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
• 贤内助(賢內助) a good wife
• 贤者师(賢者師) leader of the virtuous
• 贤达(賢達) prominent and worthy personage
• 贤愚有差(賢愚有差) to distinguish between the worthy and ignorant
• 贤君(賢君) a worthy sovereign
• 贤淑仁慈(賢淑仁慈) a virtuous and benevolent woman
• 行贤(行賢) worthy conduct
• 妒能害贤(妒能害賢) jealous of the able, envious of the clever
• 贤妻(賢妻) my beloved wife
• 敬贤(敬賢) to respect the worthy
• 亲贤臣(親賢臣) wise and virtuous counsellors were made welcome
• 折节下贤(折節下賢) to be humble in front of sages
• 招贤纳士(招賢納士) invite the talented and call the valorous; to recruit talent
• 贤人(賢人) a worthy person; xianren
• 贤士(賢士) virtuous person; a man of merit
• 莊王之行贤(莊王之行賢) King Zhuang's conduct was worthy
• 褒贤遏恶(褒賢遏惡) praise the worthy, curb the wicked
• 让贤与能(讓賢與能) to step aside and give a more worthy person and capable
• 任贤用能(任賢用能) to appoint the worthy and use the capable
• 贤慧(賢慧) (of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles
• 贤惠(賢惠) virtuous
• 贤能(賢能) a sage
• 识才尊贤(識才尊賢) to recognize talent and have great respect for it
• 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
• 敬贤礼士(敬賢禮士) to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship
• 见贤思齐(見賢思齊) see a worthy, think to imitate; emulate the virtuous
• 贤贤易色(賢賢易色) to avoid the love of beauty
• 尊贤使能(尊賢使能) to respect talent and make use of ability
• 魏忠贤(魏忠賢) Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 礼贤下士(禮賢下士) respect for the wise
• 贤主(賢主) virtuous ruler
• 贤淑(賢淑) (of a woman) virtuous
• 任人唯贤(任人唯賢) to appoint people according to their merit; appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
• 贤相(賢相) sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
• 李修贤(李修賢) Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
• 圣经贤传(聖經賢傳) holy scripture and biography of sage; refers to Confucian canonical texts
• 妒贤忌能(妒賢忌能) to envy the virtuous and talented
• 嫉贤(嫉賢) envious of worthy people
• 先贤(先賢) a worthy predecessor; a former sage
• 任贤使能(任賢使能) to appoint the virtuous and use the able
• 荐贤举能(薦賢舉能) to recommend the worthy and promote the capable

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集贤县 、 举贤良对策 、 贤头 、 贤疆 、 王祖贤 、 集贤院 、 奉贤 、 狄葆贤 、 进贤县

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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
• 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
• 见贤 (見賢) 見賢而不能舉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — count: 4
• 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
• 贤伯 (賢伯) 憂而思明王賢伯也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧下泉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Bu Quan — 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
• 曰贤 (曰賢) 左右皆曰賢 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 3
• 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