少言 shǎo yán
shǎo yán
phrase
rarely talked
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from the poem 五柳先生傳 “Gentleman of the Five Willows” by 陶淵明 Tao Yuanming 365-427 in Scroll 6 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Hightower 2000, p. 494)
Contained in
- 沉静少言(沉靜少言) quiet disposition, rarely speaking
- 沉重少言 a sincere disposition, rarely speaking
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil Xunzi 荀子 — count: 2
- 卷十五 列傳第三: 魏諸宗室 Volume 15 Biographies 3: The Wei Imperial Family History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters Xunzi 荀子 — count: 2
- 卷五十四 列傳第四十二: 孫騰 高隆之 司馬子如 竇泰 尉景 婁昭 厙狄干 韓軌 段榮 斛律金 Volume 54 Biographies 42: Sun Teng, Gao Longzhi, Sima Ziru, Doutai, Wei Jing, Lou Zhao, She Digan, Han Gui, Duan Rong, Hu Lujin History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷31 于栗磾 Volume 31: Yu Lidi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 2
- 卷二十三 列傳第十一: 于栗磾 Volume 23 Biographies 11: Yu Lidi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷十三 列傳第一: 后妃上 Volume 13 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷八十 列傳第五十 王羲之 Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷之六 記傳贊述 Scroll 6: Narration on History and Biography Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 1
Collocations
- 性少言 (性少言) 性少言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts — count: 6
- 少言笑 (少言笑) 邃少言笑 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷二十八 列傳第二十二 裴邃 兄子之高 之平 之橫 夏侯亶 弟夔 魚弘附 韋放 Volume 28: Pei Sui; Pei Zhigao; Pei Zhiping; Pei Zhiheng; Xiahou Dan; Xiahou Kui; Yu Hongfu; Wei Fang — count: 5
- 毅少言 (毅少言) 沈毅少言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui — count: 5
- 严重少言 (嚴重少言) 性嚴重少言 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷15 昭成子孫 Volume 15: Shancheng's (Tuoba Shiyijian) Children and Grandchildren — count: 4
- 木讷少言 (木訥少言) 木訥少言 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十八 列傳第十二 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi — count: 4
- 直少言 (直少言) 忠朴直少言 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷31 于栗磾 Volume 31: Yu Lidi — count: 3
- 少言语 (少言語) 少言語 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十五 列傳第四十五 王湛 荀崧 范汪 劉惔 張憑 韓伯 Volume 75 Biographies 45: Wang Zhan; Xun Song; Fan Wang; Liu Tan — count: 3
- 沉厚少言 (沉厚少言) 性沉厚少言 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷11 廢出三帝紀 前廢帝廣陵王 Volume 11 Annals: Three Emperors that Fled - Emperor Qianfei, Prince of Guangling (also Emperor Houfei and Emperor Xiaowu) — count: 3
- 质直少言 (質直少言) 質直少言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua — count: 3
- 少言辞 (少言辭) 少言辭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 3