瓴 líng
líng
noun
concave channels of tiling; a long-necked jar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '瓴')
Contained in
- 高屋建瓴 water pouring from a tall building can be collected in a bottle; a high position is strategically advantageous
- 破竹建瓴 smash bamboo, overturn water tank; irresistible force
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 3
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
- 《瓦部》 Wǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 2
- 卷一百四十二 列傳第九十二: 李寶臣 王武俊 王廷湊 Volume 142 Biographies 92: Li Baochen, Wang Wujun, Wang Tingcou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷二百七十 列傳第一百五十八 馬世龍 賀虎臣 沈有容 張可大 魯欽 秦良玉 龍在田 Volume 270 Biographies 158: Ma Shilong, He Huchen, Shen Yourong, Zhang Keda, Lu Qin, Qin Liangyu, Long Zaitian History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷四百四十七 列傳第二百〇六 忠義二 霍安國 李涓 李邈劉翊 徐揆 陳遘 趙不試 趙令峸 唐重郭忠孝 程迪 徐徽言 向子韶 楊邦乂 Volume 447 Biographies 206: Loyalty and Righteousness 2 - Huo Anguo, Li Juan, Li Miaoliuyi, Xu Kui, Chen Gou, Zhao Bushi, Zhao Lingcheng, Tang Zhongguozhongxiao, Cheng Di, Xu Huiyan, Xiang Zishao, Yang Bangyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 建瓴 (建瓴) 譬猶居高屋之上建瓴水也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 24
- 瓴甋 (瓴甋) 瓴甋規制無所更 — History of Ming 明史, 卷一百十七 列傳第五 諸王二 Volume 117 Biographies 5: Princes 2 — count: 7
- 瓴甓 (瓴甓) 嘗試以車輪縣瓴甓數十 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans — count: 4
- 瓴水 (瓴水) 譬猶居高屋之上建瓴水也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 3