典 diǎn
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diǎn
noun
canon; classic; scripture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX;as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典,經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書,典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子) -
diǎn
noun
laws; regulations
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令) -
diǎn
noun
a ceremony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5) -
diǎn
noun
an institution in imperial China
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3) -
diǎn
adjective
refined; elegant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4) -
diǎn
verb
to administer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4) -
diǎn
verb
to pawn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5) -
diǎn
noun
an allusion; a precedent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5)
Contained in
- 古典教育 education in the classics
- 典藏 repository of items of cultural significance; collection
- 庆典(慶典) a celebration
- 原典版 Urtext edition
- 经典案例(經典案例) case study; classic example
- 典型 typical; representative ; archetype
- 药典(藥典) pharmacopoeia
- 类语词典(類語詞典) thesaurus
- 古典 classical
- 典雅 refined; elegant
- 释文经典(釋文經典) Interpretation of the Classics
- 成语典故(成語典故) historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
- 古典藏语(古典藏語) Middle Tibetan
- 路透金融词典(路透金融詞典) Reuter's Financial Glossary
- 典押 to give a collateral loan
- 故典 old classics; old customs; cause
- 古典派 classicists
- 古典乐(古典樂) classical music
- 类语辞典(類語辭典) thesaurus
- 经典场论(經典場論) classical field theory
- 大典 ceremony; collection of classical writings
- 百科事典 encyclopedia
- 典狱长(典獄長) warden
- 数典忘祖(數典忘祖) to recount history but omit one's ancestors; to forget one's roots
- 心理词典(心理詞典) mental lexicon
- 汉语大字典(漢語大字典) Hanyu Da Zidian; Comprehensive Chinese Character Dictionary
- 国语辞典(國語辭典) Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ; Ministry of Education Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 就职典礼(就職典禮) inauguration
- 古典学(古典學) classical studies
- 新古典主义(新古典主義) neoclassicism
- 教育部国语辞典(教育部國語辭典) Ministry of Education Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 破土典礼(破土典禮) ground breaking ceremony
- 释典(釋典) Buddhist doctrine; sutras
- 毕业典礼(畢業典禮) graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
- 犹太法典(猶太法典) the Talmud
- 古典梵语(古典梵語) Classical Sanskrit
- 雅典娜 Athena
- 盛典 a grand ceremony ; a deep friendship
- 典型用途 typical use
- 同义词辞典(同義詞辭典) thesaurus
- 字典序 lexicographical order
- 词典(詞典) a dictionary
- 典质(典質) to mortgage; to pawn
- 古典语言(古典語言) classical language
- 辞典(辭典) dictionary
Also contained in
第二届全球华人国学大典 、 邪典电影 、 维基词典 、 尧典 、 民法典 、 通典
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- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 130
- 卷八十三 志第三十三: 選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 105
- 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 93
- 卷四十八 志第三十八 百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 70
- 卷五十七 志第三十八: 百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 65
- 卷四十七 志第三十七 百官二 Volume 47 Treatises 42: Official Posts 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 56
- 卷八十九 志第三十九: 百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 54
- 卷28 志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 49
- 卷七十五 志第五十一 職官四 Volume 75 Treatises 51: Official Posts 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 46
- 卷八十八 志第三十八: 百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
Collocations
- 典刑 (典刑) 尚有典刑 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 7
- 训典 (訓典) 弗率訓典 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 4
- 典司 (典司) 先君桓公命我先人典司宗祏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 典法 (典法) 則又有符節印璽典法筴籍以相揆也 — Guanzi 管子, 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I — count: 4
- 典冠 (典冠) 典冠者見君之寒也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 二柄第七 Chapter 7: Two Handles — count: 4
- 敬典 (敬典) 汝亦罔不克敬典 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 3
- 作典 (作典) 擅作典制辟陋之說入焉而喪 — Xunzi 荀子, 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony — count: 3
- 能典 (能典) 有能典朕三禮 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
- 典制 (典製) 典制六材 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 3
- 终始典 (終始典) 念終始典于學 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 3