揽 (攬) lǎn

1. lǎn verb to grasp; to seize
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '攬'; Guoyu '攬' v 1; Kroll 2015 '攬' 1, p. 253; Unihan '攬')
2. lǎn verb to gather together
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '攬' 2, p. 253)
3. lǎn verb to embrace; to adopt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '攬'; Guoyu '攬' v 3; Kroll 2015 '攬' 3, p. 253)
4. lǎn verb to recommend; to recruit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '攬'; Guoyu '攬' v 2)
5. lǎn verb to raise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '攬' v 4)
6. lǎn verb to monopolize; to control
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '攬'; Guoyu '攬' v 1; Kroll 2015 '攬' 1a, p. 253; Unihan '攬'; XHZD '抖' 1, p. 158)

Contained in

• 包揽词讼(包攬詞訟) to canvas for lawsuits; to practice chicanery
• 招揽(招攬) to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
• 抖揽(抖攬) to canvas; to solicit
• 招揽生意(招攬生意) to advertise; to solicit business
• 大包大揽(大包大攬) to undertake the whole thing
• 独揽市场(獨攬市場) to monopolize a market
• 收揽(收攬) to win the support of; to get over to one's side; to keep control of
• 统揽(統攬) to be in overall charge; to have overall control
• 一揽子(一攬子) all-inclusive; undiscriminating
• 延聘招揽(延聘招攬) to enlist the services of
• 承揽(承攬) to take full control in a contract ; to take full responsibility for something
• 承揽工程(承攬工程) to contract for an entire project
• 总揽(總攬) to assume full responsibility; to be in full control; to monopolize
• 延揽(延攬) to recruit talent; to round up; to enlist the services of sb
• 兜揽(兜攬) to canvas (for customers); to solicit; to advertise; to drum up; sales pitch; to take on (a task)
• 独揽(獨攬) to monopolize
• 九天揽月(九天攬月) to reach for the stars
• 揽辔澄清(攬轡澄清) to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation
• 包揽(包攬) to undertake the whole thing; to take on everything

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揽辔录

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• 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷一百〇六 載記第六 石季龍（石虎）上 Volume 106 Records 6: Shi Jilong Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷第一 離騷經 Chapter 1: Sorrow at Parting Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 4
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
• 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3

Collocations

• 揽笔 (攬筆) 衡揽笔而作 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十下 文苑列傳 Volume 80b: Biographies of Writers 2 — count: 13
• 揽辔 (攬轡) 盎攬轡 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 11
• 可揽 (可攬) 草生可攬結 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 6
• 赵揽 (趙攬) 太史令趙攬固諫曰 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇六 載記第六 石季龍（石虎）上 Volume 106 Records 6: Shi Jilong Part One — count: 6
• 亲揽 (親攬) 皆親攬焉 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十五 蜀書五 諸葛亮傳 Volume 35: Book of Shu 5 - Biography of Zhuge Liang — count: 6
• 揽结 (攬結) 揽结英雄 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十六 吳書十一 朱治朱然呂範朱桓傳 Volume 56: Book of Wu 11 - Biographies of Zhu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lü Fan, and Zhu Huan — count: 4
• 揽涕 (攬涕) 省書攬涕 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 4
• 揽英雄 (攬英雄) 誠攬英雄拔俊任賢之時也 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 3
• 揽擷 (攬擷) 女兒可攬擷 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 2
• 揽镜 (攬鏡) 在車中攬鏡自照 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三 列傳第十三 山濤 王戎 郭舒 樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 2