閒 xián

1. xián noun liesure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián n 1; Unihan '閒')
2. xián adjective peaceful; tranquil; calm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián adj 2; Unihan '閒')
3. xián noun an easy job posting
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián n 2; Unihan '閒')
4. xián adjective idle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián adj 1; Unihan '閒')
5. xián adjective unrelated to proper business
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián adj 3)
6. xián adverb arbitrarily; as one pleases
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '閒' xián adv)
7. jiàn noun interstice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 中间 (Guoyu '閒' jiàn)

Contained in

• 排难解纷不是閒事(排難解紛不是閒事) To mediate disputes and resolve conflicts is not a trivial matter
• 受戒容易守戒难 发心容易恒心难 忍苦容易忍气难 尊上容易尊下难 共无容易共有难 依人容易依法难 依神容易依佛难 为己容易为人难 信道容易行道难 处閒容易处众难(受戒容易守戒難 發心容易恆心難 忍苦容易忍氣難 尊上容易尊下難 共無容易共有難 依人容易依法難 依神容易依佛難 為己容易為人難 信道容易行道難 處閒容易處眾難) Easy it is to take the precepts but harder to observe them. Easy it is to have aspirations but harder to persevere. Easy it is to endure suffering but harder to tolerate being wronged. Easy it is to respect one's superiors but harder to respect one's subordinates. Easy it is to accept loss but harder to share profits. Easy it is to rely on people but harder to rely on the Dharma. Easy it is to rely on the gods but harder to rely on the Buddha. Easy it is for the lesser good but harder for the greater good. Easy it is to believe but harder to practice. Easy it is to be at leisure but harder to be with people.
• 默坐烟霞散 閒观水月明(默坐煙霞散 閒觀水月明) Sitting silently through the haze of dispersing twilight; Observing nonchalantly the light of the moon on the water.
• 閒居 to live alone ; to settle down; to live peacefully ; forest dwelling
• 静坐常思己过 閒谈莫论人非(靜坐常思己過 閒談莫論人非) Reflecting on one's shortcomings in silent meditation; Avoiding gossip about wrongdoings of others.

Also contained in

閒适 、 管閒事 、 争閒气 、 閒时 、 閒遊 、 閒云野鹤 、 閒散 、 閒逸 、 安閒 、 投閒置散 、 閒言閒语 、 閒言碎语 、 空閒 、 乞閒 、 閒步

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 25
• Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 9
• Scroll 1 Text for the Vow of Ultimate Bliss (Jile Yuan Wen) 極樂願文 — count: 8
• Scroll 47 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 7 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 The Tantric Ritual Methods of Offerings and Recitations for the Revelation of the Divine Powers of the Saintly Hayagrīva, the Awesome Ferocious King; Sheng He Ye Ge Li Fu Da Wei Nu Wang Li Cheng Da Shen Yan Gongyang Niansong Yi Gui Fa Pin 聖賀野紇哩縛大威怒王立成大神驗供養念誦儀軌法品 — count: 7 , has English translation
• Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 7
• Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 5
• Scroll 19 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 5
• Scroll 1 Mani Jewel Wheel Secret Body to Attain Enlightenment Gold Wheel Mantra Sutra (Ruyi Bao Zhu Zhuanlun Mimi Xianshen Cheng Fo Jin Lun Zhou Wang Jing) 如意寶珠轉輪祕密現身成佛金輪呪王經 — count: 5
• Scroll 2 Vairocana Sutra Ritual Manual (Da Piluzhena Jing Guangda Yi Gui) 大毘盧遮那經廣大儀軌 — count: 5

Collocations

• 世閒 (世閒) 如來智水從真言法界流趣世閒 — Dari Jing Chi Song Cidi Yi Gui (Vairocana Sutra Chanting and Ritual Manual) 大日經持誦次第儀軌, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 眉閒 (眉閒) 慧拳置眉閒 — Vairocana Sutra Ritual Manual (Da Piluzhena Jing Guangda Yi Gui) 大毘盧遮那經廣大儀軌, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 閒静 (閒靜) 於閒靜處 — Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian 法華玄義釋籤, Scroll 13 — count: 4
• 中閒 (中閒) 中閒有十六金剛未足 — Vairocana Sutra Ritual Manual (Da Piluzhena Jing Guangda Yi Gui) 大毘盧遮那經廣大儀軌, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 出世閒 (出世閒) 出世閒悉地 — Piluzhena Wu Zi Zhenyan Xiu Xi Yi Gui (Vairocana Five Character Mantra Ritual Manual) 毘盧遮那五字真言修習儀軌, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 閒错 (閒錯) 閒錯互嚴飾 — Vairocana Sutra Ritual Manual (Da Piluzhena Jing Guangda Yi Gui) 大毘盧遮那經廣大儀軌, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 云閒 (雲閒) 此云閒寂曠野處也 — Weishi Ershi Lun Shu Ji 唯識二十論述記, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 閒身 (閒身) 肯把閒身相攪擾 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 9 — count: 2
• 刹那閒 (剎那閒) 剎那閒 — Text for the Vow of Ultimate Bliss (Jile Yuan Wen) 極樂願文, Scroll 1 — count: 2
• 山閒 (山閒) 山閒有八功德 — The Tantric Ritual Methods of Offerings and Recitations for the Revelation of the Divine Powers of the Saintly Hayagrīva, the Awesome Ferocious King; Sheng He Ye Ge Li Fu Da Wei Nu Wang Li Cheng Da Shen Yan Gongyang Niansong Yi Gui Fa Pin 聖賀野紇哩縛大威怒王立成大神驗供養念誦儀軌法品, Scroll 1 — count: 2