知足 zhīzú

zhīzú verb to be content
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '知足'; Guoyu '知足')

Contained in

• 知足常乐(知足常樂) satisfied with what one has and always joyful
• 不知足 to be discontent

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 4
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• Scroll 8 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 3
• 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
• 卷一百六十六 列傳第一百十六: 元稹 白居易 Volume 166 Biographies 116: Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
• 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
• 卷六十九　列傳第五十九 沈炯 虞荔 傅縡 顧野王 姚察 Volume 69 Biographies 59: Shen Jiong, Yu Li, Fu Zai, Prince of Guye, Yao Chao History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 2
• 卷十九 列傳第十三: 沈炯 虞荔 馬樞 Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 2
• 卷五十二 列傳第四十六 止足 Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 2
• 卷三十八 Scroll 38 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2

Collocations

• 闻知足 (聞知足) 吾聞知足不辱 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十 Scroll 10 — count: 4
• 知足知 (知足知) 豈如知足知止 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷42 列傳第34 蕭撝 蕭世怡 蕭圓肅 蕭大圜 宗懍 劉璠 柳霞 Volume 42 Biographies 34: Xiao Hui; Xiao Shiyi; Xiao Yuansu; Xiao Dahuan; Zong Lin; Liu Fan; Liu Xia — count: 3
• 知足以为 (知足以為) 知足以爲源泉 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 8 — count: 2
• 知足免 (知足免) 知足免戾 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao — count: 2
• 知足愿 (知足願) 知足願雲止 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷60　列傳第25 崔仲方 于仲文 段文振 Volume 60 Biographies 25: Cui Zhongfang, Yu Zhongwen, Duan Wenzhen — count: 2
• 止知足 (止知足) 知止知足 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三七　補列傳第二九 魏收 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Wei Shou — count: 2