铨 (銓) quán

  1. quán verb to weigh
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially to weight and sort coins (CC-CEDICT '銓'; Guoyu '銓' v 1; Kroll 2015 '銓' 1, p. 380; Unihan '銓')
  2. quán verb to evaluate and select officials
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '銓' v 2; Kroll 2015 '銓' 2, p. 380; Unihan '銓')
  3. quán proper noun Quan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '銓' n)

Contained in

  • 铨衡(銓衡) to measure and select talents
  • 铨叙(銓敘) to assess the qualifications and merits of officials ; to criticize one after the next
  • 铨选(銓選) to assess the capability and qualifications of officials

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铨叙部 、 胡铨 、 蒋士铨

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