| 善 | 1065B50 80.40 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄕㄢˋ [shan4] | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) The good: 善惡 good and evil; 真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful; 為善 (LL) do good; 善有善報 good is always rewarded. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Good, opp. 惡 bad: 善人 good man; 善行 good conduct; 善類 [shan4lei4]↓; 善效，善歲 good results, good year of crops; 善價 a good price; 善哉 good, good! 這一頓打可不善也 he got a thorough beating. (2) Charitable, kind, (Budd.) devout: 慈善 kind (person); 慈善事業 philanthropic work; 樂善好施 philanthropic-minded; 善事 good deed; 善舉 [shan4jU3]↓; 善菩薩，善佛爺兒 (complim.) good, kind sir; 善男（子），善男（信女）[shan4nan2]↓. (3) Law-abiding, gentle: 善良 [shan4liang2]↓; 善柔 gentle; 善弱，善懦 peace-loving, averse to fighting. (4) 善乎，善於 good at, better than: 莫善乎（於）此 nothing better than this. (5) Familiar: 面善 (face) looks familiar. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (LL) To consider as good: 帝善其言 the emperor approved of what he said; 善之 regard it as good; 親善，友善，相善 be good friends with. | |||||
| Adv. | Prone to, good at, well: 善舞 dance well; 善戰 fight well; 多財善賈 ([shan4gu3]) it's easy to trade with much capital; 善哭 prone to weep; 多愁善感 oversensitive, sentimental; 善飯 (AC) has good appetite; 善為我說辭 make a good excuse for me. | |||||
| Words | 1. 善敗 [shan4bai4], n., (AC) success and failure. 2. 善報 [shan4bao4], n., reward for good deeds. 3. 善本 [shan4ben3], n., a rare edition. 4. 善蟲子 [shan4chong2zi0], n., (sl.) a charity racketeer. 5. 善根 [shan4gen1], n., (Budd.) good endowment; capacity for spiritual development. 6. 善棍 [shan4gun4], n., charity racketeer; see [shan4chong2zi0]↑. 7. 善果 [shan4guo3], n., (Budd.) good rewards from good deeds. 8. 善後 [shan4hou4], (1) n., funeral arrangements: 善後事宜 rehabilitation measures (to be) taken after natural disaster; (2) v.t., 何以善其後 what to do to take care of the consequences. 9. 善會 [shan4hui4], n., (Budd.) monks’ dinner to thank donors. 10. 善終 [shan4zhong1], v.i., die a natural death: 善始善終 see a thing through from beginning to end. 11. 善舉 [shan4jU3], n., a philanthropic act, project. 12. 善類 [shan4lei4], n., the good class of people, the nice type. 13. 善良 [shan4liang2], n., law-abiding, decent, also docile (people). 14. 善門 [shan4men2], n., family of kind, philanthropic people. 15. 善男（信女） [shan4nan2], phr., 善男信女 (Budd.) the good believers, devout men and women; also 善男子，善女子. 16. 善善 [shan4shan4], phr., 善善惡惡 to love the good and shun evil. 17. 善士 [shan4shi4], n., (1) (AC) the good scholars; (2) philanthropists. 18. 善忘 [shan4wang4], adj., absentminded, prone to forget. 19. 善意 [shan4yi4], n., good intentions, motives: 善意的批評 sincere criticism (not 惡意 malicious). 20. 善緣 [shan4yUan2], n., (1) some special friendship, lucky meeting of good friends; (2) as in 結善緣 (Budd.) give donations to temple. | |||||