xùn

  1. xùn verb to give in to; to be swayed by; to comply with; to follow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 顺从 (CC-CEDICT '徇'; Guoyu '徇' v 3; Kroll 2015 '徇' 4, p. 523; Unihan '徇'; XHZD '徇', p. 856)
  2. xùn verb to patrol
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 巡行 (Guoyu '徇' v 1; Kroll 2015 '徇' 1, p. 523)
  3. xùn verb to occupy; to sieze
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 攻占 (Guoyu '徇' v 2; Kroll 2015 '徇' 2, p. 523)
  4. xùn adjective quick [witted]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '徇' adj; Kroll 2015 '徇' 3, p. 523)
  5. xùn verb to sacrifice oneself for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of殉 (Guoyu '徇' v 4)
  6. xún verb to cause
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 使 (Guoyu '徇' xún v 1)
  7. xún verb to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 谋求 (Guoyu '徇' xún v 2)
  8. xùn verb to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '徇')

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  • 瞻徇 to hold back for personal reasons
  • 徇私枉法 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates
  • 徇私舞弊 commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
  • 徇情 to act out of personal considerations; to show partiality

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