残 (殘) cán
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cán
verb
to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 伤害 (Guoyu '殘' v; Unihan '殘') -
cán
adjective
cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 凶恶 (Guoyu '殘' adj 1) -
cán
adjective
disabled
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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cán
noun
ruthlessness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 暴戾 (Guoyu '殘' n) -
cán
adjective
incomplete
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不完整 (Guoyu '殘' adj 3) -
cán
adjective
remaining; left over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 剩余的 (Guoyu '殘' adj 3)
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- 残茶剩饭(殘茶剩飯) spoilt tea, leftover food; remains after a meal; crumbs from the feast
- 伤残(傷殘) disabled; maimed; crippled; (of objects) damaged
- 残害(殘害) to injure; to devastate; to slaughter
- 中国残联(中國殘聯) China Disabled Persons' Federation
- 脑残粉(腦殘粉) fanboy; fangirl
- 残月(殘月) waning moon
- 败柳残花(敗柳殘花) broken flower, withered willow; fallen woman
- 残部(殘部) defeated remnants; scattered survivors
- 残障 the physically handicapped ; the physically impaired; handicapped; physically challenged
- 残杀(殘殺) a massacre
- 残疾儿(殘疾兒) a child with a birth defect; a deformed child
- 残膜(殘膜) leftover agricultural plastic
- 残暴(殘暴) ruthless; brutal ; to harm
- 残渣余孽(殘渣餘孽) evil elements who have escaped eradication
- 残疾人(殘疾人) disabled person
- 残杀者(殘殺者) killer; butcher; slaughterer
- 收残缀轶(收殘綴軼) to gather and patch up something that is badly damaged
- 残羹(殘羹) leftovers from a meal
- 收拾残局(收拾殘局) to clear up the mess; to pick up the pieces
- 残喘(殘喘) remaining breath; last gasp
- 残株(殘株) stubble
- 风烛残年(風燭殘年) one's late days; to have one foot in the grave
- 残局(殘局) endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)
- 残余沾染(殘餘沾染) residual contamination
- 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
- 残破 to be broken; to be dilapidated; to be ruined ; broken; dilapidated
- 残骸(殘骸) remains; wreckage
- 践残(踐殘) to damage by trampling
- 残垣(殘垣) ruined walls; ruins
- 残酷无情(殘酷無情) cruel and unfeeling
- 凋残(凋殘) withered
- 残渣(殘渣) remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish
- 残留物(殘留物) remnant; residue; material left over
- 残酷(殘酷) cruel
- 残茎(殘莖) stubble (the stems of plants after harvest)
- 残念(殘念) to regret; what a pity!
- 残虐(殘虐) mistreatment; bullying; tyrannical cruelty
- 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
- 残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general; scattered remnants
- 残奥会(殘奧會) Special Olympics
- 残缺(殘缺) badly damaged; shattered
- 残我黎庶(殘我黎庶) massacre the people
- 凶残(兇殘) savage; cruel; fierce ; a savage ; savage behavior
- 残品(殘品) defective goods
- 残损(殘損) to be damaged
- 灰岩残丘(灰巖殘丘) mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
- 伤残人员(傷殘人員) the injured; wounded personnel
- 摧残(摧殘) to ravage; to ruin ; to disgrace
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- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 18
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 15
- 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11
- 卷二百一十五上 列傳第一百四十上 突厥上 Volume 215a Biographies 140a: Tujie 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
- 卷二百二十五下 列傳第一百五十下 逆臣下 Volume 225c Biographies 150c: Rebellious Ministers 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
- 卷四十二 列傳第二 劉穆之 王弘 Volume 42 Biographies 2: Liu Muzhi, Wang Hong Book of Song 宋書 — count: 6
- 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
- 卷十二 齊五 Chapter 12: Qi V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6
- 卷三十八 列傳第三十二 朱异 賀琛 Volume 38: Zhu Yi; He Chen Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 6
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
Collocations
- 残灭 (殘滅) 宗族殘滅 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 12
- 贪残 (貪殘) 在位貪殘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧四月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Si Yue — count: 8
- 残去 (殘去) 亦可以勝殘去殺矣 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 7
- 胜残 (勝殘) 亦可以勝殘去殺矣 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 5
- 残亡 (殘亡) 故國家殘亡 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 所染 Book 1 - That Which Is Affectable — count: 4
- 残吏 (殘吏) 所舉多貪殘吏 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十二 王貢兩龔鮑傳 Volume 72: Wang, Gong, two Gongs and Bao — count: 4
- 残东 (殘東) 殘東垣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 4
- 烧残 (燒殘) 燒殘民家 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《吳王濞列傳》 Biographies of Pi, the Prince of Wu — count: 3
- 残国 (殘國) 殘國亡家藏於篋 — Guanzi 管子, 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains — count: 3
- 家残 (家殘) 故國家殘亡 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 所染 Book 1 - That Which Is Affectable — count: 3