良 liáng

1. liáng adjective good; virtuous; respectable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 善 or 美好 (CC-CEDICT '良'; Guoyu '良' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '良' 1, p. 268; Unihan '良'; XHZD '良' 1, p. 440)
2. liáng adverb very
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: In the sense of 很 or 甚 (CC-CEDICT '良'; Guoyu '良' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '良' 4, p. 268; XHZD '良' 2, p. 440)
3. liáng adjective moderate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '良' 3, p. 268)
4. liáng adjective wise and capable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 贤明 (Guoyu '良' adj 2)
5. liáng adjective natural; innate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 天生的 (Guoyu '良' adj 3)
6. liáng noun a virtuous person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '良' n 1)
7. liáng proper noun Liang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '良' n 2)
8. liáng adverb really; surely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '良' 4a, p. 268; Guoyu '良' adv 2)

Contained in

• 良心 good will ; a conscience
• 宅心不良 to live with an unwholesome mind
• 温良忍让(溫良忍讓) submissive; accommodating
• 改良主义(改良主義) reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
• 良材 good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap
• 天地良心 in all honesty; truth to tell
• 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
• 良缘(良緣) good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
• 良策 good plan; good idea
• 良心发现(良心發現) to arouse the conscience
• 良机(良機) a good chance; a golden opportunity
• 贤妻良母(賢妻良母) a good wife and loving mother
• 良药(良藥) good medicine; a good remedy
• 良史 an outstanding historian ; a good history book
• 改良 to improve
• 营养不良(營養不良) malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy
• 良桐 good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
• 良朋 a good friend
• 除暴安良 to root out the strong and give people peace; to rob the rich and give to the poor
• 天良 conscience
• 良辰吉日 fine time, lucky day; good opportunity
• 顺应不良(順應不良) inability to adjust; unable to adapt
• 金玉良言 gems of wisdom; priceless advice
• 精良 excellent; high quality; superior
• 良友 good friend; companion
• 良图(良圖) good plan; right strategy; to take one's time forming the right decision
• 良药苦口(良藥苦口) good medicine tastes bitter; frank criticism is hard to swallow
• 王光良 Michael Wong
• 从良(從良) to marry and leave one's previous work ; to be granted freedom
• 良种(良種) improved type; pedigree
• 天付良缘(天付良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 接触不良(接觸不良) loose or defective contact
• 良种繁育(良種繁育) stock breeding
• 不良 bad; harmful; unhealthy
• 良师益友(良師益友) a good teacher and helpful friend; a mentor
• 乌良哈(烏良哈) Mongol surname
• 良庆(良慶) Liangqing
• 良民 good people; ordinary people
• 良宵美景 fine evening, beautiful scenery
• 良港 good harbor
• 良人 a good person ; husband ; Liangren
• 天假良缘(天假良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 的确良(的確良) dacron

Also contained in

阎良区 、 新奥尔良 、 良庆区 、 奥尔良 、 宜良 、 罗嘉良 、 丁韪良 、 褚遂良

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• 卷四十 張陳王周傳 Volume 40: Zhang, Chen, Wang and Zhou Book of Han 漢書 — count: 81
• 卷八十八　列傳第二十六:　紇石烈良弼 完顏守道本名習尼列 石琚 唐括安禮 移剌道本名趙三 子:光祖 Volume 88 Biographies 26: Geshilieliangbi, Wanyanshoudaobenmingxinilie, Shi Ju, Tang Kuoanli, Yiladaobenmingzhaosan, son: Guangzu History of Jin 金史 — count: 61
• 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 59
• 卷一百五十九　列傳第四十六: 宋子貞 商挺 趙良弼 趙璧 Volume 159 Biographies 46: Song Zizhen, Shang Ting, Zhao Liangbi, Zhao Bi History of Yuan 元史 — count: 52
• 卷三百八十五 列傳第一百四十四 葛邲 錢端禮 魏杞 周葵 施師點 蕭燧 龔茂良 Volume 385 Biographies 144: Ge Bi, Qian Duanli, Wei Qi, Zhou Kui, Shi Shidian, Xiao Sui, Gong Maoliang History of Song 宋史 — count: 50
• 卷二百七十 列傳第一百五十八 馬世龍 賀虎臣 沈有容 張可大 魯欽 秦良玉 龍在田 Volume 270 Biographies 158: Ma Shilong, He Huchen, Shen Yourong, Zhang Keda, Lu Qin, Qin Liangyu, Long Zaitian History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
• 卷一百零五 列傳第三十 長孫無忌從父:敞　從父弟:操　子:詮　族叔:順德　褚遂良　韓瑗　來濟　李義琰從祖弟:義琛　上官儀 Volume 105 Biographies 30: Zhangsun Wuji and uncle Chang and uncle Cao, son Quan, young relative: Shunde, Chu Suilang, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Li Yiyan's nephew Yi Chen, Shang Guanyi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 48
• 卷八十 列傳第三十: 褚遂良 韓瑗 來濟 上官儀 Volume 80 Biographies 30: Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Shang Guanyi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 48
• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 44

Collocations

• 良夫 (良夫) 周芮良夫之詩曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 36
• 孙良 (孫良) 衛侯使孫良夫來盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 27
• 子良 (子良) 鄭人立子良 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 24
• 良霄 (良霄) 良霄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 21
• 郑良 (鄭良) 鄭良佐如陳涖盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 13
• 良士 (良士) 君子閔忽之無忠臣良士 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 6
• 良工 (良工) 雖有良工 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
• 良臣 (良臣) 良臣惟聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 5
• 杀良 (殺良) 鄭人殺良霄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 良曰 (良曰) 子良曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4