善 shàn
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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) -
shàn
adjective
happy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 吉 (GHDC '善' 5) -
shàn
adjective
good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 良好 (CCD '善' 3) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
shàn
verb
to repair
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '善' 4) -
shàn
verb
to admire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 善 is the same as 羡慕 -
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) -
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) -
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
- 善骑(善騎) a skilled rider
- 嘉善 to commend a good person ; Jiashan
- 劝善惩恶(勸善懲惡) to encourage virtue and punish evil
- 循循善诱(循循善誘) to guide patiently and systematically
- 亲善(親善) goodwill
- 伪善(偽善) hypocritical
- 褒扬其善(褒揚其善) to praise his goodness
- 长袖善舞(長袖善舞) long sleeve help good dancing
- 善举(善舉) meritorious deed; benevolent act
- 善终(善終) to have enjoyed a full life ; a happy ending
- 善良 kind-hearted
- 美善 beautiful and good
- 善能 to be good at
- 友善 friendly
- 善克者不战(善克者不戰) a skillful conqueror does not do battle
- 能歌善舞 a person of many talents
- 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
- 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
- 乐善(樂善) to enjoy doing good deeds
- 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
- 善恶之报(善惡之報) good and bad karma
- 最善 optimal; the best
- 隐恶扬善(隱惡揚善) to praise the virtue of somebody or something while concealing their faults
- 日行一善 to do a good deed every day
- 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
- 驯善(馴善) docile; tractable
- 良善 good
- 迁善(遷善) to improve
- 莫能当善(莫能當善) cannot be accepted as wholesome
- 善忘 forgetful; amnesia
- 多钱善贾(多錢善賈) much capital, good business; good trading conditions
- 善终服务 palliative care
- 人之初,性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
- 善信 to devotedly believe
- 善解人意 to be good at understanding others
- 善言 good words
- 彰善 to display sincerity
- 欲善其事,必先利其器 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools . Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
- 择善固执(擇善固執) to choose what is good and hold fast to it
- 性善 people are by nature good
- 善男信女 lay practitioners of Buddhism
- 为善最乐(為善最樂) doing good deeds brings the greatest joy
- 善事 something lucky; something good ; benevolent actions ; to attend well
Also contained in
善化镇 、 善化 、 善德王 、 鲁明善 、 善德女王 、 七善 、 鄯善县 、 十善十恶
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 339
- 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 252
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 222
- 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: 152
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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