肯 kěn

1. kěn verb to agree; to consent; to permit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '肯'; Guoyu '肯' v 1; Kroll 2015 '肯' 1, p. 240; Unihan '肯')
2. kěn auxiliary verb agree; willing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 肯 is used in this sense as a modal auxiliary verb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '肯' v 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122; Sun 2006, loc. 1723).
3. kěn verb acknowledge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '肯' 1a, p. 240)
4. kěn verb to be able to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '肯' 1b, p. 240)
5. kěn adverb could it be?
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '肯' adv; Kroll 2015 '肯' 2, p. 240)
6. kěn noun a ligament
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '肯' 3, p. 240)
7. kěn verb agree; adhivāsayati
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhivāsayati, Japanese: kou, or: kai (BCSD '肯', p. 963; Edgerton 1953 'adhivāsayati', p. 15; Unihan '肯')

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• 能吃苦方为志士 肯吃亏即是福人(能吃苦方為志士 肯吃虧即是福人) Only perseverance makes a hero; Only compromise brings good fortune.
• 能受苦方为志士 肯吃亏必是福人(能受苦方為志士 肯吃虧必是福人) Only perseverance makes a hero; Only compromise brings good fortune.
• 肯定生命的价值 诚实评估自己 涵养清明的心境 勇于面对现实(肯定生命的價值 誠實評估自己 涵養清明的心境 勇於面對現實) Recognize the value of life. Evaluate yourself with honesty. Nurture a mind of clarity. Confront reality with courage.
• 肯定自我 have faith in ourselves
• 您要有愿心 世界无远近 您要肯发心 人间无苦乐(您要有願心 世界無遠近 您要肯發心 人間無苦樂) Once you have vows, The entire world will reach out to you; Once you have aspirations, The world shall be without suffering or joy.
• 做大事要有魄力 做小事要有细心 做难事要肯忍耐 做善事要有恒心(做大事要有魄力 做小事要有細心 做難事要肯忍耐 做善事要有恆心) Accomplish great things with boldness, Tend to details with attentiveness, Confront challenges with patience, Conduct charitable deeds with determination.
• 能接受就能接受 肯承擔必可成功 Willingness to accept leads to acceptance; Willingness to shoulder responsibility leads to success.
• 问菩萨为何倒坐 叹众生不肯回头(問菩薩為何倒坐 嘆眾生不肯回頭) One asks why the bodhisattva is sitting backwards; He sighs about beings refusing to change direction.
• 自我肯定 self-recognition
• 华严经：对自己要能不忘初心 维摩经：对国家要做不请之友 八大人觉经：对朋友要肯不念旧恶 大乘起信论：对社会要懂不变随缘(華嚴經：對自己要能不忘初心 維摩經：對國家要做不請之友 八大人覺經：對朋友要肯不念舊惡 大乘起信論：對社會要懂不變隨緣) 1. According to the Avatamsaka Sutra: Never forget one's own initial vows. 2. According to the Vimalakirti Sutra: Be an invited helper to one's country. 3. According to the Sutra on Eight Realizations of the Great Beings: Never hold a grudge against a friend. 4. According to the Commentary on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: Remain unchanged while following conditions as a member of society.
• 只要有悲心 世间无善恶 只要有慧心 人生无痴迷 只要肯发心 人间无难事 只要有愿心 地球无远近(只要有悲心 世間無善惡 只要有慧心 人生無痴迷 只要肯發心 人間無難事 只要有願心 地球無遠近) In this world, there is no good or bad in the eyes of compassion. In life, there is no ignorance or delusion in the eyes of wisdom. In this world, nothing is impossible in the face of aspiration. In this universe, there is no close or afar in the eyes of great vows.
• 能接受就能进步 肯承担必可成功(能接受就能進步 肯承担必可成功) Willingness to accept leads to improvement ; Willingness to shoulder responsibility leads to success.

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郎肯循环 、 尚未肯决 、 假肯定句 、 肯綮 、 发言中肯 、 肯定并例句 、 宁肯 、 肯德基 、 不肯 、 基孔肯雅热 、 肯定句 、 真肯定句 、 中肯 、 林肯 、 肯帕德湾 、 肯定 、 首肯

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 5 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 18 , has English translation
• Scroll 6 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 16 , has English translation
• Scroll 4 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 14
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 — count: 14
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Dongshan Liangjia from Ruizhou 瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 — count: 13
• Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 12
• Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 10
• Scroll 19 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 10

Collocations

• 肯信 (肯信) 正言似反誰肯信者 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 7 — count: 11
• 未肯 (未肯) 但物情於中猶未肯信佛 — Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 肯反 (肯反) 亡肯反 — Mahābalasūtra (Fo Shuo Chusheng Yiqie Rulai Fayan Bian Zhao Dali Ming Wang Jing) 佛說出生一切如來法眼遍照大力明王經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 肯受 (肯受) 莫肯受化 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 肯说 (肯說) 如佛肯說者當問 — Siṃhaparipṛcchā (Taizi Shua Hu Jing) 太子刷護經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 肯作 (肯作) 執此慳心無肯作理 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
• 肯去 (肯去) 肯去 — Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 肯入 (肯入) 誰復更肯入逝多林 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 傥肯 (儻肯) 儻肯相惠乎 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 肯信受 (肯信受) 誰肯信受 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 3