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而 ér

ér conjunction and; as well as; but (not); yet (not)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Coordination 并列
Notes: 而 is commonly used to join adjectives, adjective phrases, or verbs; in the sense of 和 or 与 (Guoyu '而' conj 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 13)
ér noun Kangxi radical 126
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '而' n 2)
ér pronoun you
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 而 was used as the singular second person pronoun 你 in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '而' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
ér conjunction not only ... but also ....; ... as well as ...; moreover; in addition; furthermore
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 而且 in this sense, expressing a connecting relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 2)
ér conjunction right away; then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 就 or 才 in this sense, expressing a sequentional relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 3)
ér conjunction but; yet; however; while; nevertheless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 但是 in this sense, expressing a contrasting relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 6)
ér conjunction if; in case; in the event that
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 如果 in this sense, expressing hypothesis or conjecture in Literary Chinese. It is comparatively rare in this sense (Guoyu '而' conj 4; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 150).
ér conjunction therefore; as a result; thus
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 因而 or 所以 in this sense, expressing cause and effect (Guoyu '而' conj 5)
ér conjunction how can it be that?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 难道 or 岂 in this sense, expressing doubt in a rhetorical question (Guoyu '而' conj 7)
ér particle so as to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 以 in this sense (Guoyu '而' prep 2)
ér adverb only then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 才 (Guoyu '而' adv 1)
ér verb as if; to seem like
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 好像 or 犹 in this sense (Guoyu '而' adv 2)
néng verb can; able
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 能 or 可以 (Guoyu '而' v 2)
ér noun whiskers on the cheeks; sideburns
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '而' n 1)
ér pronoun me
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 而 was used as the singular first person pronoun 我 in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '而' pronoun 2)
ér verb to arrive; up to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Guoyu '而' v 1)
ér preposition possessive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 之 or 的 (Guoyu '而' prep. 1)

Contained in

一一而转(一一而轉) each one turning; ekaika-vṛtti
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
似境相而转(似境相而轉) transforms to resemble characteristics of objects of the external world
应无所住而生其心(應無所住而生其心) to give rise to a mind that does not abide in anything
佛光山的宗风 1. 八宗兼弘，僧信共有 2. 集体创作，尊重包容 3. 学行弘修，民主行事 4. 六和教团，四众平等 5. 政教世法，和而不流 6. 传统现代，相互融和 7. 国际交流，同体共生 8. 人间佛教，佛光净土(佛光山的宗風 1. 八宗兼弘，僧信共有 2. 集體創作，尊重包容 3. 學行弘修，民主行事 4. 六和教團，四眾平等 5. 政教世法，和而不流 6. 傳統現代，相互融和 7. 國際交流，同體共生 8. 人間佛教，佛光淨土) The Focus of Fo Guang Shan 1. To propagate all eight schools of Buddhism, and promote the coexistence of monastics and laity. 2. To stress teamwork and promote respect and magnanimity. 3. To attend equally to cultivate teaching, learning, and practice, and conduct business democratically. 4. To have our monastery uphold the Six Harmonies and emphasize equality among the four groups (bhiksu, bhiksuni, upasaka, upasika). 5. To harmonize politics, religion, and worldly affairs without conflict. 6. To integrate tradition and modernism. 7. To communicate globally, being conscious of homogeneity and interdependence. 8. To cultivate Humanistic Buddhism to build a Buddha's Light Pure Land.

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夺门而出、霍然而愈、法网灰灰，疏而不漏、择交而友、平心而论、青出于蓝而胜于蓝、知其然而不知其所以然、有备而来、露齿而笑、而是、谑而不虐、守一而终、落荒而逃、学而不厌，诲人不倦、可望而不可及、擦肩而过、勉力而为、言而有信、博而不精、比肩而立、重足而立、疾驰而过、铤而走险、涸泽而渔、坐而论道、鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已、而立之年、一望而知、日出而作，日入而息、听其言而观其行、斩而不奏、瓢泼而下、如约而至、未可同日而语、假而、因而、望而却步、反脣而相稽、望而生畏、观机而动、望风而逃、尽欢而散、接踵而来、王顾左右而言他、学而、擦身而过

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