公案 gōng'àn

  1. gōng'àn noun a case; a trial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '公案' 2; Mathews 1931 '公案' p. 5)
  2. gōng'àn noun an office counter; an official desk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '公案' 1)
  3. gōng'àn noun a gongan story
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A style of folk story in the Song (Guoyu '公案' 3)
  4. gōng'àn noun gong'an
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  5. gōng'àn noun koan; gongan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: kōan; literally 'public case,' a riddle-like or otherwise perplexing statement or dialog in the Chan tradition (BL 'gong'an'; DJBT 'Kōan'; FGDB '公案'; Guoyu '公案' 4; SH '公案')

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