奸臣 jiānchén
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jiānchén
noun
a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '奸臣') -
jiānchén
phrase
evil minister
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: TM: 姦 evil + 臣 minister; from 《韓非子·有度》 Han Feizi, Having Standards (Plaks 2015, p. 78)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百七十 列傳第一百二十: 裴度 Volume 170 Biographies 120: Pei Du Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 9
- 第一百二十回 Chapter 120 Water Margin 《水滸傳》 — count: 7
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 6
- 卷九十三 列傳第三十一: 顯宗諸子琮(本名承慶) 瑰(本名桓篤) 從彝(本名阿憐) 從憲(本名吾里不) 玠(本名謀良虎) 章宗諸子洪裕 洪靖(本名阿虎懶) 洪熙(本名訛魯不) 洪衍(本名撒改) 洪輝(本名訛論) 忒鄰 衞紹王子從恪 宣宗三子莊獻太子守忠 玄齡 荊王守純(本名盤都) 獨吉思忠 承裕 僕散揆 抹撚史扢搭 宗浩 Volume 93 Biographies 31: Xianzong sons Cong (former name Chengqing), Gui (former name Huandu), Cong Yi (former name Alian), Cong Xian (former name Wulibu), Jie (former name Mou Lianghu), Zhangzongzhuzihongyu, Hong Jing (former name Ahulan), Hong Xi (former name Elubu), Hong Yan (former name Sagai), Hong Hui (former name Elun), Te Lin, Weishaowangzicongke, Xuanzongsanzizhuangxiantaizishouzhong, Xuan Ling, Jingwangshouchun (former name Pandou), Dujisizhong, Cheng Yu, Pu Sankui, Monianshiguda, Zong Hao History of Jin 《金史》 — count: 5
- 第八十五回 Chapter 85 Water Margin 《水滸傳》 — count: 4
- 奸劫弑臣第十四 Chapter 14: Treacherous, Coercive, and Murderous Officials Han Feizi 《韓非子》 — count: 4
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Water Margin 《水滸傳》 — count: 3
- 卷一百四十一 列傳第二十九 齊泰 黃子澄 方孝孺 練子寧 茅大芳 卓敬 陳迪 景清 連楹 胡閏 王度 Volume 141 Biographies 29: Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Lian Zining, Mao DaFang, Zhuo Jing, Chen Di, Jing Qing, Lian Ying, Hu Run, Wang Du History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 3
- 卷一百一十 列傳第四十: 姦臣上 Volume 110 Biographies 40: Treacherous Ministers 1 History of Liao 《遼史》 — count: 3
- 卷五十八 虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 — count: 3
Collocations
- 奸臣窃 (奸臣竊) 姦臣竊命 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》, 卷三十五 蜀書五 諸葛亮傳 Volume 35: Book of Shu 5 - Biography of Zhuge Liang — count: 6
- 听奸臣 (聽奸臣) 聽姦臣賓客以亡其國 — Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》, 《田敬仲完世家》 House of Tian Jingzhong — count: 2
- 奸臣贼 (奸臣賊) 而虛為姦臣賊子之所誣枉 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He — count: 2
- 奸臣谋 (奸臣謀) 姦臣謀 — Book of Wei 《魏書》, 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 — count: 2