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. yā verb to press
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Han Dian '厌' yā v 1; Kroll 2015 '厭' yā, p. 529)
3. yā 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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• 厌足(厭足) to satisfy; to be satisfied
• 憎厌(憎厭) to loathe
• 百看不厌(百看不厭) to never get tired of looking at something
• 不厌求详(不厭求詳) to not object to striving for detail; to strive for detail
• 病厌厌(病厭厭) sickly-looking
• 贪求无厌(貪求無厭) insatiably greedy
• 诛求无厌(誅求無厭) incessant exorbitant demands
• 厌烦(厭煩) bored; fed up with something; sick of sth
• 贪猥无厌(貪猥無厭) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 厌食症(厭食症) anorexia
• 贪婪无厌(貪婪無厭) avaricious and insatiable; greedy and never satisfied
• 生厌(生厭) to disgust; to pall; fed up; to be bored; to be irritated
• 厌祷(厭禱) to use witchcraft to pray to supernatural beings
• 食不厌精脍不厌细(食不厭精膾不厭細) He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his mince meat cut quite small.
• 不厌其烦(不厭其煩) not to mind taking all the trouble; to take great pains; to be very patient
• 学而不厌，诲人不倦(學而不厭，誨人不倦) study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm
• 好故事百听不厌(好故事百聽不厭) The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
• 厌薄(厭薄) to despise; to look down upon
• 厌恶人类者(厭惡人類者) misanthrope
• 不厌(不厭) not to tire of; not to object to ; not be full ; not be satisfied
• 百吃不厌(百吃不厭) to not object to eating something over and over
• 讨厌鬼(討厭鬼) disgusting person; slob
• 厌世(厭世) misanthropy
• 厌恶(厭惡) to loath; to hate
• 兵不厌诈(兵不厭詐) there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war
• 惹人厌(惹人厭) annoying; disgusting
• 厌氧菌(厭氧菌) anaerobic bacteria
• 百读不厌(百讀不厭) to be worth reading a hundred times
• 厌腻(厭膩) to detest; to abhor
• 厌恨(厭恨) to hate; to detest
• 百览不厌(百覽不厭) to never get tired of looking at something
• 学而不厌(學而不厭) study tirelessly
• 贪得无厌(貪得無厭) greedy and never satisfied
• 厌女症(厭女症) misogyny
• 男性厌恶(男性厭惡) misandry
• 厌倦(厭倦) to be weary of; to be fed up with; tedious
• 厌弃(厭棄) to spurn; to reject
• 精神性厌食症(精神性厭食症) anorexia nervosa
• 讨厌(討厭) to hate; to dislike; to find disgusting
• 厌食(厭食) anorexia
• 嫌厌(嫌厭) to loathe
• 不厌其详(不厭其詳) to think on in detail; to not object to details
• 会厌炎(會厭炎) epiglottitis
• 百听不厌(百聽不厭) worth hearing a hundred times
• 厌气(厭氣) fed up with; loathsome
• 厌氧(厭氧) anaerobic
• 讨人厌(討人厭) horrid
• 喜新厌旧(喜新厭舊) to like the new, and hate the old
• 裒敛无厌(裒斂無厭) to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder

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会厌塞音 、 会厌

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• 卷108之四 禮志四之四 Volume 108d Treatise 4: Rituals 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 22
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 13
• 卷二十七 志第七: 禮儀七 Volume 27 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
• 卷十五 志第五 禮二 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rituals 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 10
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 9
• 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 8
• 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 8
• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷七十一　列傳第五十九:　隋宗室諸王 Volume 71 Biographies 59: The Sui Imperial Family History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 7
• 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7

Collocations

• 厌厌 (厭厭) 厭厭良人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 8
• 天厌 (天厭) 天厭之 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 6. 《雍也》 Yong Ye — count: 4
• 賔厌 (賔厭) 賔厭介 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 4
• 阴厌 (陰厭) 有陰厭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 4
• 厌衆 (厭衆) 介厭衆賔 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 4
• 天下厌 (天下厭) 天下厭然猶一也 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 3
• 阳厌 (陽厭) 有陽厭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 3
• 厌谓 (厭謂) 從獸無厭謂之荒 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 3
• 嫂厌 (嫂厭) 嫂厭叔 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚元王世家》 House of Prince Yuan of Chu — count: 2
• 厌兵 (厭兵) 厭兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《黥布列傳》 Biography of Qing Bu — count: 2