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 adjective kuśala; kusala; virtuous
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: From Sanksrit: kuśala, Pali: kusala, Japanese: zen; literally meaning 'right, proper, suitable, good' in Sanskrit (BL 'kuśala'; FGDB '善'; BCSD '善'; MW 'kuśala')
12. shàn phonetic shan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Used in transliteration of Sanskrit loan words. For exammple, 善臂 Subāhu (BCSD '善臂')
13. 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

• 日行一善 to do a good deed every day
• 从善如流(從善如流) readily following good advice; willing to accept other people's views
• 同心慈善会 One Heart Charity
• 阿拉善 Alxa league
• 褒扬其善(褒揚其善) to praise his goodness
• 善行 good actions
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
• 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到(善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到) Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time
• 善始善终(善始善終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts something; to carry things through
• 和善 good-natured; kind; gentle
• 亲善大使(親善大使) goodwill ambassador
• 能歌善舞 a person of many talents
• 慈善抽奖(慈善抽獎) a raffle (for charity)
• 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
• 善缘(善緣) good fate; good karma ; good affinities
• 能诗善文(能詩善文) highly literate; capable at poetry, proficient at prose
• 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
• 善辩(善辯) eloquent; good at arguing
• 善自珍摄(善自珍攝) take good care of yourself!
• 共襄善举(共襄善舉) to cooperate in a charity project
• 心地善良 kindhearted; good-natured
• 善价(善價) a high price

Also contained in

鄯善县 、 催善为 、 永善县 、 十不善业道 、 善好见 、 善男子 、 善现天 、 善施 、 十善道 、 李善 、 大善秋月救度 、 善权方便 、 十不善根本业道 、 大柔善救度 、 善见 、 善授 、 大善知识 、 一善天 、 善本 、 善哉 、 善思 、 善道 、 善顺 、 众善奉行 、 善爱太子 、 善友 、 教授善知识 、 善现

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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: 252
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 221
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 159
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 151
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 138
• 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: 9
• 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
• 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
• 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: 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 子善 (子善) 子善相之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2