再来不直半文钱 (再來不直半文錢) zài lái bù zhí bàn wénqián

zài lái bù zhí bàn wénqián phrase a second attempt is not worth half a copper coin
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Quote: from Koan 1 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 16; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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• Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 2 , has English translation