缄 (緘) jiān
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jiān
noun
letter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '緘'; Guoyu '緘' n 2; Kroll 2015 '緘' 4, p. 195; Unihan '緘') -
jiān
noun
to close; to seal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '緘'; Guoyu '緘' v 2; Kroll 2015 '緘' 3, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '緘', p. 113; Unihan '緘') -
jiān
noun
a strap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '緘' n 1; Kroll 2015 '緘' 1, p. 195) -
jiān
verb
keep the mouth closed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '緘' 3a, p. 195) -
jiān
verb
to store
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '緘' 5, p. 195) -
jiān
noun
to bind
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '緘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '緘' 2, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '緘', p. 113; Unihan '緘')
Contained in
- 三缄其口(三緘其口) reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped
- 缄口不言(緘口不言) lips sealed and not saying anything; to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
- 缄封(緘封) to seal [a letter]
- 缄口(緘口) to keep silent
- 吉缄(吉緘) home correspondence
- 缄口无言(緘口無言) keep one's mouth shut and stay silent
- 缄札(緘札) a letter
- 缄默(緘默) to keep silent
- 缄密(緘密) closely sealed
- 缄口藏舌(緘口藏舌) keep one's mouth shut and stay silent
- 缄口结舌(緘口結舌) keep one's mouth shut and stay silent
- 宝缄(寶緘) honorable letter; correspondence
- 玉缄(玉緘) your honorable favor
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷四百四十六 列傳第二百〇五 忠義一 康保裔 馬遂 董元亨 曹覲孔宗旦 趙師旦 蘇緘 秦傳序 詹良臣江仲明 李若水 劉韐 傅察 楊震父:宗閔 張克戩 張確 朱昭 史抗 孫益 Volume 446 Biographies 205: Loyalty and Righteousness 1 - Kang Baoyi, Ma Sui, Dong Yuanheng, Caojin Kongzongdan, Zhao Shidan, Su Jian, Qin Chuanxu, Zhanliang Chenjiang Zhongming, Li Ruoshui, Liu Ge, Fu Cha, Yang Zhenfu:zongmin, Zhang Kejian, Zhang Que, Zhu Zhao, Shi Kang, Sun Yi History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
- 卷一百三十二 列傳第八十二: 李抱玉 李抱真 王虔休 盧從史 李芃 李澄 Volume 132 Biographies 82: Li Baoyu, Li Baozhen, Wang Qianxiu, Lu Congshi, Li Peng, Li Cheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 16
- 卷一百三十八 列傳第六十三 李嗣業 馬璘 李抱玉從父弟:抱真 抱真子:緘 路嗣恭子:應 Volume 138 Biographies 63: New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 13
- 卷六十 唐書36: 列傳12 李襲吉 王緘 李敬義 盧汝弼 李德休 蘇循 Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12 - Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 13
- 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷一百〇四 志第五十七 禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷六十七 楊胡朱梅云傳 Volume 67: Yang, Hu, Zhu, Mei and Yun Book of Han 漢書 — count: 3
- 卷一百〇一 志第四十九: 兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 3
- 卷七十一下 表第十一下 宰相世系一下 Volume 71b Tables 13: Chancellors Genealogy 1b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
- 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
Collocations
- 王缄 (王緘) 山陽郡王緘 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷七十下 表第十下 宗室世系下 Volume 70b Tables 11: The Imperial Family Genealogy 2 — count: 11
- 缄录 (緘錄) 乃緘錄之 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十六 列傳第六 趙倫之 Volume 46 Biographies 6: Zhao Lunzhi — count: 6
- 苏缄 (蘇緘) 知英州蘇緘邀擊于白田 — History of Song 宋史, 卷十二 本紀第十二 仁宗四 Volume 12 Annals 12: Renzong 4 — count: 5
- 子缄 (子緘) 裨將元仲經等議立抱真子緘 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百三十二 列傳第八十二: 李抱玉 李抱真 王虔休 盧從史 李芃 李澄 Volume 132 Biographies 82: Li Baoyu, Li Baozhen, Wang Qianxiu, Lu Congshi, Li Peng, Li Cheng — count: 4
- 三缄 (三緘) 豈可三緘 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十九 列傳第三十九 文五王 Volume 79 Biographies 39: Wen Wuwang — count: 4
- 缄曰 (緘曰) 中使謂緘曰 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百三十二 列傳第八十二: 李抱玉 李抱真 王虔休 盧從史 李芃 李澄 Volume 132 Biographies 82: Li Baoyu, Li Baozhen, Wang Qianxiu, Lu Congshi, Li Peng, Li Cheng — count: 3
- 缄闭 (緘閉) 而緘閉如舊以還之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers — count: 3
- 缄题 (緘題) 緘題罔避於嫌疑 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷三十八 唐書14: 明宗本紀四 Volume 38 Book of Later Tang 14: Mingzong Annals 4 — count: 3
- 缄字 (緘字) 緘字德高 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a — count: 3
- 缄书 (緘書) 緘書紳帶 — Book of Chen 陳書, 卷三 本紀第三: 世祖 Volume 3: Emperor Wen — count: 3