譬如 pìrú
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pìrú
verb
for examlpe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 举例 (Guoyu '譬如' 1) -
pìrú
adjective
better than; surpassing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 举例 (Guoyu '譬如' 2) -
pìrú
noun
example; dṛṣṭānta
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dṛṣṭānta (BCSD '譬如', p. 1098; MW 'dṛṣṭānta')
Contained in
- 譬如大海中船卒破 for example, when a ship is wrecked at sea
- 譬如母人 the simile of the mother [as the perfection of wisdom]
- 譬如有人至亲友家(譬如有人至親友家) as if some man having come to a friend's house
- 譬如女人怀妊(譬如女人懷妊) the simile of the woman who is pregnant
- 譬如有人以贼为子(譬如有人以賊為子) for example, if someone mistakes a thief for their son
- 譬如春时(譬如春時) the simile of springtime
- 譬如工射之人 it is as with a master of archery
- 譬如人得象 the simile of the person who obtained an elephant
- 譬如有人渴乏须水(譬如有人渴乏須水) similar to that of a certain man, who in need and in quest of water
- 譬如有人欲见大海(譬如有人欲見大海) simile about a man who wanted to see the ocean
- 譬如老人 the simile of the old person
- 譬如寂灭涅槃(譬如寂滅涅槃) for example, that nirvāṇa is peace
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 30 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 105 , has English translation
- Scroll 59 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 101
- Scroll 93 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 97 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Sutra on the Grounds of the Way (Dao Di Jing) 道地經 — count: 94
- Scroll 36 Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 83
- Scroll 5 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 74
- Scroll 5 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 73 , has English translation
- Scroll 78 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 73 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Kāśyapaparivarta (Yi Ri Monibao Jing) 遺日摩尼寶經 — count: 68
- Scroll 1 Tarkaśāstra (Rushi Lun) 如實論 — count: 67
Collocations
- 譬如力士 (譬如力士) 譬如力士屈伸臂頃 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 譬如人 (譬如人) 譬如人夢 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 譬如天 (譬如天) 譬如天名為自明 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 譬如飞鸟 (譬如飛鳥) 譬如飛鳥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 4
- 譬如净洁 (譬如淨潔) 譬如淨潔白氈易為受色 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 譬如大树 (譬如大樹) 譬如大樹根拔 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 譬如新 (譬如新) 譬如新塔易可嚴飾 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 3
- 譬如殑伽河 (譬如殑伽河) 譬如殑伽河水閻牟那河水流注大海增長無盡 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 譬如问 (譬如問) 譬如問奈以瓜答 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 譬如异道 (譬如異道) 譬如異道人 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 3