岂能 (豈能) qǐ néng

qǐ néng set phrase How could someone be able?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 怎能 (Guoyu '豈能'; Mathews 1931 '豈能', p. 71)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 10 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 8 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Southern Qi 佛說八無暇有暇經 — count: 8
  • Scroll 7 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu 維摩經略疏 — count: 7
  • Scroll 2 Bao Wang Sanmei Nian Fo Zhi Zhi 寶王三昧念佛直指 — count: 6
  • Scroll 37 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 6
  • Scroll 1 Ku Yin Jing (Mahādukkhakāhandhasutta) 苦陰經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 18 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 5
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Treatise on Contemplating Thoughts 觀心論疏 — count: 5
  • Scroll 372 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 4 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 8 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 4

Collocations

  • 岂能证得 (豈能證得) 豈能證得一切相智 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 372 — count: 9
  • 岂能知 (豈能知) 豈能知此事乎 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 25 — count: 6
  • 岂能宣 (豈能宣) 豈能宣至真 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 8 — count: 4
  • 岂能尽 (豈能儘) 汝豈能盡行 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 岂能令 (豈能令) 我豈能令皆得滅度 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 590 — count: 3
  • 岂能了知 (豈能了知) 豈能了知菩薩圓滿清淨智行 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 46 — count: 3
  • 岂能屈 (豈能屈) 密迹力士豈能屈意為斯眾會隨時敷演諸菩薩密如來祕要 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 8 — count: 2
  • 岂能宣说 (豈能宣說) 豈能宣說如來妙法 — Guoqu Xianzai Yinguo Jing (Sūtra on Past and Present Causes and Effects) 過去現在因果經, Scroll 4 — count: 2
  • 岂能止 (豈能止) 如與住俱豈能止婬 — Ku Yin Jing (Mahādukkhakāhandhasutta) 苦陰經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 岂能久 (豈能久) 證此三昧豈能久 — Bodhisattvabuddhānusmṛtisamādhi (Dafangdeng Da Ji Jing Pusa Nian Fo Sanmei Fen) 大方等大集經菩薩念佛三昧分, Scroll 7 — count: 2