羡 (羨) xiàn

  1. xiàn verb to envy; admire
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '羡'; Guoyu '羡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '羡' 1, p. 496; Unihan '羡')
  2. xiàn verb to praise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '羡'; Unihan '羡')
  3. xiàn verb to covet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '羡'; Kroll 2015 '羡' 1a, p. 496; Unihan '羡')
  4. xiàn noun surplus; excess
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '羡' n 1; Kroll 2015 '羡' 2, p. 496))
  5. xiàn verb to surpass; to exceed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '羡' v 2; Kroll 2015 '羡' 2a, p. 496)
  6. yàn verb to introduce; to invite
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '羡' yàn 1, p. 496)
  7. yàn verb to engage with
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '羡' yàn 1a, p. 496)
  8. yàn noun tomb entrance or passage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '羡' yán, p. 496)

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季羡林

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