只赢得眼睛也落地 (只贏得眼睛也落地) zhǐ yíngde yǎnjīng yě luòdì

zhǐ yíngde yǎnjīng yě luòdì set phrase all he’s achieved is that his eyes have fallen out too
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 7 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to a lack of understanding of Buddhist ideas (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 53; FGDB '只贏得眼睛也落地'; T 2003, Scroll 1)