典 diǎn

1. diǎn noun canon; classic; scripture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX；as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典，經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書，典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子)
2. diǎn noun laws; regulations
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令)
3. diǎn noun a ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5)
4. diǎn noun an institution in imperial China
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3)
5. diǎn adjective refined; elegant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4)
6. diǎn verb to administer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4)
7. diǎn verb to pawn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5)
8. diǎn noun an allusion; a precedent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5)

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• 典据(典據) the source of a story ; to sieze; to occupy
• 古典哲学(古典哲學) ancient philosophy
• 典质(典質) to mortgage; to pawn
• 犹太法典(猶太法典) the Talmud
• 大汉和辞典(大漢和辭典) Great Chinese-Japanese Dictionary ; Dai Kan-Wa Jiten; The Great Chinese–Japanese Dictionary
• 典押 to give a collateral loan
• 佛典 Buddhist scriptures; Buddhist texts
• 奇异恩典(奇異恩典) Amazing Grace
• 国音字典(國音字典) Guoyin Zidian; Dictionary of National Pronunciation
• 典雅 refined; elegant
• 瑞典人 a Swede
• 盛典 a grand ceremony ; a deep friendship
• 典籍 canonical text
• 古典教育 education in the classics
• 典型 typical; representative ; archetype
• 古典音乐(古典音樂) classical music
• 字典序 lexicographical order
• 典当行(典當行) pawn shop
• 引经据典(引經據典) to quote the classics; to quote chapter and verse
• 新古典 neoclassical
• 新古典主义(新古典主義) neoclassicism
• 庆典(慶典) a celebration
• 瑞典克朗(瑞典克朗) Swedish krona
• 古典派 classicists
• 婚典 wedding; marriage celebration
• 典狱长(典獄長) warden
• 应典(應典) to act on one's words
• 典藏 repository of items of cultural significance; collection
• 圣典(聖典) sacred writing; canon
• 典故 classical story; quote from the literature
• 词典(詞典) a dictionary
• 故典 old classics; old customs; cause
• 法典 legal code
• 词典学(詞典學) lexicography
• 辞典(辭典) dictionary
• 宝典(寶典) canonical text; treasury
• 五典 the five classics
• 路透金融词典(路透金融詞典) Reuter's Financial Glossary
• 毕典(畢典) graduation ceremony; to graduate
• 查字典 to look up [an entry] in a character dictionary
• 非典 atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
• 三坟五典(三墳五典) three stacks of five classics; ancient writings

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雅典卫城 、 通典 、 雅典的泰门 、 经典著作 、 典客 、 萌典 、 瑞典 、 经世大典 、 雅典

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• 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 130
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 105
• 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 93
• 卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 70
• 卷五十七　志第三十八:　百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 65
• 卷四十七　　　　志第三十七　　百官二 Volume 47 Treatises 42: Official Posts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 56
• 卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 54
• 卷28　志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 49
• 卷七十五 志第五十一 職官四 Volume 75 Treatises 51: Official Posts 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 46
• 卷八十八　志第三十八: 　百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43

Collocations

• 典刑 (典刑) 尚有典刑 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 7
• 典法 (典法) 則又有符節印璽典法筴籍以相揆也 — Guanzi 管子, 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I — count: 4
• 典冠 (典冠) 典冠者見君之寒也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 二柄第七 Chapter 7: Two Handles — count: 4
• 典司 (典司) 先君桓公命我先人典司宗祏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 训典 (訓典) 弗率訓典 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 4
• 敬典 (敬典) 汝亦罔不克敬典 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 3
• 成文典 (成文典) 終日言成文典 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 3
• 终始典 (終始典) 念終始典于學 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 3
• 典命 (典命) 典命 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 3
• 能典 (能典) 有能典朕三禮 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3