更 gèng
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adverb
more; even more
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
Notes: (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 2) -
verb
to change; to ammend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 改换 (Guoyu '更' gēng v 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1; XHZD '更' gēng 1) -
noun
a watch; a measure of time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A two hour period of time used before China adopted the Western time system (Guoyu '更' gēng n 1; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 4; XHZD '更' gēng 3) -
adverb
again; also
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 更 is synonymous with 再 or 又 in this sense (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 2; Unihan '更'; XHZD '更' gèng 1). -
verb
to experience
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 3; XHZD '更' gēng 2) -
verb
to improve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 1a) -
verb
to replace; to substitute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 代替; for example, in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 晉楚更霸 'Chu replaced Jin as overlord' (Guoyu '更' gēng v 2; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1946) -
verb
to compensate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 2a) -
adverb
furthermore; even if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 6; Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1b) -
adverb
other
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 1c) -
verb
to increase
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '更' gèng 2) -
noun
forced military service
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 更赋 (Guoyu '更' gēng n 2) -
proper noun
Geng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '更' gēng n 3) -
adverb
finally; eventually
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 终于 (Guoyu '更' gèng adv 3) -
verb
to experience
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Guoyu '更' jīng) -
adverb
again; punar
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: punar, Japanese: kou (BCSD '更', p. 611; MW 'punar'; SH '更', p. 241; Unihan '更') -
noun
contacts
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Contacts of sense organs with objects (Ding '五更'; FGDB '五更'; Kroll 2015 '更' gēng 5)
Contained in
- 自我观照 但求诸己 自我更新 不断净化 自我实践 不假外求 自我离相 不计内外(自我觀照 但求諸己 自我更新 不斷淨化 自我實踐 不假外求 自我離相 不計內外) Reflect upon oneself, and seek the cause in oneself. Reinvent oneself, and continue to purify oneself. Live up to oneself, and never rely on others. Detach from oneself, and never discriminate.
- 施比受更有福 Giving is greater than receving.
- 百花齐放山河美 万象更新大地春(百花齊放山河美 萬象更新大地春) Abundant blossoms add beauty to nature; Boundless new lives bring spring to the Earth.
- 心大口小 人缘更好(心大口小 人緣更好) Broad Mind, Small Mouth; Better Personal Relationships
- 更无第五缘(更無第五緣) there is no fifth condition
- 吾时思念与六畜无异更(吾時思念與六畜無異更) at that time my mind was no different from an animal
- 更生地狱(更生地獄) Samjiva Hell
- 未来比现在更好(未來比現在更好) Tomorrow will be better than today
- 明天会更好(明天會更好) Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day
- 欲穷千里目 更上一层楼(欲窮千里目 更上一層樓) Transcend the limits of the clairvoyant eye; Climb yet another layer of the pagoda.
- 大梦梦中原是梦 此山山外更无山(大夢夢中原是夢 此山山外更無山) Dreaming inside the great dream, all is but a dream; Mountain outside the mountains, there are no other mountains.
- 生命可以更幸福 life can be happier
- 水阔山遥路更深(水闊山遙路更深) along wide rivers and distant mountain roads deep into the night
- 明天更好 Tomorrow Is a Better Day
Also contained in
万象更新 、 熬更守夜 、 初更 、 更博 、 更阑 、 屋漏更遭连夜雨 、 更新世 、 更衣 、 更漏 、 更易 、 知更鸟 、 更多 、 更夫 、 四更 、 更新 、 国际日期变更线 、 都更案 、 更有什者 、 更仆难数 、 更楼 、 更换 、 变更 、 更改 、 更深 、 二更 、 守更 、 更番 、 除旧更新 、 刘更生 、 更变 、 更鼓 、 炒更 、 更深人静 、 深更半夜 、 一更 、 半夜三更 、 自力更生
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- Scroll 5 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 217
- Scroll 21 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 143
- Scroll 1 Sutra on the Four Noble Truths (Si Di Jing) 四諦經 — count: 109
- Scroll 9 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 105
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 100
- Scroll 1 Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing Zhu 人本欲生經註 — count: 97
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 96
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 85
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 81