1. noun a verse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '偈'; Guoyu '偈' jì; Kroll 2015 '偈' jì, p. 207; Mathews 1931 '偈', p. 105)
  2. jié adjective martial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '偈', p. 105; Unihan '偈')
  3. jié adjective brave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '偈' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '偈' jié, p. 207; Mathews 1931 '偈', p. 105; Unihan '偈')
  4. jié adjective swift; hasty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '偈' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '偈' jiē, p. 207; Mathews 1931 '偈', p. 105; Unihan '偈')
  5. jié adjective forceful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '偈', p. 105; Unihan '偈')
  6. noun gatha; hymn; verse
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gāthā, or: śloka, Pali: gāthā, Japanese: ge, Tibetan: tshigs su bcad pa; records the teachings of the Buddha in verse form; one of the twelve divisions of the sutras 十二部经 (BCSD '偈', p. 144; BL 'gāthā', p. 315; FGDB '偈'; MW 'gāthā'; SH '偈', p. 342)

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