更 gèng
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adverb
more; even more
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
Notes: (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 2) -
verb
to change; to ammend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 改换 (Guoyu '更' gēng v 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1; XHZD '更' gēng 1) -
noun
a watch; a measure of time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A two hour period of time used before China adopted the Western time system (Guoyu '更' gēng n 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 4; XHZD '更' gēng 3) -
adverb
again; also
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 更 is synonymous with 再 or 又 in this sense (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 2; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 1). -
verb
to experience
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 3; XHZD '更' gēng 2) -
verb
to improve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1a) -
verb
to replace; to substitute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 代替; for example, in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 晉楚更霸 'Chu replaced Jin as overlord' (Guoyu '更' gēng v 2; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1946) -
verb
to compensate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2a) -
noun
contacts
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Contacts of sense organs with objects (Ding '五更'; FGDB '五更'; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 5) -
adverb
furthermore; even if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 6; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1b) -
adverb
other
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1c) -
verb
to increase
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 2) -
noun
forced military service
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 更赋 (Guoyu '更' gēng n 2) -
proper noun
Geng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '更' gēng n 3) -
adverb
finally; eventually
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 终于 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 3) -
verb
to experience
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Guoyu '更' jīng) -
adverb
again; punar
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: punar, Japanese: kou (BCSD '更', p. 611; MW 'punar'; SH '更', p. 241; Unihan '更')
Contained in
- 希望在前 明天更好 Hope Is Ahead; Tomorrow will be Better
- 生命可以更幸福 life can be happier
- 自我观照 但求诸己 自我更新 不断净化 自我实践 不假外求 自我离相 不计内外(自我觀照 但求諸己 自我更新 不斷淨化 自我實踐 不假外求 自我離相 不計內外) Reflect upon oneself, and seek the cause in oneself. Reinvent oneself, and continue to purify oneself. Live up to oneself, and never rely on others. Detach from oneself, and never discriminate.
- 随缘消旧业 更莫造新殃(隨緣消舊業 更莫造新殃) To eradicate past karma follow the right conditions; To forestall new ones take caution.
- 未来比现在更好(未來比現在更好) Tomorrow will be better than today
- 此呪别更有神力(此呪別更有神力) in addition, this mantra has an additional spiritual power
- 大梦梦中原是梦 此山山外更无山(大夢夢中原是夢 此山山外更無山) Dreaming inside the great dream, all is but a dream; Mountain outside the mountains, there are no other mountains.
- 1. 佛光人要自我观照，反求诸己 2. 佛光人要自我实践，不假外求 3. 佛光人要自我更新，不断净化 4. 佛光人要自我离相，不计胜负(1. 佛光人要自我觀照，反求諸己 2. 佛光人要自我實踐，不假外求 3. 佛光人要自我更新，不斷淨化 4. 佛光人要自我離相，不計勝負) 1. Fo Guang members should self-reflect and only seek from within. 2. Fo Guang members should self-actualize and not seek from without. 3. Fo Guang members should self-reinvent and continue to sublimate. 4. Fo Guang members should remain detached and not cling to victory.
- 五更 five watches ; five contacts
- 明天更好 Tomorrow Is a Better Day
- 百花齐放山河美 万象更新大地春(百花齊放山河美 萬象更新大地春) Abundant blossoms add beauty to nature; Boundless new lives bring spring to the Earth.
Also contained in
更阑 、 动态更新 、 更夫 、 更有什者 、 更换 、 更新 、 起更 、 炒更 、 更张 、 国际日期变更线 、 半夜三更 、 更兼 、 更鼓 、 更番 、 更卒 、 更为 、 熬更守夜 、 更衣 、 知更鸟 、 更动 、 更生 、 更新世 、 三更 、 更替 、 更衣室 、 更正 、 更年期 、 更博 、 自力更生 、 更迭 、 更楼 、 更多 、 更名 、 变更 、 打更 、 更高性能 、 更深人静 、 更加 、 更代 、 一更
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- Scroll 5 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 217
- Scroll 21 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 143
- Scroll 1 Sutra on the Four Noble Truths (Si Di Jing) 四諦經 — count: 109
- Scroll 9 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 105
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 100
- Scroll 1 Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing Zhu 人本欲生經註 — count: 97
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 96
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 85
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 81