Chinese Notes

斩 (斬) zhǎn

zhǎn verb to chop / to behead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Actions 行为

Contained in

斩草除根 、 斩钉截铁 、 辕门斩子 、 斩斫 、 斩首

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei	25
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan	21
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period	17
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu	11
The Book of Rites 《禮記》	《間傳》 Treatise on Subsidiary Points in Mourning Usages	9
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin	9
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu	9
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu	8
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu	8
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《張丞相列傳》 Biography of Chancellor Zhang	7

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
斩衰	斬衰	自斬衰以下皆可	The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi	18
服斩	服斬	服斬衰	The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《喪服小記》 Record of Small Matters in the Dress of Mourning	3
斩祀	斬祀	斬祀殺厲	The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II	2

Usage

Sampled for common words

Example	Source	Occurrences
不斬於丘木	《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 in The Book of Rites 《禮記》	1
齊斬之情	《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I in The Book of Rites 《禮記》	2
斬祀殺厲	《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II in The Book of Rites 《禮記》	3
毋有斬伐	《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months in The Book of Rites 《禮記》	2
自斬衰以下皆可	《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi in The Book of Rites 《禮記》	4
求狙猴之杙者斬之	《人間世》 Man in the World, Associated with other Men in Zhuangzi 《莊子》	3
昔者龍逢斬	《胠篋》 Cutting open Satchels in Zhuangzi 《莊子》	1
上斬頸領	《說劍》 Delight in the Sword-fight in Zhuangzi 《莊子》	1
拔劍擊斬蛇	Sections from Records of the Historian in Selections of Literary Chinese Prose	2
斬	《釋詁》 Explanation of Old Words in Er Ya 《爾雅》	1
周武王遂斬紂頭	《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	1
後至者斬	《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	3
西斬戎之獂王	《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	2
軍吏皆斬死	《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	4
於是籍遂拔劍斬守頭	《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	9
从艸斬聲	《艸部》 Cǎo Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	2
从走斬聲	《走部》 Zǒu Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	1
斬以𢓈	《彳部》 Chì Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	1
从木斬聲	《卷七‧木部》 Scroll 7, Mù Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	1
从日斬聲	《卷八‧日部》 Scroll 8, Rì Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	1
不緝曰斬衰	《滕文公章句上》 Commentary on Teng Wen Gong I in Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	1
斬艾之而已矣	《離婁章句下》 Commentary on Li Lou II in Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	5
蓋斬絕自新之意	《萬章章句上》 Commentary on Wan Zhang I in Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	1