尾生 wěishēng

wěishēng proper noun Wei Sheng
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters; later, someone who keeps to their word no matter what (CC-CEDICT '尾生')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 8 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 6 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 1
• Scroll 10 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 9 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 1
• Scroll 2 Ji Gu Jin Fodao Lun Heng 集古今佛道論衡 — count: 1

Collocations

• 尾生守信 (尾生守信) 尾生守信禍至身滅 — Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集, Scroll 10 — count: 2