衅 (釁) xìn
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xìn
noun
a quarrel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '釁') -
xìn
verb
to smear with blood in sacrifice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '釁')
Contained in
- 观衅伺隙(觀釁伺隙) to look for holes, and observe gaps; to search out one's opponent's weak points
- 挑衅(挑釁) to provoke; provocation
- 衅端(釁端) pretext for a dispute
- 边衅(邊釁) clash on the frontier; border conflict
- 衅隙(釁隙) enmity
- 寻衅滋事罪(尋釁滋事罪) disorderly behavior (PRC law)
- 寻衅(尋釁) to pick a quarrel; to start a fight
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十八 列傳第二十八 武二王 Volume 68 Biographies 28: Wu Erwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 13
- 卷七十四 列傳第三十四 臧質 魯爽 沈攸之 Volume 74 Biographies 34: Zang Zhi, Lu Shuang, Shen Youzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 11
- 卷四十四 列傳第四 謝晦 Volume 44 Biographies 4: Xie Hui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 10
- 卷七十二 列傳第三十二 文九王 Volume 72 Biographies 32: Wen Jiuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
- 卷六十九 列傳第二十九 劉湛 范曄 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye Book of Song 宋書 — count: 8
- 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 7
- 卷七十九 列傳第三十九 文五王 Volume 79 Biographies 39: Wen Wuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
- 卷一百二十一 載記第二十一 李雄 李班 李期 李壽 李勢 Volume 121 Records 21: Li Xiong; Li Ban; Li Qi; Li Shou; Li Shi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 6
Collocations
- 乘衅 (乘釁) 乘釁而運 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 18
- 衅鼓 (釁鼓) 不以纍臣釁鼓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 15
- 观衅 (觀釁) 會聞用師觀釁而動 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 10
- 瑕衅 (瑕釁) 在因瑕釁而遂忍之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — count: 6
- 罪衅 (罪釁) 罪釁日滋 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七 孝桓帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Xiaohuan — count: 4
- 多衅 (多釁) 國多釁矣 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十三 佞幸傳 Volume 93: Flatterers — count: 4
- 衅重 (釁重) 覽顧知釁重 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen — count: 3
- 衅秽 (釁穢) 澆濯釁穢 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen — count: 3
- 臣衅 (臣釁) 不以纍臣釁鼓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 衅钟 (釁鐘) 將以釁鐘 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 3