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阿拉善右旗 阿拉善右旗 [A1 la1 shan4 You4 qi2] /Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)/ 5129 1
阿拉善左旗 阿拉善左旗 [A1 la1 shan4 Zuo3 qi2] /Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)/ 5129 1
阿拉善 阿拉善 [[A1la1shan4]] /see 阿拉善盟[A1la1shan4 Meng2]/ 669 2
阿拉善盟 阿拉善盟 [[A1la1shan4 Meng2]] /Alxa, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4meng3gu3 Zi4zhi4qu1]/ 636 2
阿盟 阿盟 [[A1meng2]] /Arab League; League of Arab States (abbr. for 阿拉伯國家聯盟|阿拉伯国家联盟[A1la1bo2 Guo2jia1 Lian2meng2])/Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia (abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1la1shan4 Meng2])/ 86 2
百善孝為先 百善孝为先 [bai3 shan4 xiao4 wei2 xian1] /of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)/ 5544 1
不善 不善 [bu4 shan4] /bad/ill/not good at/not to be pooh-poohed/quite impressive/ 7110 1
不完善 不完善 [bu4 wan2 shan4] /imperfect/ 7110 1
長袖善舞 长袖善舞 [chang2 xiu4 shan4 wu3] /long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation/ 6341 1
懲惡勸善 惩恶劝善 [cheng2 e4 quan4 shan4] /see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]/ 4663 1
懲惡揚善 惩恶扬善 [cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4] /to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)/ 4663 1
慈善 慈善 [ci2 shan4] /benevolent/charitable/ 6914 1
慈善抽獎 慈善抽奖 [ci2 shan4 chou1 jiang3] /a raffle (for charity)/ 6940 1
慈善機構 慈善机构 [ci2 shan4 ji1 gou4] /charity/ 7110 1
慈善家 慈善家 [ci2 shan4 jia1] /philanthropist/humanitarian/charity donor/ 6616 1
慈善組織 慈善组织 [ci2 shan4 zu3 zhi1] /charity organization/ 6682 1
慈眉善目 慈眉善目 [[ci2mei2-shan4mu4]] /(idiom) kind-looking; benevolent-looking/ 90 2
慈眉善眼 慈眉善眼 [[ci2mei2-shan4yan3]] /see 慈眉善目[ci2mei2-shan4mu4]/ 787 2
從善如登,從惡如崩 从善如登,从恶如崩 [cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1] /doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)/ 4254 1
從善如流 从善如流 [cong2 shan4 ru2 liu2] /readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views/ 6341 1
獨善其身 独善其身 [[du2shan4-qi2shen1]] /(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests/ 360 2
多多益善 多多益善 [duo1 duo1 yi4 shan4] /the more the better/ 6704 1
多錢善賈 多钱善贾 [duo1 qian2 shan4 gu3] /much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions/ 6341 1
多愁善感 多愁善感 [[duo1chou2-shan4gan3]] /(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy/ 451 2
多謀善斷 多谋善断 [[duo1mou2-shan4duan4]] /(idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious/ 777 2
額濟納 额济纳 [E2 ji4 na4] /Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)/ 5129 1
額濟納河 额济纳河 [E2 ji4 na4 He2] /Ejin River in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia/ 5129 1
額濟納旗 额济纳旗 [E2 ji4 na4 Qi2] /Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)/ 5129 1
乏善可陳 乏善可陈 [[fa2shan4-ke3chen2]] /(idiom) to be nothing to write home about/ 617 2
改惡向善 改恶向善 [gai3 e4 xiang4 shan4] /turn away from evil and follow virtue/ 6829 1
改善 改善 [[gai3shan4]] /to make better; to improve/ 181 2
工欲善其事,必先利其器 工欲善其事,必先利其器 [gong1 yu4 shan4 qi2 shi4 , bi4 xian1 li4 qi2 qi4] /To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job/ 5759 1
共襄善舉 共襄善举 [gong4 xiang1 shan4 ju3] /to cooperate in a charity project/ 4088 1
過而能改,善莫大焉 过而能改,善莫大焉 [guo4 er2 neng2 gai3 , shan4 mo4 da4 yan1] /If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)/ 5726 1
和善 和善 [he2 shan4] /good-natured/ 7110 1
黑水城 黑水城 [Hei1 shui3 Cheng2] /ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[E2 ji4 na4 Qi2], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia/ 5129 1
嘉善 嘉善 [[Jia1shan4]] /see 嘉善縣|嘉善县[Jia1shan4 Xian4]/ 135 2
嘉善縣 嘉善县 [[Jia1shan4 Xian4]] /Jiashan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jia1xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang/ 135 2
假善人 假善人 [jia3 shan4 ren2] /false compassion/bogus charity/ 6628 1
