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

• 择善而从(擇善而從) to choose the right course and follow it
• 和善 good-natured; kind; gentle
• 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
• 伪善(偽善) hypocritical
• 不行善 do not practice good
• 首善 exemplary
• 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards; one good turn deserves another
• 惩恶奖善(懲惡獎善) punish evil and reward good
• 性善说(性善說) doctrine of good nature
• 慈善抽奖(慈善抽獎) a raffle (for charity)
• 来者不善，善者不来(來者不善，善者不來) He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come .; Be careful not to trust foreigners.
• 惩恶劝善(懲惡勸善) to punish evil and urge virtue
• 劝善惩恶(勸善懲惡) to encourage virtue and punish evil
• 改恶向善(改惡向善) turn away from evil and follow virtue
• 善感 sensitive; emotional
• 知人善任 expert at appointing people according to their abilities
• 止于至善(止於至善) hold in high regard
• 善价(善價) a high price
• 善言 good words
• 善行 good actions
• 圣人过善(聖人過善) a sage transcends goodness
• 百善孝为先(百善孝為先) of all virtues filial piety is most important
• 善举(善舉) meritorious deed; benevolent act
• 慈眉善眼 kind brows, pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 善能 to be good at
• 善思 thoughtfulness; wholesome thinking
• 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
• 多愁善感 melancholy and moody; depressed personality
• 好善嫉恶(好善嫉惡) to like wholesomeness and detest evil
• 改过迁善(改過遷善) to correct faults ; to correct faults
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 慈眉善目 kind brows and pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 惩恶扬善(懲惡揚善) to uphold virtue and condemn evil
• 能诗善文(能詩善文) highly literate; capable at poetry, proficient at prose
• 攘善 to claim credit due to others; to appropriate other's credit or honor
• 臻于完善(臻於完善) to attain perfection
• 善缘(善緣) good fate; good karma ; good affinities
• 美善 beautiful and good
• 善恶二元(善惡二元) dualism of good and evil
• 尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect; perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
• 兼善天下 benevolence spreads over the world

Also contained in

嘉善县 、 阿拉善左旗 、 归善 、 尹潽善 、 善德女王 、 李善 、 善后借款

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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