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
- 臻于完善(臻於完善) to attain perfection
- 人之将死,其言也善(人之將死,其言也善) words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart
- 惩恶奖善(懲惡獎善) punish evil and reward good
- 攘善 to claim credit due to others; to appropriate other's credit or honor
- 善败(善敗) success and failure ; good and bad; good and evil
- 善意的谎言(善意的謊言) white lie
- 安能善 How could they be good?
- 善策 wise policy; best policy
- 乐善(樂善) to enjoy doing good deeds
- 善恶之报(善惡之報) good and bad karma
- 迁善(遷善) to improve
- 改过迁善(改過遷善) to correct faults ; to correct faults
- 能言善辩(能言善辯) glib of tongue; eloquent
- 善忘 forgetful; amnesia
- 劝善惩恶(勸善懲惡) to encourage virtue and punish evil
- 多谋善断(多謀善斷) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
- 改善关系(改善關係) to improve relations
- 不完善 imperfect
- 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
- 尽善尽美(盡善盡美) perfect; perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
- 同心慈善会 One Heart Charity
- 好善道 love of good
- 善骑射(善騎射) talented as a horseman and archer
- 善自保重 take good care of yourself!
- 善心 kindness; benevolence; wholesome intentions
- 善应(善應) excellent answers
- 至善 extremely beautiful
- 善骑(善騎) a skilled rider
- 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
- 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
- 善财难舍(善財難捨) to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up; refusing to contribute to charity
- 善风(善風) fair wind
- 隐恶扬善(隱惡揚善) to praise the virtue of somebody or something while concealing their faults
- 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
- 慈眉善目 kind brows and pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
Also contained in
善化 、 李善 、 鄯善 、 善胜 、 十善十恶 、 永善 、 十善道 、 善后借款 、 善化镇 、 善德王 、 李善长 、 旌善 、 善思 、 善慧 、 八种善巧 、 七善
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 339
- 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: 152
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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