兼善天下 兼善天下 [[jian1shan4-tian1xia4]] /(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests/ 360 2
盡善盡美 尽善尽美 [jin4 shan4 jin4 mei3] /perfect (idiom); perfection/the best of all possible worlds/as good as it gets/ 6341 1
來者不善,善者不來 来者不善,善者不来 [lai2 zhe3 bu4 shan4 , shan4 zhe3 bu4 lai2] /He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom)./Be careful not to trust foreigners./Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!/ 6341 1
樂善好施 乐善好施 [le4 shan4 hao4 shi1] /kind and charitable/ 5351 1
良善 良善 [liang2 shan4] /good/ 7110 1
美善 美善 [mei3 shan4] /beautiful and good/ 7110 1
面惡心善 面恶心善 [mian4 e4 xin1 shan4] /to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)/ 3881 1
能歌善舞 能歌善舞 [neng2 ge1 shan4 wu3] /can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents/ 6341 1
能詩善文 能诗善文 [neng2 shi1 shan4 wen2] /highly literate/lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose/ 6856 1
能言善辯 能言善辩 [neng2 yan2 shan4 bian4] /glib of tongue (idiom)/eloquent/ 6341 1
棄惡從善 弃恶从善 [qi4 e4 cong2 shan4] /to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)/ 5919 1
親善 亲善 [qin1 shan4] /goodwill/ 7110 1
親善大使 亲善大使 [qin1 shan4 da4 shi3] /goodwill ambassador/ 5938 1
勸善懲惡 劝善惩恶 [quan4 shan4 cheng2 e4] /to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice/you get what's coming to you/ 6208 1
攘善 攘善 [[rang3shan4]] /to claim credit due to others; to appropriate others' credit or honor/ 875 2
人之初,性本善 人之初,性本善 [ren2 zhi1 chu1 , xing4 ben3 shan4] /man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])/ 1328 1
人之將死,其言也善 人之将死,其言也善 [ren2 zhi1 jiang1 si3 , qi2 yan2 ye3 shan4] /words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)/ 4099 1
日行一善 日行一善 [ri4 xing2 yi1 shan4] /to do a good deed every day/ 4415 1
[[shan4]] /old variant of 善[shan4]/ 724 2
[[shan4]] /used in 鄯善[Shan4shan4] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)/ 136 2
[shan4] /good (virtuous)/benevolent/well-disposed/good at sth/to improve or perfect/ 6907 1
善本 善本 [shan4 ben3] /old book/good book/reliable book/rare book/ 6587 1
善辯 善辩 [shan4 bian4] /eloquent/good at arguing/ 6684 1
善變 善变 [shan4 bian4] /fickle/mercurial/changeable/capricious/to be apt to change/ 6150 1
善財 善财 [shan4 cai2] /to cherish wealth/ 6580 1
善財難捨 善财难舍 [shan4 cai2 nan2 she3] /to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity/skinflint/miserly/ 6341 1
善策 善策 [shan4 ce4] /wise policy/best policy/ 6143 1
善存 善存 [Shan4 cun2] /Centrum (brand)/ 6301 1
善待 善待 [shan4 dai4] /to treat well/ 6285 1
善惡 善恶 [shan4 e4] /good and evil/good versus evil/ 6120 1
善風 善风 [shan4 feng1] /fair wind/ 6907 1
善後 善后 [shan4 hou4] /to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident)/funeral arrangements/reparations/ 6316 1
善後借款 善后借款 [shan4 hou4 jie4 kuan3] /reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913/ 6690 1
善解人意 善解人意 [shan4 jie3 ren2 yi4] /to be good at understanding others (idiom)/ 3922 1
善舉 善举 [shan4 ju3] /meritorious deed/benevolent act/ 2363 1
善款 善款 [shan4 kuan3] /contributions/donations/ 5779 1
善良 善良 [shan4 liang2] /good and honest/kindhearted/ 4220 1
善男信女 善男信女 [shan4 nan2 xin4 nü3] /lay practitioners of Buddhism/ 5660 1
善能 善能 [shan4 neng2] /to be good at/ 6102 1
善人 善人 [shan4 ren2] /philanthropist/charitable person/well-doer/ 6376 1
善始善終 善始善终 [shan4 shi3 shan4 zhong1] /where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth/to carry things through/I started, so I'll finish./ 6341 1
善事 善事 [shan4 shi4] /good deeds/ 7110 1
善思 善思 [shan4 si1] /thoughtfulness/wholesome thinking (Buddhism)/ 6142 1
善心 善心 [shan4 xin1] /kindness/benevolence/philanthropy/virtuous intentions/ 6592 1
善行 善行 [shan4 xing2] /good actions/ 7110 1
善言 善言 [shan4 yan2] /good words/ 6907 1
善言辭 善言辞 [shan4 yan2 ci2] /articulate/eloquent/ 5362 1
善意 善意 [shan4 yi4] /goodwill/benevolence/kindness/ 5802 1
