Chinese Notes

缠 (纏) chán

chán verb to wrap; to wind around; to tie; to bind
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 裹绕 or 围绕; for example, 缠足 'bound feet' (CCD '缠' 1, p. 210; FE '纏' 1, p. 1075; Guoyu '纏' v 1; Mathews 1931 '纏', p. 18; Unihan '纏'; XHZD '缠' 1, p. 75)
chán verb to disturb; to annoy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 搅扰 or 骚扰 (CCD '缠' 2, p. 210; FE '纏' 2, p. 1075; Guoyu '纏' v 2; XHZD '缠' 2, p. 75)
chán verb to deal with; to cope; to handle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 应付 or 对付 (CCD '缠' 3, p. 210; FE '纏' 4, p. 1075; Guoyu '纏' v 3; Mathews 1931 '纏', p. 18)
chán proper noun Chan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '纏' n)

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缠身(纏身) (of an illness, debt etc) to plague; to bind
缠磨(纏磨) to bother; to disturb
纠缠(糾纏) to be in a tangle; to nag
缠住(纏住) to wrap around
缠绵(纏綿) touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
缠绕(纏繞) to twist; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
缠累(纏累) to involve in a problem; to entangle with trouble
死缠烂打(死纏爛打) to pester; to harass
麻缠(麻纏) to pester
缠绵不已(纏綿不已) to cling without letting go; to pester without end; to cling lovingly to each other
缠袋(纏袋) a pouch tied around the waist
交缠(交纏) to intertwine; to intermingle
盘缠(盤纏) money for a voyage; travel expenses
纠缠不清(糾纏不清) hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel
缠裹(纏裹) to bandage; to bind
缠头(纏頭) embroidered headband ; a turban ; money given to a prostitute
延缠(延纏) to be delayed by circumstances
缠束(纏束) to entangle; to bind; to tie [in a girdle]
缠夹不清(纏夾不清) to muddle things together; to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
缠线(纏線) to be bound together with
缠牵(纏牽) to entangle
缠缚 to entrap; to bind
缠夹(纏夾) to annoy; to bother; to harass
胡搅蛮缠(胡攪蠻纏) to pester endlessly ; an annoying troublemaker
缠扰(纏擾) to harass; to disturb
缠手(纏手) to tie somebody's hands; to hinder; hard to deal with
缠夹二先生(纏夾二先生) annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly
缠腰(纏腰) to bind the waist
缠臂金(纏臂金) an armlet
蛮缠(蠻纏) to pester; to bother endlessly
缠枝 interlaced design
缠紧(纏緊) to bind tightly
缠绕茎(纏繞莖) a vine; a climbing plant
缠脚(纏腳) to bind the feet
缠上(纏上) to wrap around
厮缠(廝纏) to tangle with; to get involved; to pester
胡缠(胡纏) to pester; to involve somebody unreasonably
粘缠(粘纏) to stick closely to; cloying
缠结(纏結) to coil around; knot; to entangle
缠丝玛瑙(纏絲瑪瑙) sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)
缠惹(纏惹) to harass; to disturb
腰缠万贯(腰纏萬貫) ten thousand strings of cash in money belt; carrying lots of money; extremely wealthy; loaded
缠绵悱恻(纏綿悱惻) (of a person) sad beyond words; (of music, literature etc) poignant; very sentimental
难缠(難纏) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with
缠络(纏絡) to wind around; to twist and turn (of road or river)
牵缠(牽纏) to involve; to entangle somebody ; to detain
缠缴(纏繳) to wind around; to disturb

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缠无明、乌缠国、缠报、缠足

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卷十三權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 11
卷六十七志第四十三輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
卷一百〇四志第五十七禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
卷十四　楚一 Chapter 14: Chu I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
卷十四　　　　　志第四　　　　禮樂四 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rites and Music 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
第八十回 Chapter 80 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
卷四一　列傳第三三　暴顯皮景和鮮于世榮綦連猛元景安獨孤永業傅伏高保寧 Volume 41 Biographies 33: Bao Xian; Pi Jinghe; Xianyu Shirong; Qilian Meng; Yuan Jing'an; Dugu Yongye; Fu Fu; Gao Baoning Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 5
卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5

Collocations

陵缠 (陵纏) 安陵纏以顏色美壯 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十三權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics — count: 11
兵缠 (兵纏) 兵纏夷狄 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 6
祸缠 (禍纏) 禍纏管 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十九列傳第二十九汝南王亮楚王瑋趙王倫齊王冏長沙王乂成都王潁河間王顒東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai — count: 5
缠曰 (纏曰) 安陵纏曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十三權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics — count: 5
数缠 (數纏) 自頃數纏百六 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百二十七載記第二十七慕容德 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De — count: 2
缠索 (纏索) 不若尋常之纏索 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 2
慕缠 (慕纏) 感慕纏懷 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十一列傳第十一宗室 Volume 51 Biographies 11: Zong shi — count: 2
缠怀 (纏懷) 感慕纏懷 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十一列傳第十一宗室 Volume 51 Biographies 11: Zong shi — count: 2
缠世 (纏世) 靈慶纏世祉 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十志第十樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 — count: 2
缠心 (纏心) 感往纏心 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六本紀第六孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu — count: 2