jiǎn

  1. jiǎn verb to cut down; to crop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Archaic variant of 剪; in the sense of 削减 (Guoyu '翦' v 1; Kroll 2015 '翦' 1, p. 197; Unihan '翦'; XHZD '翦' 1, p. 330)
  2. jiǎn verb to annihilate; to eliminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 消灭 (Guoyu '翦' v 2; Kroll 2015 '翦' 2, p. 197; Unihan '翦')
  3. jiǎn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (XHZD '翦' 2, p. 330)
  4. jiǎn noun shears; scissors
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '翦' 3, p. 197)

Also contained in

王翦翦绺翦我仇敌翦柳

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 83 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記 — count: 4
  • Scroll 61 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 84 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
  • Scroll 86 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 28 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
  • Scroll 59 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 6 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 翦发 (翦髮) 翦髮 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayayasangraha (Genben Sapoduo Bu Lu She) 根本薩婆多部律攝, Scroll 12 — count: 11
  • 云翦 (雲翦) 迦旃延此云翦剃種 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 54 — count: 10
  • 翦落 (翦落) 於上虞東山寺辭親翦落 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 6 — count: 6
  • 翦剃 (翦剃) 迦旃延此云翦剃種 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 54 — count: 4
  • 镞翦 (鏃翦) 下宗速反廣雅云鏃鏑也爾雅云金鏃翦羽謂之鍭也說文云鏃 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 85 — count: 3
  • 翦羽 (翦羽) 下宗速反廣雅云鏃鏑也爾雅云金鏃翦羽謂之鍭也說文云鏃 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 85 — count: 3
  • 翦齐 (翦齊) 取桃枝十翦齊截 — Ucchuṣma Teaches the Supernatural Powers of Dharani Magic (Hui Ji Jingang Shuo Shentong Da Man Tuoluoni Fa Shu Ling Yao Men) 穢跡金剛說神通大滿陀羅尼法術靈要門, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 齐翦 (齊翦) 四句百非一齊翦 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 2
  • 翦略 (翦略) 仍存翦略粗點十觀 — Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記, Scroll 6 — count: 2
  • 翦灭 (翦滅) 又如人家生諸毒樹應速翦滅 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Da Ban Niepan Jing) 大般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 2