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 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

• 尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect; perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
• 善人 a good person ; a charitable person; a benevolent person
• 完善 complete ; to perfect
• 善举(善舉) meritorious deed; benevolent act
• 善解人意 to be good at understanding others
• 妥善 appropriate
• 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
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 改过向善(改過向善) to correct faults
• 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
• 善事 something lucky; something good ; benevolent actions ; to attend well
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
• 善意的谎言(善意的謊言) white lie
• 善款 charity; donated funds
• 善自保重 take good care of yourself!
• 知人善任 expert at appointing people according to their abilities
• 好善嫉恶(好善嫉惡) to like wholesomeness and detest evil
• 能歌善舞 a person of many talents
• 不完善 imperfect
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 配套完善 comprehensive
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards; one good turn deserves another
• 慈善 benevolent; charitable
• 惩恶扬善(懲惡揚善) to uphold virtue and condemn evil
• 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
• 劝善惩恶(勸善懲惡) to encourage virtue and punish evil
• 乐善(樂善) to enjoy doing good deeds
• 性善 people are by nature good
• 从善如流(從善如流) readily following good advice; willing to accept other people's views
• 劝善戒恶(勸善戒惡) to urge wholesome behavior and warn against evil
• 假善人 false compassion; bogus charity
• 善用 to be good at using (something)/to put (something) to good use
• 善后(善後) to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
• 善骑射(善騎射) talented as a horseman and archer
• 兼善天下 benevolence spreads over the world
• 继善(繼善) to be benevolent
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold

Also contained in

阿拉善右旗 、 少善根 、 受善法戒 、 十善根本业道 、 七善 、 善德王 、 十不善根本业道 、 善男信女 、 阿拉善左旗 、 十一善法 、 善神 、 归善 、 少善

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 338
• 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 307
• 卷八 Scroll 8 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: 153
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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