谄 (諂) chǎn
verb
to flatter; to cajole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奉承 (CCD '谄', p. 213; CC-CEDICT '諂'; FE '諂', p. 1269; Guoyu '諂'; Mathews 1931 '諂', p. 18; Unihan '諂')
Contained in
- 谄笑(諂笑) to smile in flattery
- 谄耳(諂耳) to please the ear
- 谄言(諂言) fawning speech
- 谄谀取容(諂諛取容) flattering to obtain a favor
- 谄媚者(諂媚者) flatterer
- 谄佞(諂佞) to flatter
- 贫而无谄(貧而無諂) a poor person who does not flatter
- 谄媚(諂媚) to flatter
- 谗谄(讒諂) to defame one person while flattering another; to flatter
- 谄人(諂人) somebody who flatters
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
- 卷九十二 列傳第八十: 恩幸 Volume 92 Biographies 80: Noble Favorites History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
- 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu Guanzi 管子 — count: 6
- 卷七十七 列傳第六十七 恩倖 Volume 77 Biographies 67: Noble Favorites History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 5
- 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
- 卷四十九 王充王符仲長統列傳 Volume 49: Biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu, Zhongchang Tong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 4
- 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
- 卷93 恩幸:王叡 王仲興 寇猛 趙修 茹皓 趙邕 侯剛等 Volume 93: Favorites of Nobles - Wang Rui, Wang Zhongxing, Kou Meng, Zhao Xiu, Ru Hao, Zhao Yong, Hou Gang, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
- 立政九敗解第六十五 Chapter 65: Explanation of the Nine Reasons for Failing Establish Governance Guanzi 管子 — count: 4
- 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He Guanzi 管子 — count: 4
Collocations
- 谄谀 (諂諛) 左右諂諛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 47
- 佞谄 (佞諂) 不知誰主為佞諂之計 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 13
- 谄事 (諂事) 以邪諂事人也 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 10
- 谄臣 (諂臣) 是以諂臣貴而法臣賤 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 5
- 邪谄 (邪諂) 以邪諂事人也 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
- 以为谄 (以為諂) 彘子以為諂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 听谄 (聽諂) 言毋聽諂 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 3
- 谄进 (諂進) 諂進愉說 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 3
- 民谄 (民諂) 故其民諂諛而葆軸 — Guanzi 管子, 水地第三十九 Chapter 39: Water and Earth — count: 3
- 不为谄 (不為諂) 不為諂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3