悭 (慳) qiān

1. qiān adjective stingy; miserly; frugal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 吝啬 (CC-CEDICT '慳'; Guoyu '慳' adj; Kroll 2015 '慳' 1, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '慳', p. 113; Unihan '慳')
2. qiān noun a miser
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '慳' n)
3. qiān verb to be deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缺少 (Guoyu '慳' v 2; Kroll 2015 '慳' 1a, p. 359)
4. qiān verb to obstruct; to hinder
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 阻礙 (Guoyu '慳' v 1)
5. qiān adjective envy; mātsarya
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mātsarya, Japanese: kan, or: ken, Tibetan: ser sna can (BCSD '慳', p. 501; Mahāvyutpatti 'matsaraḥ'; MW 'mātsarya'; SH '慳', p. 423; Unihan '慳')

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• 悭结(慳結) the bond of being miserly
• 悭心(慳心) a miserly mind
• 人生诸苦 悭贪之人伶仃孤苦 挥霍之人求不得苦 懒惰之人千辛万苦 矫情之人嘴甜心苦 麻木之人不知甘苦 执着之人放不下苦 瞋恨之人怨憎会苦 五逆之人倒悬悲苦 风尘之人内心痛苦 流浪之人颠波泪苦 边疆之人穷困辛苦 军中之人战斗累苦 病亡之人爱别离苦 乞讨之人淒凉哀苦 创业之人备尝辛苦 发心之人不辞劳苦 养育之人含辛茹苦 情义之人同甘共苦 勤奋之人不以为苦 慈悲之人喜乐拔苦 喜舍之人济贫救苦 积善之人无有众苦(人生諸苦 慳貪之人伶仃孤苦 揮霍之人求不得苦 懶惰之人千辛萬苦 矯情之人嘴甜心苦 麻木之人不知甘苦 執著之人放不下苦 瞋恨之人怨憎會苦 五逆之人倒懸悲苦 風塵之人內心痛苦 流浪之人顛波淚苦 邊疆之人窮困辛苦 軍中之人戰鬥累苦 病亡之人愛別離苦 乞討之人淒涼哀苦 創業之人備嘗辛苦 發心之人不辭勞苦 養育之人含辛茹苦 情義之人同甘共苦 勤奮之人不以為苦 慈悲之人喜樂拔苦 喜捨之人濟貧救苦 積善之人無有眾苦) The Pains of Life Stinginess and greed cause the pain of loneliness. Extravagance causes the pain of discontent. Laziness causes the pain of hardship. Pretentiousness causes the pain of insincerity. Nonchalance causes the pain of apathy. Stubbornness causes the pain of attachment. Anger causes the pain of unpleasant meetings. The Five Offenses cause the pain of being born as an animal. Prostitution bears the pain of unspeakable torment. Vagrancy causes the pain of displacement. Being on the outlying areas bears the pain of destitution. Being a soldier suffers the pain of battle. Sickness and death suffer the pain of separation from loved ones. Beggardom suffers the pain of desolation. Entrepreneurship suffers the pain of toil and fatigue. Aspiration keeps one immune to painstaking effort. Parents willingly endure the hardships of raising a child. Righteous and loyal ones partake in each other's pains and joys. Diligence keeps one insusceptible to hardship. Compassion relieves others from pain by giving them joy and happiness. Generosity helps those in pain of being poor and needy. Good deeds keep one free from all forms of pain.

Also contained in

悭俭 、 悭省 、 悭烦 、 悭简 、 悭贪 、 悭囊 、 悭吝 、 知悭识俭 、 悭力 、 悭吝苦克 、 老悭

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 5 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 41
• Scroll 3 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 41
• Scroll 27 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 33
• Scroll 19 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 31
• Scroll 50 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 29
• Scroll 1 Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經 — count: 26
• Scroll 19 Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶 — count: 25
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒本疏 — count: 23
• Scroll 10 Satyasiddhiśāstra (Cheng Shi Lun / Treatise of Establishing Reality) 成實論 — count: 23
• Scroll 4 The Sūtra on the Mahāyāna Practice of the Six Perfections 大乘理趣六波羅蜜多經 — count: 23

Collocations

• 悭悋 (慳悋) 慳悋貪取 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 42
• 悭嫉 (慳嫉) 惱害誑妄并慳嫉 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 37
• 悭垢 (慳垢) 謂善男子離慳垢心 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 19
• 悭惜 (慳惜) 九慳惜飲食不施佛僧 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 1 — count: 18
• 离悭 (離慳) 設使離慳 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 24 — count: 14
• 悭难 (慳難) 寧當有慳難捨不 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 舍悭 (捨慳) 以往愛因緣便不欲捨慳 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 无有悭 (無有慳) 無有慳嫉者 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 7
• 调伏悭 (調伏慳) 云何為調伏慳垢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 7
• 悭疾 (慳疾) 慳疾為病 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 5