羚羊挂角 (羚羊掛角) língyáng guà jiǎo

língyáng guà jiǎo set phrase an antelope hangs up its horns
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: This idiom describes an antelope hanging up its horns at night to avoid leaving a trace and being hunted (Guoyu '羚羊掛角')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 16 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 17 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 17 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 19 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 17 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 23 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 羚羊挂角时 (羚羊掛角時) 忽遇羚羊掛角時如 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 10
  • 似羚羊挂角 (似羚羊掛角) 得似羚羊掛角時 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 17 — count: 4
  • 羚羊挂角月 (羚羊掛角月) 羚羊掛角月 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 遇羚羊挂角 (遇羚羊掛角) 忽遇羚羊掛角時如 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 2
  • 问羚羊挂角 (問羚羊掛角) 問羚羊挂角時如何 — Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄, Scroll 22 — count: 2