岂能 (豈能) qǐ néng
qǐ néng
set phrase
How could someone be able?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 怎能 (Guoyu '豈能'; Mathews 1931 '豈能', p. 71)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
- 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷六 本紀第六: 世宗上 Volume 6 Annals 6: Shizong 1 History of Jin 金史 — count: 5
- 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
- 卷71 裴叔業 夏侯道遷 李元護 席法友 王世弼 江悦之 淳于誕 李苗 Volume 71: Pei Shuye, Xiahou Daoqian, Li Yuanhu, Xi Fayou, Wang Shibi, Jiang Yuezhi, Chun Yudan, Li Miao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3
- 卷二 本紀第二: 太祖 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu History of Jin 金史 — count: 2
- 卷八十三 列傳第七十一: 文苑 Volume 83 Biographies 71: Men of Letters History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷三十 列傳第二十四: 蕭濟 陸瓊 顧野王 傅縡 Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 2
- 卷一百九十中 列傳第一百四十中: 文苑中 Volume 190 Biographies 140: Men of Letters 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
Collocations
- 子岂能 (子豈能) 子豈能毋怪哉 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 7
- 岂能使 (豈能使) 豈能使五穀常收 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 3
- 岂能独 (豈能獨) 豈能獨樂哉 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 3
- 岂能择 (豈能擇) 木豈能擇鳥 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2
- 岂能知 (豈能知) 先帝百姓豈能知其音邪 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樂書》 Music — count: 2
- 岂能反 (豈能反) 豈能反於善 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 2
- 岂能抗 (豈能抗) 英雄豈能抗之哉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十二 王劉張李彭盧列傳 Volume 12: Biographies of Wang, Liu, Zhang, Li, Peng, Lu — count: 2
- 臣岂能 (臣豈能) 如臣豈能以道食人者哉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 2
- 木岂能 (木豈能) 木豈能擇鳥 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2
- 卿岂能 (卿豈能) 非卿豈能復致姚師 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷24 燕鳳 許謙 張衮 崔玄伯 鄧淵 Volume 24: Yan Feng, Xu Qian, Zhang Gun, Cui Xuanbo, Deng Yuan — count: 2