善 shàn
-
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
- 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