一只眼 (一隻眼) yī zhī yǎn

yī zhī yǎn set phrase single eye
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 7 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to the 慧眼 'wisdom eye' of the Buddha Dharma (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 53; FGDB '一隻眼'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

Contained in

• 睁一只眼闭一只眼(睜一隻眼閉一隻眼) to turn a blind eye
• 睁着一只眼(睜著一隻眼) to keep one eye open

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• 卷五十一　志第三下:　五行二 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Five Elements 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 卷六十六　志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 人一只眼 (人一隻眼) 石人一隻眼 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷五十一　志第三下:　五行二 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Five Elements 2 — count: 2