可怜 (可憐) kělián

  1. kělián adjective pitiful; pathetic
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '可憐'; Guoyu '可憐' 1)
  2. kělián verb to take pity on
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '可憐' 2)
  3. kělián verb to attract love; to be cute
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 惹人喜爱 (Guoyu '可憐' 3)
  4. kělián verb to attract envy
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 惹人羨慕 (Guoyu '可憐' 4)

Also contained in

可怜见可怜巴巴可怜兮兮可怜虫

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 20 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 4
  • Scroll 9 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 16 Shi Zhu Pi Po Sha Lun 十住毘婆沙論 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Fa Ju Piyu Jing (Dharmapada) 法句譬喻經 — count: 3
  • Scroll 21 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 10 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Chan Zong Jue Yi Ji 禪宗決疑集 — count: 3
  • Scroll 5 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 41 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 2 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 可怜愍 (可憐愍) 甚可憐愍 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 104
  • 可怜生 (可憐生) 可怜生可怜生 — Jing Tu Wu Hui Nian Fo Lue Fa Shi Yi Zan 淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚, Scroll 2 — count: 29
  • 深可怜 (深可憐) 眾生愚迷深可憐愍 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 4 — count: 16
  • 可怜悯 (可憐憫) 實可憐憫 — Le Bang Wenlei 樂邦文類, Scroll 4 — count: 11
  • 真可怜 (真可憐) 如來說為真可憐愍 — Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Śūraṅgama Sūtra) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經, Scroll 3 — count: 10
  • 名为可怜 (名為可憐) 是故名為可憐愍者 — Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 可怜慜 (可憐慜) 甚可憐慜 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
  • 可怜无限 (可憐無限) 可憐無限弄潮人 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 可怜伤 (可憐傷) 世間可憐傷 — Fo Ben Xing Jing 佛本行經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 可怜双 (可憐雙) 日下可怜雙象馬 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 9 — count: 4