| 良 | 952B50 63.02 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄌㄧㄤˊ [liang2] | ||
| N. | (1) Good people: 賢良 the good and able people, Hahn period system of selection for posts; 誣良為盜 accuse good people as robbers; 迫良為娼 force good family girls to be prostitutes; 從良 (of prostitutes) return to decent life; 良民，良家 [liang2min2], [liang2jia1]↓. (2) Conscience: 天良；良心 [liang2xin1]↓. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Good, law-abiding, decent: 良家 [liang2jia1]↓. (2) Good, nice: 良機 nice opportunity; 良緣 good chance, good match for marriage; 良圖，良策 good plan; the good and able in certain professions: 良師，良醫 good teacher, doctor; 良將，良相 good general, minister; 賢妻良母 good wife and loving mother as ideal of womanhood; 存心不良, see 良心 [liang2xin1]↓; 不良於行 walk with difficulty; 不良少年 juvenile delinquent. (3) Good in quality: 良金 good quality gold; 良金美玉 (fig.) good advice, writing; 良田 fertile land, good quality farm; 良藥 good medicine. (4) Nice and pleasant: 良晤 pleasant meeting of friends; 良辰美景（奈何天） (what to do with) such a beautiful day in such pleasant surroundings? 如此良夜何 what to do with such a beautiful night? (5) Born, untaught: 良知，良能 [liang2zhi1], [liang2neng2]↓. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) (LL) very: 良久，良多，良深 very long, very many, very deep; 用心良苦 done out of deep-felt affection in roundabout way (help to friends, etc.). (2) (LL) indeed: 良有以也 (thus we see) indeed there was a good reason. | |||||
| Words | 1. 良導體 [liang2dao4ti3], n., (phys.) good conductor. 2. 良方 [liang2fang1], n., good recipe. 3. 良家 [liang2jia1], n. & adj., good decent family: 良家子，婦人 son, women of good families; 良家女 good family girl, not a professional. 4. 良知 [liang2zhi1], n., conscience, instinctive moral sense. 5. 良民 [liang2min2], n., law-abiding people. 6. 良能 [liang2neng2], n., innate ability. 7. 良善 [liang2shan4], adj. & n., kind, humane (heart), good (breeding, family); meekness. 8. 良心 [liang2xin1], n., conscience; 說良心話 to be quite fair; 良心發現 stung by conscience. 9. 良友 [liang2you3], n., good companion. | |||||