善 shàn
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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
- 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