徇 xùn

1. xùn verb to give in to; to be swayed by; to comply with; to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 顺从 (CC-CEDICT '徇'; Guoyu '徇' v 3; Kroll 2015 '徇' 4, p. 523; Unihan '徇'; XHZD '徇', p. 856)
2. xùn verb to patrol
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 巡行 (Guoyu '徇' v 1; Kroll 2015 '徇' 1, p. 523)
3. xùn verb to occupy; to sieze
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攻占 (Guoyu '徇' v 2; Kroll 2015 '徇' 2, p. 523)
4. xùn adjective quick [witted]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '徇' adj; Kroll 2015 '徇' 3, p. 523)
5. xùn verb to sacrifice oneself for
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of殉 (Guoyu '徇' v 4)
6. xún verb to cause
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 使 (Guoyu '徇' xún v 1)
7. xún verb to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 谋求 (Guoyu '徇' xún v 2)
8. xùn verb to display
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '徇')

Contained in

• 徇私舞弊 commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
• 徇情 to act out of personal considerations; to show partiality
• 瞻徇 to hold back for personal reasons
• 徇私枉法 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三十一 陳勝項籍傳 Volume 31: Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
• 卷十四　本紀第十四:　宣宗上 Volume 14 Annals 14: Xuanzong 1 History of Jin 金史 — count: 11
• 《陳涉世家》 House of Chen She Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 11
• 吳語 Discourses of Wu Guoyu 國語 — count: 10
• 卷一百二十六 列傳第十四 李文忠 鄧愈 湯和 沐英 Volume 126 Biographies 14: Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Tang He, Mu Ying History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 卷十五　本紀第十五:　宣宗中 Volume 15 Annals 15: Xuanzong 2 History of Jin 金史 — count: 9
• 卷一百四十七　列傳第三十四: 張柔 史天倪 史天祥 Volume 147 Biographies 34: Zhang Rou, Shi Tianni, Shi Tianxiang History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
• 卷一百二十五 列傳第十三 徐達 常遇春 Volume 125 Biographies 13: Xu Da, Chang Yuchun History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 8

Collocations

• 徇地 (徇地) 遣諸將徇地 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 11
• 北徇 (北徇) 陳王令魏人周市北徇魏地 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳涉世家》 House of Chen She — count: 10
• 徇齐 (徇齊) 以徇齊壘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 徇燕 (徇燕) 使使北徇燕地以自廣也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳涉世家》 House of Chen She — count: 6
• 徇北 (徇北) 以軍卒斬東越徇北將軍功侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 6
• 徇魏 (徇魏) 陳王令魏人周市北徇魏地 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳涉世家》 House of Chen She — count: 6
• 铎徇 (鐸徇) 遒人以木鐸徇于路 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 5
• 徇曰 (徇曰) 乃徇曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 使徇 (使徇) 莫敖使徇于師曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 徇百姓 (徇百姓) 遂斬顛頡之脊以徇百姓 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V — count: 4