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 , Subdomain: Morality
   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 , Subdomain: Language
   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

• 性善 people are by nature good
• 共襄善举(共襄善舉) to cooperate in a charity project
• 善终(善終) to have enjoyed a full life ; a happy ending
• 性善说(性善說) doctrine of good nature
• 慈善组织(慈善組織) charity organization
• 人之初，性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
• 从善如登，从恶如崩(從善如登，從惡如崩) doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall
• 改善关系(改善關係) to improve relations
• 攘善 to claim credit due to others / to appropriate other's credit or honor
• 弃恶从善(棄惡從善) to renounce evil and turn to virtue
• 善败(善敗) success and failure ; good and bad / good and evil
• 劝善惩恶(勸善懲惡) to encourage virtue and punish evil / poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
• 惩恶劝善(懲惡勸善) to punish evil and urge virtue
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards / one good turn deserves another
• 慈善会 charity
• 能歌善舞 a person of many talents
• 假善人 false compassion / bogus charity
• 完善 complete ; to perfect
• 驯善(馴善) docile / tractable
• 尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect / perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets
• 积聚众善(積聚眾善) to accumulate much goodness
• 面恶心善(面惡心善) to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
• 善待 to treat well
• 惩恶扬善(懲惡揚善) to uphold virtue and condemn evil
• 安能善 How could they be good?
• 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
• 同心慈善会 One Heart Charity
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
• 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
• 安善 in peace

Also contained in

余善 、 断善阐提 、 不善 、 不善根 、 善见天 、 善哉 、 已生的善法，令它增长 、 少善 、 善神 、 永善 、 归善 、 善德女王 、 不善十业 、 善月 、 阿拉善盟 、 大柔善救度 、 善现天 、 十善根本业道 、 善恶 、 善化镇

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
• 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
• 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
• 其所善 (其所善) 其所善者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2