奸 jiān

1. jiān noun a traitor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 奸; as in 汉奸; a variant of 姦 (Guoyu '奸' n 1; Mathews 1931 '奸', p. 112; XHZD '奸' 2, p. 326)
2. jiān verb to commit adultery
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 奸; in the sense of 奸淫; as in 奸汙 (Guoyu '奸' v 3; Unihan '姦'; XHZD '奸' 3, p. 326)
3. jiān adjective treacherous; evil; wicked
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 奸; in the sense of 阴险 (Guoyu '奸' adj; Mathews 1931 '奸', p. 112; XHZD '奸' 1, p. 326)
4. jiān verb to violate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 奸; in the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '奸' v 1)
5. jiān adjective wicked; false; deceitful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Morality
   Notes: In the sense of 狡诈 or 邪恶 (Guoyu '姦' adj; Kroll 2015 '姦' 1, p. 194; XHZD '奸' 1)
6. jiān noun a traitor; a sinister person; a villian
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Morality
   Notes: As in 汉奸 (Guoyu '姦' n 1; XHZD '奸' 2)
7. jiān noun a rebellion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 乱事 (Guoyu '姦' n 3)
8. jiān verb to commit adultery
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '姦' v; Kroll 2015 '姦' 2, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '姦', p. 111)
9. jiān verb to seek after
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 奸; in the sense of 求见 (Guoyu '奸' v 2)
10. jiān noun a criminal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 奸; as in 汉奸 (Guoyu '奸' n 2; Mathews 1931 '奸', p. 112)

Contained in

• 狼狈为奸(狼狽為奸) villains collude together
• 谪奸(謫奸) to call out evil
• 奸雄(姦雄) person who seeks advancement by any means; an evil person who pretends to be good
• 奸顽(奸頑) a devious villain
• 奸淫(姦淫) fornication; adultery; seduction ; rape ; malicious
• 强奸(強姦) to rape
• 奸细(奸細) a spy ; a cheat; a lowly character
• 集体强奸(集體強姦) gang rape
• 奸官 a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state
• 奸党(奸黨) a cabal of traitors
• 奸计(奸計) evil scheme
• 奸邪 evil; evil ; deceitful ; a deceitful person
• 奸巧 deceitful
• 奸臣 a treacherous official
• 奸徒 a crafty villain
• 奸宄 evildoer; malefactor
• 众奸(眾奸) a mob of traitors
• 轮奸(輪姦) to gang rape
• 姑息养奸(姑息養奸) to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer; spare the rod and spoil the child
• 作奸 to be a traitor
• 捉奸(捉姦) to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
• 鸡奸(雞姦) sodomy ; sodomy
• 奸恶(奸惡) malicious
• 大奸似忠(大姦似忠) the most treacherous person appears the most guileless
• 奸坏(奸壞) deceitful
• 作奸犯科 do evil and break the rules
• 奸刁 scheming
• 奸官污吏 traitor minister and corrupt official; abuse and corruption
• 奸谟(奸謨) a devious plot
• 奸夫 male adulterer
• 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗(無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜) one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions
• 老奸巨猾 cunning; crafty; wily old fox
• 奸笑 evil smile; sinister smile
• 奸险(奸險) malicious
• 奸狠 cruel
• 无奸不商(無奸不商) all businessmen are evil
• 朋比为奸(朋比為奸) to conspire; to gang up
• 奸人 crafty scoundrel; villain
• 奸诈(奸詐) treacherous; devious
• 奸狡 devious; cunning
• 奸吏 corrupt; subordinates
• 汉奸(漢奸) traitor
• 通奸(通姦) illicit sex
• 迷奸(迷姦) to drug and then rape
• 奸商 dishonest merchant
• 奸佞 crafty and fawning ; a deceitful person
• 摘奸发伏(摘奸發伏) to expose a villian, revealing their secret plots
• 锄奸(鋤奸) to weed out the traitors
• 奸滑 deceitful
• 奸民 a scoundrel; a villain

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Collocations

• 奸人 (奸人) 諸以眾彊凌弱少及彊姦人婦女 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 8
• 奸伪 (奸偽) 此明公道而滅姦偽之術也 — Guanzi 管子, 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I — count: 7
• 禁奸 (禁奸) 不足以禁姦塞邪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 5
• 奸民 (奸民) 姦民之所謀為外心 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 5
• 敢奸 (敢奸) 誰敢奸君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 大奸 (大奸) 豈非大奸也哉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 3
• 奸声 (奸聲) 凡奸聲感人 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
• 奸禁 (奸禁) 刑省而姦禁 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 奸塞 (奸塞) 不足以禁姦塞邪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 2
• 奸轴 (奸軸) 故姦軸之人不得行其私 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 2