善 shàn

1. shàn adjective virtuous; wholesome; benevolent; well-disposed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 善良 (CCD '善' 1; FE '善' 1; GHDC '善' 1)
2. shàn adjective happy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 吉 (GHDC '善' 5)
3. shàn adjective good
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 良好 (CCD '善' 3)
4. shàn adjective kind-hearted
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 友好 (CCD '善' 4; GHDC '善' 2)
5. shàn verb to be skilled at something
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 工巧 (ABCE '善'; CCD '善' 7; FE '善' 2)
6. shàn adjective familiar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 熟悉 (CCD '善' 5; GHDC '善' 7)
7. shàn verb to repair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '善' 4)
8. shàn verb to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 羡慕
9. shàn verb to praise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 赞许 (GHDC '善' 4)
10. shàn adverb numerous; frequent; easy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 常 or 易 (CCD '善' 9; GHDC '善' 5)
11. shàn phonetic shan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Used in transliteration of Sanskrit loan words. For exammple, 善臂 Subāhu (BCSD '善臂')
12. shàn proper noun Shan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '善' 10; GHDC '善' 10)

Contained in

• 积聚众善(積聚眾善) to accumulate much goodness
• 善于(善於) to be good at; to be adept in
• 善心 kindness; benevolence; wholesome intentions
• 善恶之报(善惡之報) good and bad karma
• 不完善 imperfect
• 改善 to improve
• 亲善大使(親善大使) goodwill ambassador
• 慈善会 charity
• 彰善 to display sincerity
• 慈善家 philanthropist
• 善策 wise policy; best policy
• 人之初，性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
• 乐善好施(樂善好施) kind and charitable
• 改善通讯(改善通訊) to improve communications
• 人之将死，其言也善(人之將死，其言也善) words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart
• 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
• 善骑射(善騎射) talented as a horseman and archer
• 过而能改，善莫大焉(過而能改，善莫大焉) If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 臻于完善(臻於完善) to attain perfection
• 善良 kind-hearted
• 性善论(性善論) doctrine of good nature
• 善罢甘休(善罷甘休) to leave the matter at that; to be prepared to let go; to be willing to take things lying down
• 善财难舍(善財難捨) to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up; refusing to contribute to charity
• 兼善天下 benevolence spreads over the world
• 能言善辩(能言善辯) glib of tongue; eloquent
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 善恶二元(善惡二元) dualism of good and evil
• 善有善报，恶有恶报(善有善報，惡有惡報) virtue has its reward, evil its retribution
• 多谋善断(多謀善斷) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
• 伪善者(偽善者) hypocrite
• 谆谆善诱(諄諄善誘) to sincerely and patiently advise

Also contained in

善存 、 善处 、 善生 、 摄善法戒 、 善思 、 已生的善法，令它增长 、 不善 、 归善 、 旌善 、 作善 、 断善阐提 、 七善法 、 十善业道 、 贤善 、 七善 、 不善根 、 永善 、 十善道 、 善牙太子

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 338
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 304
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 254
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 221
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 160
• 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 154
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 142
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 131

Collocations

• 善善 (善善) 以明有國善善之功焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧緇衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Yi — count: 10
• 善救 (善救) 善救衛也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 8
• 善辞 (善辭) 善辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 曰善 (曰善) 君子曰善戒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 好善 (好善) 衞文公臣子多好善賢者 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 4
• 劝善 (勸善) 懲惡而勸善 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 善政 (善政) 德惟善政 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
• 举善 (舉善) 能舉善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 善道 (善道) 樂告以善道也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧干旄 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Gan Mao — count: 3
• 刑善 (刑善) 刑善也夫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3