难保 (難保) nánbǎo
nánbǎo
noun
hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '難保')
Contained in
- 自身难保(自身難保) powerless to defend oneself; helpless
- 泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
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- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 2
- 卷一百八十三 列傳第一百三十三: 外戚 Volume 183 Biographies 133: Families of Imperial Consorts Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷74 尒朱榮 Volume 74: Er Zhurong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷一百十七 列傳第五十五: 徒單益都 粘哥荊山附:劉均 王賓附:王進等 國用安 時青 Volume 117 Biographies 55: Tudan Yidou, Zhan Gejingshan relative: Liujun, Wang Bin relative: Wang Jindeng, Guo Yongan, Shi Qing History of Jin 金史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 性命难保 (性命難保) 性命難保 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十一 列傳第二十一 皇甫謐 摯虞 束皙 王接 Volume 51 Biographies 21: Huangfu Mi; Zhi Yu; Shu Xi; Wang Jie — count: 5
- 难保守 (難保守) 必難保守 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十七下 列傳第一百三十七下: 忠義下 Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 2 — count: 3
- 朝夕难保 (朝夕難保) 朝夕難保 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十七 列傳第十七 蔡廓 Volume 57 Biographies 17: Cai Kuo — count: 3
- 小人难保 (小人難保) 小人難保 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2
- 恐难保 (恐難保) 終恐難保 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷38 刁雍 王慧龍 韓延之 袁式 Volume 38: Diao Yong, Wang Huilong, Han Yanzhi, Yuan Shi — count: 2
- 主难保 (主難保) 祏弟祀以少主難保 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十二 列傳第二十三 王晏 蕭諶 蕭坦之 江祏 Volume 42 Biographies 23: Wang Yan, Xiao Chen, Xiao Tanzhi, Jiangshi — count: 2
- 料难保 (料難保) 自料難保 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第一百十回 Chapter 110 — count: 2
- 时事难保 (時事難保) 時事難保 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue — count: 2
- 戡难保 (戡難保) 英烈戡難保節忠臣 — History of Jin 金史, 卷一百十七 列傳第五十五: 徒單益都 粘哥荊山附:劉均 王賓附:王進等 國用安 時青 Volume 117 Biographies 55: Tudan Yidou, Zhan Gejingshan relative: Liujun, Wang Bin relative: Wang Jindeng, Guo Yongan, Shi Qing — count: 2
- 心难保 (心難保) 专任怯者则惧心难保 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十七 魏書十七 張樂于張徐傳 Volume 17: Book of Wei 17 - Biographies of Zhang, Yue, Yu, Zhang, and Xu — count: 2