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

• 善后(善後) to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
• 善感 sensitive; emotional
• 友善 friendly
• 善骑射(善騎射) talented as a horseman and archer
• 和善 good-natured; kind; gentle
• 善变(善變) fickle; mercurial; changeable; capricious; to be apt to change
• 乐善好施(樂善好施) kind and charitable
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards; one good turn deserves another
• 知善不为(知善不為) to know what is good but not do it
• 人之初，性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
• 彰善 to display sincerity
• 骁勇善战(驍勇善戰) to be brave and good at fighting
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 善自珍摄(善自珍攝) take good care of yourself!
• 不行善 do not practice good
• 改过从善(改過從善) to correct faults
• 伪善(偽善) hypocritical
• 日行一善 to do a good deed every day
• 循循善诱(循循善誘) to guide patiently and systematically
• 善言辞(善言辭) articulate; eloquent
• 美善 beautiful and good
• 弃恶从善(棄惡從善) to renounce evil and turn to virtue
• 善行 good actions
• 迁善(遷善) to improve
• 心地善良 kindhearted; good-natured
• 首善 exemplary
• 劝善戒恶(勸善戒惡) to urge wholesome behavior and warn against evil
• 见善如不及(見善如不及) to see good as if it was not attainable
• 完善 complete ; to perfect
• 亲善(親善) goodwill
• 善事 something lucky; something good ; benevolent actions ; to attend well
• 慈善事业(慈善事業) a charity
• 善败之端(善敗之端) bringing good and bad
• 继善(繼善) to be benevolent
• 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
• 行善 to do good works; to perform wholesome actions
• 改善通讯(改善通訊) to improve communications
• 慈善会 charity
• 广结善缘(廣結善緣) to make friends all around
• 善辩(善辯) eloquent; good at arguing
• 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
• 善于(善於) to be good at; to be adept in
• 善射 a skilled archer
• 改善 to improve
• 妥善 appropriate
• 善克者不战(善克者不戰) a skillful conqueror does not do battle

Also contained in

归善 、 李善长 、 尹潽善 、 嘉善县

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 339
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷三 Scroll 3 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
• 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
• 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