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

• 久病成良医(久病成良醫) long illness makes the patient into a good doctor
• 驯良(馴良) docile; tame
• 良禽择木(良禽擇木) a good bird chooses a tree to nest in; to wisely choose a good leader to follow
• 良宵美景 fine evening, beautiful scenery
• 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
• 从良(從良) to marry and leave one's previous work ; to be granted freedom
• 昧良心 it goes against one's conscience
• 良友 good friend; companion
• 良苦用心 to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
• 良家女子 woman from a respectable family; respectable woman
• 王光良 Michael Wong
• 良心犯 prisoner of conscience
• 良策 good plan; good idea
• 良家子弟 descended from a good family
• 良性循环(良性循環) virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
• 良种(良種) improved type; pedigree
• 良图(良圖) good plan; right strategy; to take one's time forming the right decision
• 温良恭俭让(溫良恭儉讓) kindhearted and moderate; temperate and gentle
• 不良倾向(不良傾向) harmful trend
• 良渚 Liangzhu ; Liangzhu culture
• 温良忍让(溫良忍讓) submissive; accommodating
• 不良 bad; harmful; unhealthy
• 温良(溫良) warm and kind
• 良心喂狗 to have fed one's conscience to the dogs; devoid of conscience
• 逼良为娼(逼良為娼) to force an honest girl into prostitution; to debauch
• 广结良缘(廣結良緣) to earn people's praise through one's good deeds
• 良伴 good companion
• 良朋 a good friend
• 天地良心 in all honesty; truth to tell
• 坐失良机(坐失良機) to sit and waste a good opportunity; to lose the chance
• 改良 to improve
• 接触不良(接觸不良) loose or defective contact
• 天付良缘(天付良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 良药(良藥) good medicine; a good remedy
• 良性 positive (in its effect); leading to good consequences; virtuous; (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
• 营养不良(營養不良) malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy

Also contained in

褚遂良 、 良庆区 、 举贤良对策 、 许信良 、 新奥尔良 、 奥尔良 、 丁韪良 、 陆良县 、 奈良县 、 宜良 、 罗嘉良 、 怀良亲王 、 奈良 、 阎良区 、 纽奥良

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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
• 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
• 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
• 良曰 (良曰) 子良曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4