmin Āmraṣṭha (Fo Kaijie Fanzhi Aba Jing) 佛開解梵志阿颰經, Scroll 1 — count: 80
- 乃往古 (乃往古) 乃往古久遠世時 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 3 — count: 70
- 博古 (博古) 博古明今 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 12
- 古仙 (古仙) 謂從古仙之所傳習 — 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: 11
- 古知 (古知) 夫博學之士探古知今 — Chu Yao Jing (Udānavarga) 出曜經, Scroll 13 — count: 11
- 古仙人 (古仙人) 我得古仙人道 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 10
- 古圣 (古聖) 得古聖制法 — Śṛgālavāda Sūtra (Shan Sheng Zi Jing) 善生子經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 古明 (古明) 博古明今 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 8
- 探古 (探古) 最上座道人博綜群籍探古達今 — Sundry Similes Sutra (Za Piyu Jing) 雜譬喻經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 古贤 (古賢) 有古賢之弘仁 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 6 — count: 5