僭 jiàn
jiàn
verb
to usurp
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '僭'; Guoyu '僭'; Mathews 1931 '僭', p. 122; Unihan '僭')
Contained in
- 僭主政治 tyranny; government by usurper
- 僭分 to usurp others' rights
- 僭称(僭稱) to falsely claim a title for oneself
- 僭主 tyrant; usurper
- 僭位 usurp the throne
- 僭僭 I am overstepping my authority
- 僭号(僭號) usurp and claim the title of ruler for oneself
- 僭妄 rash conduct; disloyal conduct
- 僭越 to usurp; to overstep one's authority
- 僭国号(僭國號) usurp and claim the title of ruler for oneself
- 僭窃(僭竊) to assume authority unlawfully
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 23
- 卷1 序紀 Volume 1: Preface to Annals Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 22
- 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 20
- 卷三十一 志第二十一 五行二 Volume 31 Treatises 21: Five Elements 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18
- 卷2 太祖紀 Volume 2 Annals: Taizu (Emperor Daowu) Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 14
- 卷一 魏本紀第一: 太祖道武帝 太宗明元帝 Volume 1 Wei Annals 1: Emperor Daowu, Emperor Mingyuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 14
- 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 13
- 卷96 司馬叡列傳 賨李雄列傳 Volume 96: Biography of Sima Rui, Biography of Cong Lixiong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 12
- 卷98 島夷蕭道成 島夷蕭衍 Volume 98: Xiao Daocheng of the Daoyi People, Xiaoyan of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 11
- 《八佾第三》 Commentary on Ba Yi III Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 10
Collocations
- 奢僭 (奢僭) 方今世俗奢僭罔極 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十 成帝紀 Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng — count: 17
- 僭差 (僭差) 言不僭差賊害 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 16
- 僭上 (僭上) 君子上不僭上 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 9
- 上僭 (上僭) 妾上僭 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧綠衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Lu Yi — count: 8
- 诸侯僭 (諸侯僭) 諸侯僭於天子 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 行僭 (行僭) 楚又行僭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 骄僭 (驕僭) 以廣驕僭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十七 蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毌將何傳 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He — count: 5
- 僭恒 (僭恆) 僭恆陽若 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen — count: 4
- 僭礼 (僭禮) 諸侯之僭禮也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
- 僭拟 (僭擬) 僭擬天子 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六 Scroll 4 — count: 4