挽 wǎn

1. wǎn verb to pull
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '挽'; Guoyu '挽' v 1; Kroll 2015 '挽' 1, p. 467; Unihan '挽'; XHZD '挽' 1, p. 775)
2. wǎn verb to pull back; to draw back; to reverse; roll up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '挽'; Guoyu '挽' v 2; Kroll 2015 '挽' 2, p. 467; Unihan '挽'; XHZD '挽' 2, p. 775)
3. wǎn noun eulogy for the deceased; lamentation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '挽' n; XHZD '挽' 3, p. 775)
4. wǎn verb to pull a coffin using ropes
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '挽' 1a, p. 467)
5. wǎn verb to connect; to bind
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '挽' v 3)

Contained in

• 挽救国家(挽救國家) save the nation
• 挽近(輓近) most recent in the past; recent; late
• 无法挽救(無法挽救) incurable; no way of curing; hopeless
• 无可挽回(無可挽回) irrevocable; the die is cast
• 挽联(輓聯) elegiac couplet
• 挽歌 a dirge; an elegy
• 挽词(挽詞) an elegy; elegiac words
• 推挽 to push and pull; to move forward by shoving and pulling
• 挽具 harness
• 挽辞(挽辭) an elegy; elegiac words
• 挽诗(輓詩) elegy
• 挽力 pulling power (of draft animals)
• 牵挽(牽挽) to pull
• 挽回 to retrieve; to redeem
• 力挽狂澜(力挽狂瀾) to pull strongly against a crazy tide; to try hard to save a desperate crisis
• 挽额(挽額) elegiac tablet
• 挽幛 large elegiac scroll
• 挽救 to remedy; to rescue
• 挽留 to urge to stay; to detain
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 挽救儿童(挽救兒童) to rescue a child / Save the Children, a British charity

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• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷十四 梁書14: 列傳第四 羅紹威 趙犨 王珂 Volume 14 Book of Later Liang 14: Biographies 4 - Luo Shaowei, Zhao Chou, Wang Ke Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 4
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷二十七　志第八:　河渠 黃河 漕渠盧溝河 滹沱河 漳河 Volume 27 Treatises 8: Rivers and Canals - Yellow River and its Branches and Channels, Hutuo River, Zhang River History of Jin 金史 — count: 4
• 卷四百〇二 列傳第一百六十一 陳敏 張詔 畢再遇 安丙 楊巨源 李好義 Volume 402 Biographies 161: Chen Min, Zhang Zhao, Bi Zaiyu, An Bing, Yang Juyuan, Li Haoyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷四百六十 列傳第二百十九 列女 朱娥 張氏 彭列女 郝節娥 朱氏 崔氏 趙氏 丁氏 項氏 王氏二婦 徐氏 榮氏 何氏 董氏 譚氏 劉氏 張氏 師氏 陳堂前 節婦廖氏 劉當可母 曾氏婦 王袤妻 涂端友妻 詹氏女 劉生妻 謝泌妻 謝枋得妻 王貞婦 趙淮妾 譚氏婦 吳中孚妻 呂仲洙女 林老女 童氏女 韓氏女 王氏婦 劉仝子妻毛惜惜 Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women - Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu ZhongZhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷十五 志第五 禮二 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rituals 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 3
• 卷三十三 唐書9: 莊宗本紀七 Volume 33 Book of Later Tang 9: Zhuangzong Annals 7 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 3
• 卷二百二十四上 列傳第一百四十九上 叛臣上 Volume 224a Biographies 149a: Treasonous Ministers 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
• 卷二百八十一 列傳第一百六十九 循吏 Volume 281 Biographies 169: Virtuous Officials History of Ming 明史 — count: 3

Collocations

• 挽郎 (挽郎) 依舊選公卿以下六品子弟六十人為挽郎 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two — count: 36
• 步挽 (步挽) 乘步挽 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷14 神元平文諸帝子孫 Volume 14: Emperor Shenyuan's and Emperor Pingwen's Children and Grandchildren — count: 31
• 挽一 (挽一) 乃賜步挽一乘 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷50 尉元 慕容白曜 Volume 50: Wei Yuan, Murong Baiyao — count: 9
• 挽车 (挽車) 挽車奉餉者 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十四上 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 Volume 64a: an, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang and Jia 1 — count: 8
• 挽强 (挽強) 挽強擊刺之法 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十二 列傳第四十二 周朗 沈懷文 Volume 82 Biographies 42: Zhou Lang, Shen Huaiwen — count: 7
• 人挽 (人挽) 羽林孤兒諸生合四百人挽送 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十一 匡張孔馬傳 Volume 81: Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma — count: 5
• 宣武挽 (宣武挽) 釋巾為魏宣武挽郎 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三六　補列傳第二八 邢卲 Volume 36 Biographies 28: Xing Shao — count: 4
• 挽出入 (挽出入) 詔雍乘步挽出入掖門 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 — count: 4
• 选挽 (選挽) 有司奏選挽郎二十四人 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two — count: 4
• 世宗挽 (世宗挽) 初為世宗挽郎 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷33 宋隱 王憲 屈遵 張蒲 榖渾 公孫表 張濟 李先 賈彝 薛提 Volume 33: Song Yin, Wang Xian, Qu Zun, Zhang Pu, Gu Hun, Gongsun Biao, Zhang Ji, Li Xian, Jia Yi, Xue Ti — count: 4