良 liáng

1. liáng adjective good; virtuous; respectable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 善 or 美好 (CC-CEDICT '良'; Guoyu '良' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '良' 1, p. 268; Unihan '良'; XHZD '良' 1, p. 440)
2. liáng adverb very
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: In the sense of 很 or 甚 (CC-CEDICT '良'; Guoyu '良' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '良' 4, p. 268; XHZD '良' 2, p. 440)
3. liáng adjective moderate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '良' 3, p. 268)
4. liáng adjective wise and capable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 贤明 (Guoyu '良' adj 2)
5. liáng adjective natural; innate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 天生的 (Guoyu '良' adj 3)
6. liáng noun a virtuous person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '良' n 1)
7. liáng proper noun Liang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '良' n 2)
8. liáng adverb really; surely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '良' 4a, p. 268; Guoyu '良' adv 2)

Contained in

• 良性循环(良性循環) virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
• 良材 good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap
• 逼良为娼(逼良為娼) to force an honest girl into prostitution; to debauch
• 精良 excellent/ high quality; superior
• 马连良(馬連良) Ma Lianliang
• 良伴 good companion
• 良吉 lucky day; auspicious day
• 良马(良馬) a good horse
• 居心不良 to harbor evil intentions
• 顺应不良(順應不良) inability to adjust; unable to adapt
• 温良(溫良) warm and kind
• 驯良(馴良) docile; tame
• 良辰吉日 fine time, lucky day; good opportunity
• 天付良缘(天付良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 良友 good friend; companion
• 金玉良言 gems of wisdom; priceless advice
• 劣币驱逐良币(劣幣驅逐良幣) bad money drives out good money
• 良辰美景 fine time, beautiful scenery; everything lovely
• 良心喂狗 to have fed one's conscience to the dogs; devoid of conscience
• 良桐 good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
• 挚友良朋(摯友良朋) intimate friend and companion
• 良工心苦 expert craft from hard practice; hard-won skill; A masterpiece demands suffering.
• 良师益友(良師益友) a good teacher and helpful friend; a mentor
• 用心良苦 to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
• 良禽择木而栖(良禽擇木而棲) a good bird chooses a tree to nest in
• 良莠不齐(良莠不齊) good and bad people intermingled
• 良渚 Liangzhu ; Liangzhu culture
• 良心 good will ; a conscience
• 良朋 a good friend
• 良好 good; favorable
• 昧良心 it goes against one's conscience
• 坐失良机(坐失良機) to sit and waste a good opportunity; to lose the chance
• 改良 to improve
• 改良主义(改良主義) reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
• 良策 good plan; good idea
• 没良心(沒良心) without a conscience
• 良种(良種) improved type; pedigree

Also contained in

彝良 、 奈良时代 、 孟良崮 、 丁韪良 、 陈德良 、 夏洛特·勃良特 、 阎良区 、 回良玉 、 奈良市 、 彝良县 、 马良 、 奥尔良 、 奈良 、 良庆区

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• 卷二百七十三 列傳第一百六十一 左良玉 高傑 祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 170
• 卷四十 張陳王周傳 Volume 40: Zhang, Chen, Wang and Zhou Book of Han 漢書 — count: 81
• 卷八十八　列傳第二十六:　紇石烈良弼 完顏守道本名習尼列 石琚 唐括安禮 移剌道本名趙三 子:光祖 Volume 88 Biographies 26: Geshilieliangbi, Wanyanshoudaobenmingxinilie, Shi Ju, Tang Kuoanli, Yiladaobenmingzhaosan, son: Guangzu History of Jin 金史 — count: 61
• 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 59
• 卷一百五十九　列傳第四十六: 宋子貞 商挺 趙良弼 趙璧 Volume 159 Biographies 46: Song Zizhen, Shang Ting, Zhao Liangbi, Zhao Bi History of Yuan 元史 — count: 52
• 卷三百八十五 列傳第一百四十四 葛邲 錢端禮 魏杞 周葵 施師點 蕭燧 龔茂良 Volume 385 Biographies 144: Ge Bi, Qian Duanli, Wei Qi, Zhou Kui, Shi Shidian, Xiao Sui, Gong Maoliang History of Song 宋史 — count: 50
• 卷二百七十 列傳第一百五十八 馬世龍 賀虎臣 沈有容 張可大 魯欽 秦良玉 龍在田 Volume 270 Biographies 158: Ma Shilong, He Huchen, Shen Yourong, Zhang Keda, Lu Qin, Qin Liangyu, Long Zaitian History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
• 卷八十 列傳第三十: 褚遂良 韓瑗 來濟 上官儀 Volume 80 Biographies 30: Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Shang Guanyi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 48
• 卷一百零五 列傳第三十 長孫無忌從父:敞　從父弟:操　子:詮　族叔:順德　褚遂良　韓瑗　來濟　李義琰從祖弟:義琛　上官儀 Volume 105 Biographies 30: Zhangsun Wuji and uncle Chang and uncle Cao, son Quan, young relative: Shunde, Chu Suilang, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Li Yiyan's nephew Yi Chen, Shang Guanyi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 48
• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 44

Collocations

• 良夫 (良夫) 周芮良夫之詩曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 36
• 孙良 (孫良) 衛侯使孫良夫來盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 27
• 子良 (子良) 鄭人立子良 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 24
• 良霄 (良霄) 良霄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 21
• 郑良 (鄭良) 鄭良佐如陳涖盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 13
• 良士 (良士) 君子閔忽之無忠臣良士 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 6
• 杀良 (殺良) 鄭人殺良霄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 良臣 (良臣) 良臣惟聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 5
• 良工 (良工) 雖有良工 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
• 良耜 (良耜) 良耜 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧良耜 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Liang Si — count: 4