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
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 3
- 《瓦部》 Wǎ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — 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
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷一百十七 列傳第五 諸王二 Volume 117 Biographies 5: Princes 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷十 周本紀下第十: 高祖武帝 宣帝 靜帝 Volume 10 Northern Zhou Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 1
- 卷六十四 列傳第五十二: 韋孝寬 韋瑱 柳虯 Volume 64 Biographies 52: Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Zhen, Liu Qiu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷一百七十四 列傳第一百二十四: 李德裕 Volume 174 Biographies 124: Li Deyu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — 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