shàn

  1. shàn verb to be skillful in; to be good at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 精于 (CCD '擅' 2; Guoyu '擅' v 3; XHZD '擅' 2)
  2. shàn adverb boldly; independently; daringly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '擅' adv; Unihan '擅')
  3. shàn verb to occupy; to claim
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 据有 (Guoyu '擅' v 2; Unihan '擅')
  4. shàn verb to act arbitrarily; to act without approval
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 专断 (CCD '擅' 1; Guoyu '擅' v 1; Unihan '擅'; XHZD '擅' 1)

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 8 The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions 大唐西域記 — count: 7 , has English translation
  • Scroll 10 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 6
  • Scroll 18 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 4
  • Scroll 10 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 4
  • Scroll 7 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 4
  • Scroll 13 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 3
  • Scroll 13 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Bian Wei Lu 辯偽錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 5 Jin Guangming Jing Xuan Yi Shi Yi Ji 金光明經玄義拾遺記 — count: 3

Collocations

  • 擅行 (擅行) 此跋闍子擅行十事 — Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔, Scroll 3 — count: 10
  • 独擅 (獨擅) 今寧可獨擅一林 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 9
  • 擅加 (擅加) 人擅加也 — Jin Guangming Jing Xuan Yi Shi Yi Ji 金光明經玄義拾遺記, Scroll 4 — count: 5
  • 擅名誉 (擅名譽) 令王擅名譽 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 擅意 (擅意) 不應擅意 — Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 擅玄言 (擅玄言) 生肇擅玄言以釋幽致 — Summary of the Great Vehicle (Mahāyānasaṅgraha, Paramārtha tr.) 攝大乘論, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 擅持 (擅持) 跋闍囉擅持 — Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經, Scroll 7 — count: 2
  • 后人擅 (後人擅) 即後人擅加者 — Jin Guangming Jing Xuan Yi Shi Yi Ji 金光明經玄義拾遺記, Scroll 5 — count: 2
  • 擅步 (擅步) 擅步迦夷 — Śatakaśāstra (Hundred Treatise) 百論, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 夫擅 (夫擅) 惟夫擅等覺之靈根 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 589 — count: 2