厌 (厭) yàn

  1. yàn verb to dislike; to detest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 憎恶 (Guoyu '厭' v 2; Han Dian '厌' yàn v 4; Kroll 2015 '厭' 2, p. 529; Unihan '厭')
  2. verb to press
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Han Dian '厌' yā v 1; Kroll 2015 '厭' yā, p. 529)
  3. verb to inhibit; to restrain; to block
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抑制 (Han Dian '厌' yā v 3)
  4. yàn verb to satisfy; to be satisfied
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 满足; for example, the idiom 贪得无厌 'greedy and never satisfied' (Guoyu '厭' v 1; Han Dian '厌' yàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '厭' 1, p. 529; Unihan '厭')
  5. yàn verb to tire of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '厭' 1a, p. 529)

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