阐 (闡) chǎn

  1. chǎn verb to explain; to clarify; to elucidate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阐明 (ABC 'chǎn' 阐, p. 91; CCD '阐'; FE '闡' 1; GHDC '阐' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 2, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16; NCCED '阐', p. 171; Unihan '闡')
  2. chǎn adjective clear; evident
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '闡' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1a, p. 40)
  3. chǎn verb to open
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 打开 (GHDC '阐' 1; Guoyu '闡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16)
  4. chǎn proper noun Chan
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Historic Place Name 古地名
    Notes: (GHDC '阐' 3)
  5. chǎn verb to augment; to develop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '闡' v 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 3, p. 40)
  6. chǎn verb explain; deśayati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deśayati, Japanese: sen (BCSD '闡', p. 1201; DJBT '闡', p. 423; Edgerton 1953 'deśayati', p. 272; MW 'diś'; SH '闡', p. 483)

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阐明阐总阐达阐扬阐究阐示阐弘推阐阐陀阐士阐释阐发阐幽阐济阐述阐注

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 10 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 27
  • Scroll 1 Si Shamen Xuan Zang Shang Biao Ji 寺沙門玄奘上表記 — count: 22
  • Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 12
  • Scroll 1 Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄 — count: 11
  • Scroll 4 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 10
  • Scroll 17 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 10
  • Scroll 10 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 18 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 8
  • Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 8

Collocations

  • 开阐 (開闡) 令心開闡 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 4 — count: 77
  • 一阐 (一闡) 一闡名信 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 26 — count: 14
  • 阐法教 (闡法教) 修治開闡法教業 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 53 — count: 13
  • 阐无相 (闡無相) 是故開闡無相空 — Ratnolkādhāraṇisūtra (Dafangguang Puxian Suo Shuo Jing) 大方廣總持寶光明經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 阐大乘 (闡大乘) 開闡大乘甘露法門 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 阐法藏 (闡法藏) 開闡法藏護諸賢聖 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 光阐 (光闡) 光闡心目 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 阐法门 (闡法門) 開闡法門 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 阐三摩地 (闡三摩地) 開闡三摩地 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 41 — count: 4
  • 广阐 (廣闡) 廣闡佛法 — Sutra on the Life of Śākyamuni (Zhong Benqi Jing) 中本起經, Scroll 2 — count: 3