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

• 真善美 truth, goodness and beauty
• 广结善缘(廣結善緣) to make friends all around
• 能诗善文(能詩善文) highly literate; capable at poetry, proficient at prose
• 择善固执(擇善固執) to choose what is good and hold fast to it
• 欺善怕恶(欺善怕惡) to bully the good natured and be scared of those who can do harm
• 善本 rare book
• 积聚众善(積聚眾善) to accumulate much goodness
• 善思 thoughtfulness; wholesome thinking
• 伪善者(偽善者) hypocrite
• 伪善(偽善) hypocritical
• 疾恶好善(疾惡好善) to detest evil and like wholesomeness
• 多愁善感 melancholy and moody; depressed personality
• 善心 kindness; benevolence; wholesome intentions
• 善意的谎言(善意的謊言) white lie
• 善骑(善騎) a skilled rider
• 好施乐善(好施樂善) to love giving to charity and to take pleasure in helping people
• 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
• 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
• 善言 good words
• 善言辞(善言辭) articulate; eloquent
• 慈善机构(慈善機構) charity
• 继善(繼善) to be benevolent
• 改过从善(改過從善) to correct faults
• 能写善算(能寫善算) to be literate and numerate
• 善辩(善辯) eloquent; good at arguing
• 善自保重 take good care of yourself!
• 阿拉善 Alxa league
• 多谋善断(多謀善斷) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
• 善射 a skilled archer
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 改善关系(改善關係) to improve relations
• 好善道 love of good
• 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
• 彰善瘅恶(彰善癉惡) to display sincerity and condemn evil
• 骁勇善战(驍勇善戰) to be brave and good at fighting
• 择善而从(擇善而從) to choose the right course and follow it
• 见善(見善) seeing goodness

Also contained in

善存 、 鲁明善 、 李善 、 善后借款 、 善化镇 、 阿拉善盟 、 阿拉善左旗 、 鄯善县 、 旌善 、 十善根本业道 、 十不善业道 、 永善县 、 善化 、 七善

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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