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

• 妥善 appropriate
• 伪善(偽善) hypocritical
• 改过从善(改過從善) to correct faults
• 善自珍摄(善自珍攝) take good care of yourself!
• 善意 goodwill
• 慈善会 charity
• 能诗善文(能詩善文) highly literate; capable at poetry, proficient at prose
• 多多益善 the more the better
• 善风(善風) fair wind
• 最善 optimal; the best
• 攘善 to claim credit due to others; to appropriate other's credit or honor
• 善举(善舉) meritorious deed; benevolent act
• 好善嫉恶(好善嫉惡) to like wholesomeness and detest evil
• 惩恶奖善(懲惡獎善) punish evil and reward good
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 安能善 How could they be good?
• 美善 beautiful and good
• 善后(善後) to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
• 能写善算(能寫善算) to be literate and numerate
• 善人 a good person ; a charitable person; a benevolent person ; a wholesome person [who believes in Buddhist values]
• 劝善戒恶(勸善戒惡) to urge wholesome behavior and warn against evil
• 循循善诱(循循善誘) to guide patiently and systematically
• 多钱善贾(多錢善賈) much capital, good business; good trading conditions
• 改恶向善(改惡向善) turn away from evil and follow virtue
• 慈眉善眼 kind brows, pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 从善如流(從善如流) readily following good advice; willing to accept other people's views
• 驯善(馴善) docile; tractable
• 慈善抽奖(慈善抽獎) a raffle (for charity)
• 善良 kind-hearted
• 配套完善 comprehensive
• 共襄善举(共襄善舉) to cooperate in a charity project
• 善用 to be good at using (something)/to put (something) to good use
• 善款 charity; donated funds
• 性善论(性善論) doctrine of good nature
• 乐善(樂善) to enjoy doing good deeds

Also contained in

外护善知识 、 善施 、 永善县 、 八种善巧 、 善胜 、 鲁明善 、 大善地法 、 善利 、 十善十恶 、 接善戒 、 善思 、 善宿 、 善恶 、 李善长 、 善慧 、 善堂

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: 307
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 254
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 221
• 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: 154
• 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
• 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
• 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