惭 (慚) cán
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cán
verb
to be ashamed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (SH '慚', p. 399; Unihan '慚') -
cán
adjective
shameful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '慚')
Contained in
- 自惭形秽(自慚形穢) to feel ashamed of one's inferiority
- 惭惶(慚惶) shameful
- 惭愧(慚愧) repentance ; fortunate
- 大言不惭(大言不慚) to boast shamelessly; to talk big
- 羞惭(羞慚) a disgrace; ashamed
- 惭恨(慚恨) to be mortified; to be remorseful
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
- 卷八十四 列女傳 Volume 84: Biographies of Exemplary Women Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
- 卷四十八 Scroll 48 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷六十七 列傳第三十七 溫嶠 郗鑒 Volume 67 Biographies 37: Wen Jiao; Xi Jian Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 5
- 卷八十八 列傳第三十八: 韋思謙 陸元方 蘇瑰 Volume 88 Biographies 38: Wei Siqian, Lu Yuanfang, Su Gui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5
- 卷76 列傳第41 文學 Volume 76 Biographies 41: Men of Letters Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 4
- 卷六十 唐書36: 列傳12 李襲吉 王緘 李敬義 盧汝弼 李德休 蘇循 Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12 - Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 4
- 卷21下 獻文六王下 Volume 21b: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
Collocations
- 大惭 (大慚) 右丞相大慚 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳丞相世家》 House of Chancellor Chen — count: 19
- 惭色 (慚色) 於是宗衛面有慚色 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent — count: 13
- 惭惧 (慚懼) 欽慚懼 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十 杜周傳 Volume 60: Du Zhou — count: 10
- 诚惭 (誠慚) 誠慚懼 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十三 薛宣朱博傳 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo — count: 6
- 惭曰 (慚曰) 翟黃方然而慚曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman — count: 5
- 内惭 (內慚) 於是翟黃默然變色內慚 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman — count: 4
- 惭德 (慚德) 惟有慚德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 4
- 惭恚 (慚恚) 惭恚发病薨 — 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: 4
- 心惭 (心慚) 將心慚 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《朝鮮列傳》 Treatise on Korea — count: 4
- 公惭 (公慚) 公慚而不朝 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 4