善意的謊言 善意的谎言 [shan4 yi4 de5 huang3 yan2] /white lie/ 6706 1
善因 善因 [shan4 yin1] /(Buddhism) good karma/ 2004 1
善用 善用 [shan4 yong4] /to be good at using (sth)/to put (sth) to good use/ 4238 1
善有善報 善有善报 [shan4 you3 shan4 bao4] /virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another/ 6341 1
善有善報,惡有惡報 善有善报,恶有恶报 [shan4 you3 shan4 bao4 , e4 you3 e4 bao4] /virtue has its reward, evil its retribution/ 4986 1
善緣 善缘 [shan4 yuan2] /good karma/ 6153 1
善哉 善哉 [shan4 zai1] /excellent/ 6323 1
善自保重 善自保重 [shan4 zi4 bao3 zhong4] /take good care of yourself!/ 4979 1
善自為謀 善自为谋 [shan4 zi4 wei2 mou2] /to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)/ 5003 1
善自珍攝 善自珍摄 [shan4 zi4 zhen1 she4] /take good care of yourself! (idiom)/ 6108 1
善罷干休 善罢干休 [[shan4ba4-gan1xiu1]] /variant of 善罷甘休|善罢甘休[shan4ba4-gan1xiu1]/ 705 2
善罷甘休 善罢甘休 [[shan4ba4-gan1xiu1]] /(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)/ 707 2
善感 善感 [[shan4gan3]] /sensitive; emotional/ 856 2
鄯善 鄯善 [[Shan4shan4]] /see 鄯善縣|鄯善县[Shan4shan4 Xian4]/ 134 2
鄯善縣 鄯善县 [[Shan4shan4 Xian4]] /Shanshan, a county in Turpan City 吐魯番市|吐鲁番市[Tu3lu3fan1 Shi4], Xinjiang/ 134 2
善忘 善忘 [[shan4wang4]] /to be forgetful; to have a short memory/ 818 2
善於 善于 [[shan4yu2]] /to be good at; to be adept at/ 869 2
善終 善终 [[shan4zhong1]] /to die naturally with dignity; to pass away peacefully/(of partnerships, projects etc) to end well; to have a good ending/ 430 2
上善若水 上善若水 [shang4 shan4 ruo4 shui3] /the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])/ 2170 1
聖善 圣善 [[sheng4shan4]] /supreme goodness/(respectful term for sb's mother)/ 878 2
首善之地 首善之地 [[shou3shan4 zhi1 di4]] /see 首善之區|首善之区[shou3shan4 zhi1 qu1]/ 531 2
首善之區 首善之区 [[shou3shan4 zhi1 qu1]] /(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)/ 531 2
妥善 妥善 [[tuo3shan4]] /appropriate; proper/ 856 2
完善 完善 [wan2 shan4] /(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive/well-developed/excellent/to refine/to improve/ 2944 1
為善最樂 为善最乐 [wei2 shan4 zui4 le4] /doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)/ 4652 1
偽善 伪善 [wei3 shan4] /hypocritical/ 7110 1
偽善者 伪善者 [wei3 shan4 zhe3] /hypocrite/ 6692 1
驍勇善戰 骁勇善战 [xiao1 yong3 shan4 zhan4] /to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)/ 6108 1
心地善良 心地善良 [xin1 di4 shan4 liang2] /kindhearted/good-natured/ 4220 1
行善 行善 [xing2 shan4] /to do good works/to be merciful/ 6120 1
性善 性善 [xing4 shan4] /the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good/ 6145 1
循循善誘 循循善诱 [xun2 xun2 shan4 you4] /to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)/ 6253 1
馴善 驯善 [xun4 shan4] /docile/tractable/ 6760 1
尹潽善 尹潽善 [Yin3 Pu3 shan4] /Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962/ 6069 1
隱惡揚善 隐恶扬善 [[yin3e4-yang2shan4]] /(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults/ 379 2
永善 永善 [[Yong3shan4]] /see 永善縣|永善县[Yong3shan4 Xian4]/ 135 2
永善縣 永善县 [[Yong3shan4 Xian4]] /Yongshan, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1tong1 Shi4], Yunnan/ 135 2
友善 友善 [you3 shan4] /friendly/ 7110 1
與人為善 与人为善 [yu3 ren2 wei2 shan4] /to be of service to others/to help others/benevolent/ 6378 1
擇善而從 择善而从 [ze2 shan4 er2 cong2] /to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)/ 6341 1
擇善固執 择善固执 [ze2 shan4 gu4 zhi2] /to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)/ 6196 1
彰善癉惡 彰善瘅恶 [zhang1 shan4 dan4 e4] /to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil/to praise good and expose vice/ 5787 1
真善美 真善美 [zhen1 shan4 mei3] /truth, goodness and beauty/ 6674 1
臻於完善 臻于完善 [zhen1 yu2 wan2 shan4] /to attain perfection (idiom)/ 6341 1
知人善任 知人善任 [zhi1 ren2 shan4 ren4] /(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places/ 1202 1
知人善用 知人善用 [zhi1 ren2 shan4 yong4] /see 知人善任[zhi1 ren2 shan4 ren4]/ 4177 1

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