渐 (漸) jiàn
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jiàn
adverb
gradually; drop by drop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 慢慢 or 逐步; for example, the idiom 渐入佳境 'a gradually improving environment' (Guoyu '漸' adv; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1; Unihan '漸'; XHZD '渐') -
jiān
verb
to permeate; to flow into
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 流入 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1a) -
jiàn
verb
to soak; to immerse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 浸泡 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 2; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1) -
jiān
adverb
ever more
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 2) -
jiàn
noun
an indication; a sign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3) -
jiàn
noun
a sequence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '漸' n; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1a) -
jiàn
proper noun
Gradual Advance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The 53rd hexagram in the ”Yijing” (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3) -
qián
adjective
latent; submerged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 3; Kroll 2015 '漸' qián) -
jiàn
adverb
gradually; anupūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anupūrva, or: krama, Japanese: zen (BCSD '漸', p. 504; DJBT '漸', p. 424; MW 'anupūrva'; SH '漸', p. 424)
Contained in
- 为彼人说渐(為彼人說漸) for the benefit of others he expounded the gradual method
- 南顿北渐(南頓北漸) the South is sudden and the North is gradual
- 渐当令作佛(漸當令作佛) in course of time all become Buddhas
- 止观双修; 1. 渐次止观 2. 不定止观 3. 圆顿止观(止觀雙修; 1. 漸次止觀 2. 不定止觀 3. 圓頓止觀) Stopping and Seeing Meditation: 1. gradual stopping and seeing; 2. indeterminate stopping and seeing; 3. complete stopping and seeing
- 欧阳渐(歐陽漸) Ou Yangjian ; Ouyang Jingwu
- 渐化众生令生信心(漸化眾生令生信心) gradually transform beings and give rise to faith
- 渐次止观(漸次止觀) Gradual Stopping and Seeing
- 渐至乎如如(漸至乎如如) gradually arrive at suchness
- 渐備一切智德经(漸備一切智德經) Daśabhūmikasūtra; Jian Bei Yiqie Zhi De Jing
- 顿渐二教(頓漸二教) sudden and gradual teachings
- 渐有形名(漸有形名) gradually forms and names develop
- 渐教(漸教) gradual teachings
- 渐悟(漸悟) gradual enlightenment; gradual awakening
- 藏传佛教顿渐之争(藏傳佛教頓漸之爭) the debate over sudden and gradual in Tibetan Buddhism
Also contained in
逐渐 、 逐渐增加 、 渐渐 、 防微杜渐 、 渐行渐远 、 渐新统 、 杜渐防萌 、 渐入佳境 、 渐快 、 渐稀 、 渐新世 、 渐渍于道德 、 渐慢 、 渐趋 、 渐近 、 渐弱 、 循序渐进 、 渐次 、 积渐 、 日渐 、 渐冻人症 、 声渐悄 、 西风东渐 、 逐渐废弃 、 渐变 、 东渐
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