砥砺 (砥礪) dǐ lì

dǐ lì phrase smooth and coarse whetstones
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Figuratively, to hone; to temper; to encourage (CC-CEDICT '砥礪'; Guoyu '砥礪'; Mathews 1931 '砥礪', p. 132)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 7 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 92 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 93 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 2 Jing Tu Wang Sheng Chuan 淨土往生傳 — count: 2
• Scroll 15 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 10 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 15 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1
• Scroll 14 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 96 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1
• Scroll 9 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation

Collocations

• 砥砺名节 (砥礪名節) 衲子自思砥礪名節而立 — Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓, Scroll 3 — count: 2
• 大砥砺 (大砥礪) 有時而大砥礪 — Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集, Scroll 14 — count: 2
• 多砥砺 (多砥礪) 字詁今作厲同力制反山海經崦嵫山多砥礪郭璞曰即磨石也尚書若金用汝作礪孔安國曰砥細於礪皆 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 73 — count: 2
• 云砥砺 (雲砥礪) 上音止下音厲孔注尚書云砥礪皆磨石也前第三卷已釋訖 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 92 — count: 2