苟 gǒu

1. gǒu adjective illicit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '苟')
2. gǒu verb be careless of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 苟 is a full verb in this sense (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 152; CC-CEDICT '苟'; Guoyu '苟' adj; Unihan '苟')
3. gǒu conjunction if
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 苟 is a subordinating sense (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 152; CC-CEDICT '苟'; Guoyu '苟' conj 1; Unihan '苟'). For example, 苟為善，後世子孫必有王者矣。'If you do good, among your descendants, in after generations, there shall be one who will attain to the royal dignity.' (Mengzi: 2.14/12/26, translation by Legge).
4. gǒu noun a kind of grass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '苟')
5. gǒu proper noun Gou
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '苟' n 1; Unihan '苟')
6. gǒu adverb provisionally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 姑且 (Guoyu '苟' adv)
7. gǒu conjunction so; thus
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 才 (Guoyu '苟' conj 2)

Contained in

• 宁持戒而舍生命，不破戒法而苟活(寧持戒而捨生命，不破戒法而苟活) who would rather give their lives to keep the precepts than to live an ignoble life by breaking them

Also contained in

不敢苟同 、 苟得 、 苟且 、 苟全性命 、 苟且偷生 、 苟延残喘 、 苟合 、 临难苟免 、 苟存 、 未敢苟同 、 苟全 、 一笔不苟 、 苟富贵，勿相忘 、 苟同 、 不苟 、 苟取 、 苟且偷安 、 不苟且 、 一丝不苟

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• Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 7
• Letters - Song Dynasty Eminent Monk Fushan Fayuan and Others 書信 ■宋代高僧浮山法遠等 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 5
• Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples 禪林寶訓 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 5
• Text - Exhortion to Study 文 ■勉學 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
• Wholeness and Freeness 圓滿與自在 Modern Mentality Trends of Thought - Speeches over the Years 《當代人心思潮－歷年主題演說》 — count: 2
• Inscriptions 碑銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• Scroll 1: What is on a Politician's Mind - Personal Integrity 卷一 政治人的胸懷 操守 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》 — count: 2
• Text - Encouragement for Bodhicitta Text 文 ■勸發菩提心文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• A Record 記 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 2
• Gathas - Tetrasyllabic 偈 ■四言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 苟安 (苟安) 才不會在苟安中退步 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 1: Educating on Principles and Application 第一冊 教育教理教用 — count: 11
• 苟活 (苟活) 故能在亂世之中僥倖苟活 — Hundred Sayings 6 - Sentiment and Righteousness 《往事百語6－有情有義》, Do Not Bring Remorse to your Coffin 不要將歉疚帶到棺材裡去 — count: 10
• 苟日新 (苟日新) 苟日新 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, Transforming the Self 自我改造 — count: 9
• 苟能 (苟能) 苟能如此 — Humanistic Buddhism Series 1 - Fo Guang and the Buddhist Community 《人間佛教系列1－佛光與教團》, How to be a Buddha's Light Member - Lecture 7 怎樣做個佛光人 佛光人第七講 — count: 6
• 苟知 (苟知) 吾人苟知自性本近 — Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》, Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 — count: 4
• 苟延 (苟延) 苟延歲月 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Sentient beings and Buddhas are equal, transforming sentient beings - Part 25 [Lecture] 生佛平等無我度生分第二十五 【講話】 — count: 4
• 苟免 (苟免) 臨難毋苟免 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》, Scroll 1: What is on a Politician's Mind - Personal Integrity 卷一 政治人的胸懷 操守 — count: 3
• 苟苟 (苟苟) 不知弄得多少人終日營營苟苟 — Modern Mentality Trends of Thought - Speeches over the Years 《當代人心思潮－歷年主題演說》, Wholeness and Freeness 圓滿與自在 — count: 2
• 苟种 (苟種) 善根苟種 — Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》, Eulogies 贊 — count: 2
• 难苟 (難苟) 如果我當年畏難苟安 — Hundred Sayings 5 - Never Make Any Returns 《往事百語5－永不退票》, Courage is Important 敢，很重要 — count: 2