只赢得眼睛也落地 (只贏得眼睛也落地) zhǐ yíngde yǎnjīng yě luòdì
zhǐ yíngde yǎnjīng yě luòdì
set phrase
all he’s achieved is that his eyes have fallen out too
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 7 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to a lack of understanding of Buddhist ideas (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 53; FGDB '只贏得眼睛也落地'; T 2003, Scroll 1)
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Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation