吝 lìn
lìn
adjective
stingy; miserly; parsimonious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '吝')
Contained in
- 不吝 not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)
- 悭吝(慳吝) stingy; miserly
- 吝啬(吝嗇) stingy; mean; miserly
- 不吝珠玉 do not begrudge gems of wisdom; Please give me your frank opinion.; Your criticism will be most valuable.
- 吝啬鬼(吝嗇鬼) miser; penny-pincher
- 鄙吝 vulgar; stingy; miserly; mean
- 吝惜 to stint; to be miserly
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《泰伯第八》 Commentary on Tai Bo VIII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 10
- 卷六十 Scroll 60 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
- 卷第一 序致 教子 兄弟 後娶 治家 Scroll 1: Preface, Educating Children, Brothers, Husband and Wife, Managing the Household The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓 — count: 5
- 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
- 卷68 甄琛 高聰 Volume 68: Zhen Chen, Gao Cong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷三百十九 列傳第七十八 歐陽修子:發 棐 劉敞弟:攽 子:奉世 曾鞏弟:肇 Volume 319 Biographies 78: Ouyang Xiu and sons: Fa, Fei , Liu Chang and younger brother: Ban, son : Fengshi, Zeng Gong and younger brother: Zhao History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
Collocations
- 悔吝 (悔吝) 悔吝不至 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷三 修身 Chapter 3: Cultivation — count: 28
- 贪吝 (貪吝) 安性輕易貪吝 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十二 光武十王列傳 Volume 42: Biographies of Ten Princes of Guangwu — count: 14
- 俭吝 (儉吝) 而性至俭吝 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十三 魏書二十三 和常楊杜趙裴傳 Volume 23: Book of Wei 23 - Biographies of He, Chang, Yang, Du, Zhao, and Pei — count: 9
- 无悔吝 (無悔吝) 無悔吝之心 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十四 馬援列傳 Volume 24: Biography of Ma Yuan — count: 6
- 可吝 (可吝) 況為親尊而可吝乎 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百二十七 載記第二十七 慕容德 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De — count: 6
- 性吝 (性吝) 扶風人士孫奮居富而性吝 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十四 梁統列傳 Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong — count: 5
- 贞吝 (貞吝) 貞吝 — Book of Changes 易經, 泰 Tai — count: 5
- 往吝 (往吝) 往吝 — Book of Changes 易經, 屯 Zhun — count: 5
- 吝色 (吝色) 初無吝色 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十八 列傳第五十八 孝友 Volume 88 Biographies 58: Filial Piety — count: 5
- 偏吝 (偏吝) 抑用解偏吝 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十八 列傳第十八 王惠 Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu — count: 3