砚 (硯) yàn
yàn
noun
ink stone
Domain: Art 艺术
Notes: A stone with a hollow or depression for ink (AAT '300022517')
Contained in
- 砚盒(硯盒) case for an ink stone or ink slab
- 砚耕(硯耕) to live by writing
- 砚席(硯席) ink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches
- 墨砚(墨硯) ink slab; ink stone
- 瓦砚(瓦硯) ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
- 砚弟(硯弟) younger fellow student
- 陶砚(陶硯) ink stone made of pottery
- 砚池(硯池) (concave) ink stone or ink slab
- 砚兄(硯兄) senior fellow student
- 古砚(古硯) antique ink slab
- 砚友(硯友) classmate; fellow student
- 砚水壶儿(硯水壺兒) water container for an ink slab
- 砚田之食(硯田之食) to make a living by writing
- 砚室(硯室) case for an ink slab
- 辟雍砚(辟雍硯) ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface
- 涤砚(滌硯) to wash an ink-slab; to prepare for study (idiom)
- 砚瓦(硯瓦) ink slab
- 焚砚(焚硯) to destroy one's ink-slab; to write no more because others write so much better
- 砚滴(硯滴) small cup for adding water to an ink stone
- 广砚(廣硯) Guangnan and Yanshan
- 砚石(硯石) ink stone; ink slab
- 磨穿铁砚(磨穿鐵硯) to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently
- 端砚(端硯) duanyin
- 柘砚(柘硯) an inkslab made from Chinese mulberry
- 笔砚(筆硯) writing brush and ink stone
- 砚田(硯田) ink stone; writing as a livelihood
- 同砚(同硯) classmate; fellow student
Also contained in
砚林 、 砚台 、 脂砚斋 、 砚山 、 砚山县 、 程砚秋
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- 第二回 Chapter 9 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷一百六十五 列傳第一百十五: 韋夏卿 王正雅 柳公綽 崔玄亮 溫造 郭承嘏 殷侑 徐晦 Volume 165 Biographies 115: Wei Xiaqing, Wang Zhengya, Liu Gongchao, Cui Xuanliang, Wen Zao, Guo Chenggu, Yin You, Xu Hui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷四百三十二 列傳第一百九十一 儒林二 胡旦 賈同 劉顏 高弁 孫復 石介 胡瑗 劉羲叟 林㮣 李覯 何涉 王回弟:向 周堯卿 王當 陳暘 Volume 432 Biographies 191: Confucian Scholars 2 - Hu Dan, Jia Tong, Liu Yan, Gao Bian, Sun Fu, Shi Jie, Hu Yuan, Liu Xisou, Lin Gai, Li Gou, He She, Wang Huidi:xiang, Zhou Yaoqing, Wang Dang, Chen Yang History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷四百八十 列傳第二百三十九 世家三 吳越錢氏錢俶(子:惟濬 惟治 惟濟 弟:儼 姪:昱 附:孫承祐 沈承禮) Volume 480 Biographies 239: Hereditary Houses 3 - Wu, Yue, and Qian clans Qian Chu (sons: Wei Jun, Wei Zhi, Wei Ji, younger brother: Yan, nephew: Yu, relatives: Sun Chengyou, Shen Chengli) History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一百七十八 列傳第一百二十八: 趙隱 張裼 李蔚 崔彥昭 鄭畋 盧攜 王徽 Volume 178 Biographies 128: Zhao Yin, Zhang Ti, Li Yu, Cui Yanzhao, Zheng Tian, Lu Xie, Wang Hui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷三百十六 列傳第七十五 包拯 吳奎 趙抃子:屼 唐介子:淑问 义问 孙:恕 Volume 316 Biographies 75: Bao Zheng, Wu Kui, Zhao Bian and son: Wu, Tang Jie and son: Shuwen, Yi Wen, grandson: Shu History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 玉砚 (玉硯) 周先鋒都部署劉重進得其玉硯 — New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史, 卷六十一 吳世家第一: 楊行密 Volume 61: Hereditary House of Wu — count: 5
- 墨笔砚 (墨筆硯) 有紙墨筆硯 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第九十六回 Chapter 96 — count: 3
- 石砚 (石硯) 慈取素琴石硯及孝子圖而已 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷二十二 列傳第十二 王曇首 Volume 22 Biographies 12: Wang Tanshou — count: 3
- 砚等 (硯等) 掌御用筆墨硯等事 — History of Jin 金史, 卷五十六 志第三十七: 百官二 殿前都點檢司 宣徽院 秘書監 國子監 太府監 少府監 軍器監 都水監 諫院 大理寺 弘文院 登聞鼓院 登聞檢院 記注院 集賢院 益政院 武衛軍都指揮使司 衛尉司 戶禮兵刑工部所轄諸司 三路檢察及外路倉庫牧圉等職 Volume 56 Treatises 37: Official Posts 2 - Palace Inspector General, Court of Palace Attendants, Director of the Palace Library, Imperial Academy, Imperial Treasury, Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers, Directorate for Arms, Waterway Inspector, Remonstrance Bureau, Court of Judicial Review, Academy for the Advancement of Literature, Admonishment Drum Court, Admonishment Inspection Court, Notes and Annotation Court, Academy of Scholarly Worthies, Benefits Administration Court, Command of the Military Guard for the Capital, Office for Commandant of Guards, Offices for the Punishment of Ceremonial Guards, Offices for Three Circuits Inspection and Outer Storehouses for Horses — count: 2
- 大砚 (大硯) 斫大硯 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十二 列傳第一百九十一 儒林二 胡旦 賈同 劉顏 高弁 孫復 石介 胡瑗 劉羲叟 林㮣 李覯 何涉 王回弟:向 周堯卿 王當 陳暘 Volume 432 Biographies 191: Confucian Scholars 2 - Hu Dan, Jia Tong, Liu Yan, Gao Bian, Sun Fu, Shi Jie, Hu Yuan, Liu Xisou, Lin Gai, Li Gou, He She, Wang Huidi:xiang, Zhou Yaoqing, Wang Dang, Chen Yang — count: 2
- 铁砚 (鐵硯) 維翰持鐵硯示人曰 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷八十九 晉書15: 列傳四 桑維翰 趙瑩 劉昫 馮玉 殷鵬 Volume 89 Book of Later Jin 15: Biographies 4 - Sang Weihan, Zhao Ying, Liu Xu, Feng Yu, Yin Peng — count: 2
- 用砚 (用硯) 因以所用硯與之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses — count: 2
- 砚一 (硯一) 又金銀蒔繪硯一筥一合 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百九十一 列傳第二百五十 外國七 流求國 定安國 渤海國 日本國 党項 Volume 491 Biographies 250: Foreign States 7 - Ryukyu Islands, Ding'an, Bohai, Japan, Tangut — count: 2
- 飞砚 (飛硯) 飛硯來打茗煙 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 9 — count: 2
- 砚录 (硯錄) 硯錄 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 — count: 2