机锋 (機鋒) jī fēng

  1. jī fēng set phrase a pointed dialog
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
    Notes: Refers to sharp dialogs with Chan masters (FGDB '機鋒'; Guoyu '機鋒' 1)
  2. jī fēng set phrase cutting words
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '機鋒' 2)
  3. jīfēng noun Sharpness
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  4. jīfēng verb jifeng; sharpening a [critically discursive] sword
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan
    Notes: Japanese: kihō; literally, the sharpness of one's responsiveness, as a measure of spiritual enlightenment in the Chan tradition (BL 'jīfēng', p. 387; FGDB '機鋒'; Heine 2016, p. 13)

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