渐 (漸) jiàn
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adverb
gradually; drop by drop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 慢慢 or 逐步; for example, the idiom 渐入佳境 'a gradually improving environment' (CC-CEDICT '漸'; Guoyu '漸' adv; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122; Unihan '漸'; XHZD '渐') -
verb
to permeate; to flow into
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 流入 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1a; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122) -
verb
to soak; to immerse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 浸泡 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 2; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122) -
adverb
ever more
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 2) -
noun
an indication; a sign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3) -
noun
a sequence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '漸' n; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1a) -
proper noun
Gradual Advance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The 53rd hexagram in the ”Yijing” (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3) -
adjective
latent; submerged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 3; Kroll 2015 '漸' qián) -
adverb
gradually; anupūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anupūrva, or: krama, Pali: anupubba, Japanese: zen (BCSD '漸', p. 744; DJBT '漸', p. 424; Edgerton 1953 'anupūrva', p. 30; MW 'anupūrva'; SH '漸', p. 424)
Contained in
- 顿渐二教(頓漸二教) sudden and gradual teachings
- 渐有形名(漸有形名) gradually forms and names develop
- 渐備一切智德经(漸備一切智德經) Daśabhūmikasūtra; Jian Bei Yiqie Zhi De Jing
- 渐次止观(漸次止觀) gradual stopping and seeing
- 魏初康会注述渐畅(魏初康會注述漸暢) At the start of the Wei dynasty, Kang Senghui added annotation and commentaries
- 欧阳渐(歐陽漸) Ou Yangjian ; Ouyang Jingwu
- 渐当令作佛(漸當令作佛) in course of time all become Buddhas
- 渐悟(漸悟) gradual enlightenment; gradual awakening
- 渐教(漸教) gradual teachings
- 渐备一切智经(漸備一切智經) Sutra on Making Gradually Complete all the Wisdom; Jian Bei Yiqie Zhi Jing
- 渐化众生令生信心(漸化眾生令生信心) gradually transform beings and give rise to faith
- 渐至乎如如(漸至乎如如) gradually arrive at suchness
- 止观双修; 1. 渐次止观 2. 不定止观 3. 圆顿止观(止觀雙修; 1. 漸次止觀 2. 不定止觀 3. 圓頓止觀) Stopping and Seeing Meditation: 1. gradual stopping and seeing; 2. indeterminate stopping and seeing; 3. complete stopping and seeing
- 行道渐少恶力转盛(行道漸少惡力轉盛) Practice of the Way is gradually diminishing, and evil power is flourishing.
- 藏传佛教顿渐之争(藏傳佛教頓漸之爭) the debate over sudden and gradual in Tibetan Buddhism
Also contained in
渐至负债 、 渐慢 、 逐渐废弃 、 渐次 、 循序渐进 、 声渐悄 、 渐进 、 渐异其范围 、 渐近 、 日渐 、 渐深 、 渐润 、 逐渐增加 、 渐消 、 渐进主义 、 渐稀 、 渐新统 、 渐积 、 渐渐 、 逐渐 、 渐渍于道德 、 渐弱 、 渐趋 、 渐渍而不骤 、 渐新世 、 渐或 、 渐磨而进 、 渐形明显 、 东渐 、 渐快 、 渐减 、 渐民以仁 、 杜渐防萌 、 西风东渐 、 渐行渐远 、 渐次后退
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Zhi Guan Yi Li 止觀義例 — count: 115
- Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 81
- Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 61
- Scroll 36 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 59 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 58 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 54
- Scroll 10 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 53 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Preface to Collection of Various Writings on the Chan Source 禪源諸詮集都序 — count: 48
- Scroll 2 Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian 法華玄義釋籤 — count: 43
- Scroll 20 Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian 法華玄義釋籤 — count: 41