不即不离 (不即不離) bù jí bù lí

1. bù jí bù lí set phrase to be neither too familiar nor too distant; to keep somebody at arm's length
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不即不離')
2. bù jí bù lí phrase neither close nor far
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 3
• Volume 7: Buddhist General Knowledge - Class 16: Quotes from the Buddha's Teachings 第七冊　佛教常識 第十六課　佛語典故 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 3
• Volume 5: Introduction to Schools - Class 7: Faxiang School 第五冊　宗派概論 第七課　法相宗 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
• Volume 5: Introduction to Schools - Class 2: Indian Early Buddhist schools 第五冊　宗派概論 第二課　印度部派佛教 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 1
• Insulating a Building 伸縮縫 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 7 - Having Meaningful Interests 《迷悟之間(七)生活的情趣》 — count: 1
• Purification of the mind and doing good works are not distinguished as higher or lower - Part 23 [Lecture] 淨心行善法無高下分第二十三 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and Chinese Lexicology 佛教與中國詞彙學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1
• Chapter 2: Who to Repent to - The Four Great Elements are Empty 卷二　向誰懺悔 ■四大皆空 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 12 - Being Aware of One's Frame of Mind 《人間萬事12－悟者的心境》 — count: 1
• More than Ten Dharmas 十數佛法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 具有不即不离 (具有不即不離) 三無性具有不即不離的關係 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 5: Introduction to Schools - Class 7: Faxiang School 第五冊　宗派概論 第七課　法相宗 — count: 2