偃 yǎn

1. yǎn verb to lie; to lay down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 仰卧 (Guoyu '偃' v 1; Kroll 2015 '偃' 1; Unihan '偃')
2. yǎn verb to decline; to cease; to diminish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偃' 1a; Unihan '偃')
3. yǎn verb to fall down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 仆倒 (Guoyu '偃' v 2; Kroll 2015 '偃' 1b)
4. yǎn verb to adapt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偃' 1c)
5. yǎn adjective below
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In a lower phyiscal position (Kroll 2015 '偃' 2)
6. yǎn verb to rest; to pause; to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 of 平息 (Guoyu '偃' v 4; Kroll 2015 '偃' 3)
7. yǎn noun Temminck's mole; Japanese mole
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 鼴 in 鼴鼠 (Guoyu '偃鼠'; Kroll 2015 '偃' 5; Wikipedia '鼴鼠')
8. yǎn verb to cover
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 覆盖 (Guoyu '偃' v 3)
9. yǎn noun a dike; an embankment; a levee
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 堤防 (Guoyu '偃' n 1)
10. yǎn proper noun Yan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '偃' n 2)
11. yǎn noun ridge of earth; mound; setu
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: setu (BCSD '偃', p. 143; MW 'setu')

Contained in

• 云门文偃(雲門文偃) Yunmen Wenyan

Also contained in

风行草偃 、 言偃 、 偃旗息鼓 、 偃鼠 、 草偃风从 、 偃卧 、 偃师 、 偃师市 、 偃兵息甲 、 偃寝 、 草偃风行 、 主父偃

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Section 2 China - Chapter 9: Chan School of Buddhism Gathers Large Numbers of Followers 第二篇　中國篇 第九章　禪宗的風起雲湧 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 18
• Lecture 2: Five Sects and Seven Schools of the Chan Teaching 第二講‧五家七派 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 6
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 5
• Hsing Yun Diary 25 - The Moving Experience of Spiritual Practice 星雲日記25～ 感動的修行 感動的修行(1993/10/1～1993/10/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 5
• Discussing Chan 談禪 Humanistic Buddhism Series 9 - Study of the Chan and Pure Land Schools 《人間佛教系列9－禪學與淨土》 — count: 4
• Satyasiddhi School - The History and Continued Tradition of the Satyasiddhi School 成實宗 壹、成實宗的歷史傳承 Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》 — count: 4
• The Modernization of Buddhism 佛教現代化 Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》 — count: 3
• A Buddhist View of Space and Time 佛教的時空觀 Humanistic Buddhism Series 2 - Life and Society 《人間佛教系列2－人生與社會》 — count: 2
• Scroll 4 The Path to Happiness: The Path of Serving Friends 卷四 幸福之道 為友之道 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 1 - Keys to Living Well 《星雲法語1－修行在人間》 — count: 2
• Do not Become a Dolphin 不要做海豚 Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1－心甘情願》 — count: 2

Collocations

• 文偃 (文偃) 文偃禪師有首詩 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Non-attachment and no speaking overcome obstructions to logical reasoning - Part 7 [Lecture] 無得無說破事理障分第七 【講話】 — count: 50
• 偃禅师 (偃禪師) 文偃禪師有首詩 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Non-attachment and no speaking overcome obstructions to logical reasoning - Part 7 [Lecture] 無得無說破事理障分第七 【講話】 — count: 27
• 偃说 (偃說) 文偃說 — Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》, Section 2 China - Chapter 9: Chan School of Buddhism Gathers Large Numbers of Followers 第二篇　中國篇 第九章　禪宗的風起雲湧 — count: 4
• 洪偃 (洪偃) 洪偃 — Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》, Satyasiddhi School - The History and Continued Tradition of the Satyasiddhi School 成實宗 壹、成實宗的歷史傳承 — count: 4
• 偃月 (偃月) 你的老子當初手提青龍偃月刀 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》, Praise 恭　維 — count: 4
• 青龙偃 (青龍偃) 你的老子當初手提青龍偃月刀 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》, Praise 恭　維 — count: 3
• 偃兵 (偃兵) 今日就偃兵不戰 — Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》, The Modernization of Buddhism 佛教現代化 — count: 3
• 草偃 (草偃) 風動草偃 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 5 - The Incense of the World 《星雲法語5－人間有花香》, Scroll 1: The Incense of the World - The Domain of the Sage 卷一 人間有花香 聖賢之境 — count: 3
• 狐偃 (狐偃) 得到狐偃 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 7 - Having Meaningful Interests 《迷悟之間(七)生活的情趣》, Turning Defeat into Victory 反敗為勝 — count: 3
• 偃息 (偃息) 供坐禪偃息 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 5: The Meaning of “Dan” 第五講‧單的意義 — count: 2