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机锋
jī​fēng

Zen dialogue

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
机锋 機鋒 jī​fēng
Zen dialogue
(literary) Deeply meaningful and sharp dialogue used in Zen Buddhism to test a student's enlightenment or inspire realization; often quick and enigmatic
sharp wit
Quick and clever verbal wit; sharp or agile intellect expressed in speech

Frequency

Written text
0.148 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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