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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
jiàn
    jian4
chien
 isamu
    いさむ
to remonstrate; to admonish
(personal name) Isamu
To admonish.

勸諫


劝谏

see styles
quàn jiàn
    quan4 jian4
ch`üan chien
    chüan chien
 kankan
to admonish
to entreat

啓諫


启谏

see styles
qǐ jiàn
    qi3 jian4
ch`i chien
    chi chien
 keikan
to plead politely

幾諫


几谏

see styles
jī jiàn
    ji1 jian4
chi chien
to admonish tactfully

泣諫


泣谏

see styles
qì jiàn
    qi4 jian4
ch`i chien
    chi chien
to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity

直諫


直谏

see styles
zhí jiàn
    zhi2 jian4
chih chien
 chokkan
    ちょっかん
to admonish sb frankly; direct criticism
(noun/participle) remonstration

納諫


纳谏

see styles
nà jiàn
    na4 jian4
na chien
 nōkan
to heed advice

苦諫


苦谏

see styles
kǔ jiàn
    ku3 jian4
k`u chien
    ku chien
to admonish strenuously

規諫


规谏

see styles
guī jiàn
    gui1 jian4
kuei chien
to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort

諍諫


诤谏

see styles
zhèng jiàn
    zheng4 jian4
cheng chien
to criticize frankly; to admonish

諫征


谏征

see styles
jiàn zhēng
    jian4 zheng1
chien cheng
to send or go on a punitive expedition

諫曉


谏晓

see styles
jiàn xiǎo
    jian4 xiao3
chien hsiao
 kangyō
admonition

諫書


谏书

see styles
jiàn shū
    jian4 shu1
chien shu
written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)

諫正


谏正

see styles
jiàn zhèng
    jian4 zheng4
chien cheng
see 諍諫|诤[zheng4 jian4]

諫王


谏王

see styles
jiàn wáng
    jian4 wang2
chien wang
 kan'ō
To admonish a king.

諫言


谏言

see styles
jiàn yán
    jian4 yan2
chien yen
 kangen
    かんげん
advice; to advise
(noun/participle) admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

諫誨


谏诲

see styles
jiàn huǐ
    jian4 hui3
chien hui
 kankai
to impel

諫諍


谏诤

see styles
jiàn zhèng
    jian4 zheng4
chien cheng
see 諍諫|诤[zheng4 jian4]

諷諫


讽谏

see styles
fěng jiàn
    feng3 jian4
feng chien
 fuukan / fukan
    ふうかん
(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
indirect remonstrance; exhortation by insinuation

舍頭諫


舍头谏

see styles
shè tóu jiàn
    she4 tou2 jian4
she t`ou chien
    she tou chien
 Shazukan
Śārdūla-karṇa. The original name of Ānanda, intp. 虎耳 tiger's ears.

從諫如流


从谏如流

see styles
cóng jiàn rú liú
    cong2 jian4 ru2 liu2
ts`ung chien ju liu
    tsung chien ju liu
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)

破僧違諫


破僧违谏

see styles
pò sēng wéi jiàn
    po4 seng1 wei2 jian4
p`o seng wei chien
    po seng wei chien
 hasō ikan
violation of the saṃgha community

助破僧違諫


助破僧违谏

see styles
zhù pò sēng wéi jiàn
    zhu4 po4 seng1 wei2 jian4
chu p`o seng wei chien
    chu po seng wei chien
 jo hasō ikan
assistance to the violators of the saṃgha community

家擯謗違僧諫


家摈谤违僧谏

see styles
jiā bìn bàng wéi sēng jiàn
    jia1 bin4 bang4 wei2 seng1 jian4
chia pin pang wei seng chien
 kehin hōi sōkan
partiality to a particular person with the hope of receiving a donation

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 24 results for "谏" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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