偃 yǎn

1. yǎn verb to lie; to lay down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 仰卧 (Guoyu '偃' v 1; Kroll 2015 '偃' 1; Unihan '偃')
2. yǎn verb to decline; to cease; to diminish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偃' 1a; Unihan '偃')
3. yǎn verb to fall down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 仆倒 (Guoyu '偃' v 2; Kroll 2015 '偃' 1b)
4. yǎn verb to adapt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偃' 1c)
5. yǎn adjective below
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In a lower phyiscal position (Kroll 2015 '偃' 2)
6. yǎn verb to rest; to pause; to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 of 平息 (Guoyu '偃' v 4; Kroll 2015 '偃' 3)
7. yǎn noun Temminck's mole; Japanese mole
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 鼴 in 鼴鼠 (Guoyu '偃鼠'; Kroll 2015 '偃' 5; Wikipedia '鼴鼠')
8. yǎn verb to cover
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 覆盖 (Guoyu '偃' v 3)
9. yǎn noun a dike; an embankment; a levee
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 堤防 (Guoyu '偃' n 1)
10. yǎn proper noun Yan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '偃' n 2)

Contained in

• 偃寝(偃寢) to lie supine; to lie down
• 偃兵息甲 lay down weapons and armor ; lay down weapons and take off armor
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
• 瑶台之偃蹇(瑤臺之偃蹇) the towering jade terrace
• 草偃风从(草偃風從) the grass bends with the wind
• 偃鼠 mole; Temminck's mole; Japanese mole
• 偃卧(偃臥) to lie [on one's back] facing up
• 风行草偃(風行草偃) as the wind blows the grass bends; a powerful person naturally influences by virtuous conduct
• 偃蹇 arrogant ; crooked ; to lie down comfortably ; to be disappointed ; numerous
• 彼皆偃蹇 they are all arrogant
• 偃旗息鼓 lay down the flag and stop the drums; to give up
• 草偃风行(草偃風行) the grass bends with the wind

Also contained in

偃师市 、 主父偃 、 偃师 、 言偃

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 34
• 卷一百三十三 世襲列傳二: 高季興 馬殷 劉言 錢鏐 Volume 133: Biographies of Descendents 2 - Gao Jixing, Ma Yin, Liu Yan, Qian Liu Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 22
• 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 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 19
• 卷二百九十四 列傳第五十三 掌禹錫 蘇紳 王洙 胥偃 柳植 聶冠卿 馮元 趙師民 張錫 張揆 楊安國 Volume 294 Biographies 53: Zhang Yuxi, Su Shen, Wang Zhu, Xu Yan, Liu Zhi, Nie Guanqing, Feng Yuan, Zhao Shimin, Zhang Xi, Zhang Kui, Yang Anguo History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
• 卷五十九 列傳第十九 殷淳 張暢 何偃 江智淵 Volume 59 Biographies 19: Yin Chun, Zhang Chang, He Yan, Jiang Zhiyuan Book of Song 宋書 — count: 17
• 卷六十四下 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 Volume 64b: an, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang and Jia 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 16
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 16
• 卷三十　　列傳第二十 何尚之 Volume 30 Biographies 20: He Shangzhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 15
• 卷六十五 東方朔傳 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
• 卷十五　　列傳第五　劉穆之 徐羨之 傅亮 檀道濟 Volume 15 Biographies 5: Liu Muzhi, Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Tan Daoji History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 12

Collocations

• 荀偃 (荀偃) 荀偃佐之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 24
• 偃王 (偃王) 徐偃王被服慈惠 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 18
• 偃元年 (偃元年) 魯景公偃元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 16
• 徐偃 (徐偃) 徐偃王被服慈惠 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 16
• 侯偃 (侯偃) 侯偃元年 — 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 — count: 14
• 狐偃 (狐偃) 從者狐偃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 偃曰 (偃曰) 公子偃曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 11
• 偃兵 (偃兵) 所以偃兵也 — Guanzi 管子, 兵法第十七 Chapter 17: Military Strategy — count: 10
• 公子偃 (公子偃) 公子偃曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 8
• 卜偃 (卜偃) 卜偃曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 8