善 shàn

1. shàn adjective virtuous; wholesome; benevolent; well-disposed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 善良 (CCD '善' 1; FE '善' 1; GHDC '善' 1)
2. shàn adjective happy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 吉 (GHDC '善' 5)
3. shàn adjective good
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 良好 (CCD '善' 3)
4. shàn adjective kind-hearted
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 友好 (CCD '善' 4; GHDC '善' 2)
5. shàn verb to be skilled at something
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 工巧 (ABCE '善'; CCD '善' 7; FE '善' 2)
6. shàn adjective familiar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 熟悉 (CCD '善' 5; GHDC '善' 7)
7. shàn verb to repair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '善' 4)
8. shàn verb to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 羡慕
9. shàn verb to praise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 赞许 (GHDC '善' 4)
10. shàn adverb numerous; frequent; easy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 常 or 易 (CCD '善' 9; GHDC '善' 5)
11. shàn proper noun Shan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '善' 10; GHDC '善' 10)

Contained in

• 隐恶扬善(隱惡揚善) to praise the virtue of somebody or something while concealing their faults
• 长袖善舞(長袖善舞) long sleeve help good dancing
• 善用 to be good at using (something)/to put (something) to good use
• 改善关系(改善關係) to improve relations
• 慈眉善目 kind brows and pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 迁善(遷善) to improve
• 为善最乐(為善最樂) doing good deeds brings the greatest joy
• 真善美 truth, goodness and beauty
• 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
• 广结善缘(廣結善緣) to make friends all around
• 善终(善終) to have enjoyed a full life ; a happy ending
• 善财难舍(善財難捨) to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up; refusing to contribute to charity
• 善终服务 palliative care
• 慈善机构(慈善機構) charity
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
• 惩恶劝善(懲惡勸善) to punish evil and urge virtue
• 不完善 imperfect
• 善风(善風) fair wind
• 最善 optimal; the best
• 欺善 to bully the good natured
• 慈善 benevolent; charitable
• 美善 beautiful and good
• 善骑(善騎) a skilled rider
• 择善固执(擇善固執) to choose what is good and hold fast to it
• 善款 charity; donated funds
• 能写善算(能寫善算) to be literate and numerate
• 性善 people are by nature good
• 迁善改过(遷善改過) to reform and do good
• 善思 thoughtfulness; wholesome thinking
• 善举(善舉) meritorious deed; benevolent act
• 善言 good words
• 欲善其事，必先利其器 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools . Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
• 劝善戒恶(勸善戒惡) to urge wholesome behavior and warn against evil
• 尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect; perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
• 善行 good actions
• 乐善(樂善) to enjoy doing good deeds
• 善恶之报(善惡之報) good and bad karma
• 善价(善價) a high price
• 共襄善举(共襄善舉) to cooperate in a charity project
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 善于(善於) to be good at; to be adept in
• 工欲善其事，必先利其器 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools . Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

Also contained in

嘉善县 、 善化 、 阿拉善左旗 、 李善 、 善慧 、 旌善 、 尹潽善 、 善后借款 、 善存

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 339
• 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 252
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 222
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 160
• 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 152
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 142
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 131

Collocations

• 善善 (善善) 以明有國善善之功焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧緇衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Yi — count: 10
• 善救 (善救) 善救衛也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 8
• 善辞 (善辭) 善辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 善政 (善政) 德惟善政 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 4
• 曰善 (曰善) 君子曰善戒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 好善 (好善) 衞文公臣子多好善賢者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 4
• 举善 (舉善) 能舉善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 刑善 (刑善) 刑善也夫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 劝善 (勸善) 懲惡而勸善 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 善道 (善道) 樂告以善道也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 3