贤 (賢) xián

1. xián adjective virtuous; worthy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 良善 (Guoyu '賢' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '賢' 1, p. 494; Unihan '賢')
2. xián adjective able; capable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '賢' 2; Unihan '賢')
3. xián adjective admirable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '賢' 1a, p. 494)
4. xián pronoun sir
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Second person honorific pronoun (Guoyu '賢' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '賢' 3, p. 494)
5. xián noun a talented person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 才能人 (Guoyu '賢' n)
6. xián proper noun India
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As part of 贤豆 (Kroll 2015 '賢' 5, p. 494)
7. xián verb to respect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尊崇 or 重视 (Guoyu '賢' v 1)
8. xián verb to excel; to surpass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 胜过 (Guoyu '賢' v 2)

Contained in

• 贤臣(賢臣) a worthy official
• 推贤让能(推賢讓能) to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented
• 敬贤礼士(敬賢禮士) to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship
• 圣贤(聖賢) a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama
• 贤主(賢主) virtuous ruler
• 群贤(群賢) many worthy people
• 任人唯贤(任人唯賢) to appoint people according to their merit; appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
• 贤能(賢能) a sage
• 魏忠贤(魏忠賢) Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 让贤与能(讓賢與能) to step aside and give a more worthy person and capable
• 贤相(賢相) sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
• 贤愚不分(賢愚不分) no distinction between the worthy and the foolish
• 贤明(賢明) wise and capable
• 尊贤爱物(尊賢愛物) honor to sages and kinness to animals
• 荐贤举能(薦賢舉能) to recommend the worthy and promote the capable
• 褒贤遏恶(褒賢遏惡) praise the worthy, curb the wicked
• 荐贤(薦賢) to recommend a worthy person
• 敬老尊贤(敬老尊賢) to respect the wise and venerate the worthy; to honor the great and the good
• 圣贤孔子鸟(聖賢孔子鳥) Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
• 尊贤使能(尊賢使能) to respect talent and make use of ability
• 先贤(先賢) a worthy predecessor; a former sage
• 敬贤(敬賢) to respect the worthy
• 贤圣(賢聖) worthy people and sages
• 贤贤易色(賢賢易色) to avoid the love of beauty
• 贤者师(賢者師) leader of the virtuous
• 任贤使能(任賢使能) to appoint the virtuous and use the able
• 贤妻(賢妻) my beloved wife
• 贤弟(賢弟) worthy little brother
• 圣经贤传(聖經賢傳) holy scripture and biography of sage; refers to Confucian canonical texts
• 贤慧(賢慧) (of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles
• 折节下贤(折節下賢) to be humble in front of sages
• 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
• 称贤荐能(稱賢薦能) praised as being worthy and recommended as being capable
• 贤天子(賢天子) sage Son of Heaven
• 贤淑仁慈(賢淑仁慈) a virtuous and benevolent woman
• 妒能害贤(妒能害賢) jealous of the able, envious of the clever
• 竹林七贤(竹林七賢) seven sages of the bamboo grove
• 贤达(賢達) prominent and worthy personage
• 贤惠(賢惠) virtuous

Also contained in

集贤县 、 集贤院 、 林超贤 、 集贤书院 、 王祖贤 、 进贤 、 耶律贤 、 狄葆贤 、 贤头 、 集贤殿书院 、 举贤良对策 、 奉贤区

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• 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 148
• 卷三百〇五 列傳第一百九十三 宦官二 李芳 馮保 張鯨 陳增 梁永 陳矩 王安 魏忠賢 王體乾 崔文昇 張彝憲 高起潛 王承恩 方正化 Volume 305 Biographies 193: Officials 2 - Li Fang, Feng Bao, Zhang Jing, Chen Zeng, Liang Yong, Chen Ju, Wang An, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tigan, Cui Wensheng, Zhang Yixian, Gao Qiqian, Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua History of Ming 明史 — count: 119
• 卷一百七十六 列傳第六十四 李賢 呂原 岳正 彭時 商輅 劉定之 Volume 176 Biographies 64: Li Xian, Lu Yuan, Yue Zheng, Peng Shi, Shang Lu, Liu Dingzhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 91
• 卷二百四十五 列傳第一百三十三 周起元 繆昌期 周順昌 周宗建 黃尊素 李應昇 萬燝 Volume 245 Biographies 133: Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Shunchang, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu, Li Yingsheng, Wan Jing History of Ming 明史 — count: 90
• 卷九十三 佞幸傳 Volume 93: Flatterers Book of Han 漢書 — count: 70
• 卷二百六十五 列傳第二十四 李昉 呂蒙正 張齊賢 賈黃中 Volume 265 Biographies 24: Li Fang, Lu Mengzheng, Zhang Qixian, Jia Huangzhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 60
• 卷25 列傳第17 李賢 弟遠 Volume 25 Biographies 17: Li Xian; brother Yuan Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 59
• 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 53
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 44
• 卷八十六 何武王嘉師丹傳 Volume 86: He Wu, Wang Jia and Shi Dan Book of Han 漢書 — count: 43

Collocations

• 尊贤 (尊賢) 尊賢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 17
• 举贤 (舉賢) 舉賢而置之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 5
• 见贤 (見賢) 見賢而不能舉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — count: 4
• 贤获 (賢穫) 釋獲者遂進取賢獲 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 求贤 (求賢) 求賢審官 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧卷耳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Juan Er — count: 3
• 贤大夫 (賢大夫) 賢大夫也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 贤不肖 (賢不肖) 則賢不肖別矣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
• 象贤 (象賢) 崇德象賢 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3
• 亲贤 (親賢) 親賢而下無能 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《表記》 The Record on Example — count: 3
• 隐贤 (隱賢) 隱賢而桓賤也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3