难保 (難保) nánbǎo
nánbǎo
noun
hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '難保')
Contained in
- 泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
- 自身难保(自身難保) powerless to defend oneself; helpless
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一百八十三 列傳第一百三十三: 外戚 Volume 183 Biographies 133: Families of Imperial Consorts Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 2
- 卷一百二十四 周書15: 列傳四 王殷 何福進 劉詞 王進 史彥超 史懿 王令溫 周密 李懷忠 白文珂 白延遇 唐景思 Volume 124 Book of Later Zhou 26: Biographies 4 - Wang Yin, He Fejin, Liu Ci, Wang Jin, Shi Yanchao, Shi Yi, Wang Lingwen, Zhou Mi, Li Huaizong, Bai Wenke, Bai Yanyu, Tang Jinsi Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
- 卷二百五十六 列傳第十五 趙普弟:安易 Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and younger brother: Anyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 第八十回 Chapter 80 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷六十五 吳書二十 王樓賀韋華傳 Volume 65: Book of Wu 20 - Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷二十九 列傳第十九 蔡廓 Volume 29 Biographies 19: Cai Kuo History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 性命难保 (性命難保) 性命難保 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十一 列傳第二十一 皇甫謐 摯虞 束皙 王接 Volume 51 Biographies 21: Huangfu Mi; Zhi Yu; Shu Xi; Wang Jie — count: 5
- 朝夕难保 (朝夕難保) 朝夕難保 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十七 列傳第十七 蔡廓 Volume 57 Biographies 17: Cai Kuo — count: 3
- 难保守 (難保守) 必難保守 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十七下 列傳第一百三十七下: 忠義下 Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 2 — count: 3
- 时事难保 (時事難保) 時事難保 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue — count: 2
- 戡难保 (戡難保) 英烈戡難保節忠臣 — History of Jin 金史, 卷一百十七 列傳第五十五: 徒單益都 粘哥荊山附:劉均 王賓附:王進等 國用安 時青 Volume 117 Biographies 55: Tudan Yidou, Zhan Gejingshan relative: Liujun, Wang Bin relative: Wang Jindeng, Guo Yongan, Shi Qing — count: 2
- 恐难保 (恐難保) 終恐難保 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷38 刁雍 王慧龍 韓延之 袁式 Volume 38: Diao Yong, Wang Huilong, Han Yanzhi, Yuan Shi — count: 2
- 小人难保 (小人難保) 小人難保 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2
- 料难保 (料難保) 自料難保 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第一百十回 Chapter 110 — count: 2
- 心难保 (心難保) 专任怯者则惧心难保 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十七 魏書十七 張樂于張徐傳 Volume 17: Book of Wei 17 - Biographies of Zhang, Yue, Yu, Zhang, and Xu — count: 2
- 主难保 (主難保) 祏弟祀以少主難保 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十二 列傳第二十三 王晏 蕭諶 蕭坦之 江祏 Volume 42 Biographies 23: Wang Yan, Xiao Chen, Xiao Tanzhi, Jiangshi — count: 2