难保 (難保) nánbǎo
nánbǎo
noun
hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '難保')
Contained in
- 泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety ; like a clay bodhisattva fording the river, even his own safety is jeopardized
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- Scroll 3 Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Rājāvavādaka (Fo Wei Sheng Guang Tianzi Shuo Wangfa Jing) 佛為勝光天子說王法經 — count: 2
- Scroll 7 Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經 — count: 2 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經 — count: 2 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 5 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 2 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 6 Long Shu Zeng Guang Jing Tu Wen 龍舒增廣淨土文 — count: 2
- Scroll 2 The Great Tang Biographies of Eminent Monks who Sought the Dharma in the Western Regions 大唐西域求法高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 Adbhutadharmparyāya (Fo Shuo Wei Ceng You Yinyuan Jing) 佛說未曾有因緣經 — count: 2
- Scroll 13 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
Collocations
- 命难保 (命難保) 榮命難保 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 身命难保 (身命難保) 身命難保 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 25 — count: 5
- 夕难保 (夕難保) 萬物無常旦夕難保 — Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
- 息难保 (息難保) 出息雖存入息難保 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
- 难保守 (難保守) 事難保守 — Rājāvavādaka (Fo Wei Sheng Guang Tianzi Shuo Wangfa Jing) 佛為勝光天子說王法經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 难保信 (難保信) 命促難保信 — Kuśalamūlasamparigraha (Fo Shuo Hua Shou Jing) 佛說華手經, Scroll 9 — count: 3
- 人命难保 (人命難保) 人命難保 — Cai Hua Wei Wang Shang Fo Shou Jue Hao Miao Hua Jing 採花違王上佛授決號妙花經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 难保岁寒 (難保歲寒) 易開終始口難保歲寒心 — Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 无常难保 (無常難保) 人命短促無常難保 — Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 珠难保 (珠難保) 但道此珠難保 — Dayi Jing (Mahāmati) 大意經, Scroll 1 — count: 3