泥菩萨 (泥菩薩) ní púsà

ní púsà set phrase clay Bodhisattva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '泥菩薩')

Contained in

• 泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety ; like a clay bodhisattva fording the river, even his own safety is jeopardized

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1: Do not Bicker - Five Kinds of Non-Human 卷一　不要計較 五種非人 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 5 - Doing Battle with Yourself 《人間萬事5－向自己宣戰》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and Chinese Lexicology 佛教與中國詞彙學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1
• Sayings Leaving out the Explicit Meaning 歇後語 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 泥菩萨过 (泥菩薩過) 泥菩薩過江 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》, Sayings Leaving out the Explicit Meaning 歇後語 — count: 3