伐柯 fákē

fákē set phrase How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Cf Book of Songs (CC-CEDICT '伐柯')

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操斧伐柯

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 5 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 3
  • Scroll 25 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 2
  • Scroll 3 Abbreviated History of Monastics Written in the Song (Da Song Seng Shi Lue) 大宋僧史略 — count: 2
  • Scroll 4 Niepan Xuan Yi Fa Yuan Ji Yao 涅槃玄義發源機要 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Tang Da Jian Fu Si Gu Si Zhu Fan Jing Dade Fa Zang Heshang Chuan 唐大薦福寺故寺主翻經大德法藏和尚傳 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 伐柯伐柯 (伐柯伐柯) 伐柯伐柯其則不遠 — Niepan Xuan Yi Fa Yuan Ji Yao 涅槃玄義發源機要, Scroll 4 — count: 8