铁餕饀 (鐵餕饀) tiějùn táo

tiějùn táo set phrase scrap iron stuffing
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in Chan literature, such as the No. 7 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to something as difficult to swallow as an iron bun (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 48; FGDB '鐵餕饀'; T 2003, Scroll 1)