岸 àn
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àn
noun
bank; shore; beach; coast
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '岸' n 1; Kroll 2015 '岸' 1, p. 3; Mathews 1931 '岸', p. 7; Unihan '岸') -
àn
noun
prison; a lock-up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 牢狱 (Guoyu '岸' n 2; Mathews 1931 '岸', p. 7) -
àn
adjective
oustanding; eminent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 雄杰 (Guoyu '岸' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '岸', p. 7) -
àn
adjective
arrogant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 高傲 (Guoyu '岸' adj 2) -
àn
noun
side of a mountain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '岸' 1a, p. 3) -
àn
adjective
imposing; lofty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '岸' 2, p. 3) -
àn
adjective
to be exposed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '岸' 3, p. 3) -
àn
noun
a lofty objective
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '岸' 4, p. 3) -
àn
noun
forehead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '岸', p. 7)
Contained in
- 回头是岸(回頭是岸) the shore is right before you; to repent and start afresh
- 岸陡 steep bank
- 沿岸地区(沿岸地區) coastal area
- 岸然 solemn
- 岸畔 a bund
- 靠岸 (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall
- 海岸警卫队(海岸警衛隊) coastguard
- 东岸(東岸) East Bank; East Coast
- 海岸护卫队(海岸護衛隊) coast guard
- 驳岸(駁岸) a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment; revetment
- 上岸 to go ashore; to climb ashore
- 高岸 in grand style; high bank
- 登岸 to go ashore; to disembark
- 河岸 riverside; river bank
- 岸上 ashore; on the riverbank
- 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
- 岸边(岸邊) shore
- 岸巾 a headscarf exposing the forehead
- 高岸深谷 high bank, deep valley; a secluded location
- 抵岸 to come ashore
- 隔岸观火(隔岸觀火) to watch the fires burning across the river
- 岸标(岸標) lighthouse; shore beacon
- 道岸 the end of the path
- 沿岸 coastal area
- 海岸 coast
- 岸魁 a hero
- 落水狗上岸 like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
- 傲岸 proud; arrogant and aloof
- 岸帻(岸幘) a headscarf exposing the forehead
- 堤岸 an embankment; bank; levee
- 对岸(對岸) the opposite bank
- 岸忽 proud
- 宜岸宜狱(宜岸宜獄) either the lock-up or the prison
- 岸狱(岸獄) prison
- 拍岸 to beat against the shore (of waves)
- 道貌岸然 solemn and respectful
Also contained in
海峡两岸 、 两岸问题 、 两岸三地 、 都督岸 、 江岸区 、 两岸关系 、 东海岸 、 左岸 、 江岸 、 海峡两岸关系 、 象牙海岸 、 美国东岸 、 美国海岸警卫队 、 南岸区 、 乌木海岸
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- 卷八十八 志第六十四 河渠六 Volume 88 Treatises 64: Rivers and Canals 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
- 卷六十四 志第十六: 河渠一 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 24
- 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
- 卷六十六 志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 21
- 卷九十三 志第四十六 河渠三 Volume 93 Treatises 46: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
- 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 第六回 Chapter 6 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 13
- 卷九十七 志第五十 河渠七 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Rivers and Canals 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
- 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
Collocations
- 岸贾 (岸賈) 大夫屠岸賈 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 14
- 屠岸 (屠岸) 大夫屠岸賈 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 14
- 岸崩 (岸崩) 岸崩 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 12
- 岸头 (岸頭) 岸頭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 11
- 北岸 (北岸) 至黎陽北岸 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 10
- 西岸 (西岸) 長平館西岸崩 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九中 王莽傳 Volume 99b: Wang Mang 2 — count: 8
- 岸门 (岸門) 泣於岸門 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難言第三 Chapter 3: The Difficulty with Language — count: 7
- 赤岸 (赤岸) 瞰瑤溪之赤岸兮 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 6
- 岸高 (岸高) 岸高十餘丈 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 4
- 滇岸 (滇岸) 烧当羌滇吾与弟滇岸率步骑五千寇陇西塞 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang — count: 4