怜 (憐) lián
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lián
verb
to pity; to sympathize
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '憐'; Guoyu '憐' v 1; Unihan '憐') -
lián
verb
to love
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '憐' v 2)
Contained in
- 可怜兮兮(可憐兮兮) miserable; wretched
- 哀怜(哀憐) to feel compassion for; to pity; to feel sorry for
- 可怜巴巴(可憐巴巴) pathetic; pitiful
- 顾影自怜(顧影自憐) looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself; alone and dejected
- 摇尾乞怜(搖尾乞憐) to wag the tail and beg for pity
- 见怜(見憐) to pity
- 爱怜(愛憐) to show affection for
- 求怜经(求憐經) Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) / Miserere nobis / Lord have mercy upon us
- 怜愍(憐愍) to pity; to sympathize
- 可怜(可憐) pitiful; pathetic ; to take pity on ; to attract love; to be cute ; to attract envy
- 可怜虫(可憐蟲) pitiful creature; wretch
- 可怜见(可憐見) to take pity on; to feel sorry for ; to attract love
- 自艾自怜(自艾自憐) to feel sorry for oneself
- 乞哀告怜(乞哀告憐) begging for pity and asking for help
- 怜爱(憐愛) to have tender affection for; to love tenderly; to pamper somebody
- 怜悯(憐憫) to pity; to sympathize
- 由怜生爱(由憐生愛) to develop love for somebody out of pity for them
- 乞怜(乞憐) to beg for mercy
- 同病相怜(同病相憐) fellow sufferers empathize with each other; misery loves company
- 怜惜(憐惜) to pity; to sympathize with
- 怜恤(憐恤) to take pity; to show compassion
- 怜香惜玉(憐香惜玉) to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十一 列傳第十一 宗室 Volume 51 Biographies 11: Zong shi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
- 卷一百十八 列傳第五: 特薛禪 孛禿 阿剌兀思剔吉忽里 Volume 118 Biographies 5: Texuechan, Beitu, Alawusitijihuli History of Yuan 元史 — count: 17
- 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: 15
- 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: 13
- 卷十三 列傳第三 宋宗室及諸王上 Volume 13 Biographies 3: Members of the Song Imperial Family 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 11
- 卷九十 志第四十: 百官六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Official Posts 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 9
- 卷六十九 列傳第五十七: 申徽 陸通 厙狄峙 楊荐 王慶 趙剛 趙昶 王悅 趙文表 元定 楊摽 Volume 69 Biographies 57: Shen Hui, Lu Tong, She Dishi, Yang Jian, Wang Qing, Zhao Gang, Zhao Chang, Wang Yue, Zhao Wenbiao, Yuan Ding, Yang Biao History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
- 卷四十二 本紀第四十二: 順帝五 Volume 42 Annals 42: Shundi 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
- 卷六十五 列傳第二十五 吉翰 劉道產 杜驥 申恬 Volume 65 Biographies 25: Ji Han, Liu Daochan, Du Ji, Shen Tian Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
- 卷一百四十五 列傳第三十二: 亦憐真班 廉惠山海牙 月魯不花 達禮麻識理 Volume 145 Biographies 32: Yilianzhenban, Lianhuishanhaiya, Yuelubuhua, Dalimashili History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
Collocations
- 上怜 (上憐) 上憐之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 15
- 人怜 (人憐) 吳人憐之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 14
- 天子怜 (天子憐) 天子憐百姓新勞苦 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 8
- 道怜 (道憐) 幷州刺史劉道憐乃入衛京師 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十 帝紀第十 帝 恭帝 Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor An; Emperor Gong — count: 8
- 太后怜 (太后憐) 以故太后憐之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 7
- 帝怜 (帝憐) 帝憐郭氏 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十上 皇后紀 Volume 10a: Annals of Empresses 1 — count: 5
- 怜淮南 (憐淮南) 上憐淮南王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 4
- 百姓怜 (百姓憐) 百姓憐之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《五宗世家》 House of the Five Clans — count: 4
- 怜百姓 (憐百姓) 天子憐百姓新勞苦 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 3
- 和帝怜 (和帝憐) 和帝憐之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 3