五行 wǔ xíng

  1. wǔ xíng set phrase five elements
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, and water 水 (CCD '五行'; Guoyu '五行' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1377)
  2. wǔ xíng set phrase five methods
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of fortune telling (Guoyu '五行' 2)
  3. wǔ xíng set phrase five practices
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: There are different formulations for this in different texts. For example, in the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 大乘起信論 the five are: generosity, morality, patience, diligence, and meditation. (FGDB '五行')

Also contained in

治水五行治乱五行阴阳五行天有五行五行五事五行相胜五行之义五行八作五行对五行顺逆五行变救五行相生陈其五行

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations