"羡" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 12
Structure
Decomp. 羊冫欠
羊冫冖人
Prononciation
Mandarin xiàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin xian4
Kanji /
Cangjie
TGIMO
廿土戈一人
Sijiao 8018.2
Wubi UGUW
CNS 11643 2-3F28
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7FA1
GB2312 CFDB
BIG5 DB43
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 xiàn to envy
Results beginning with 羡
 xiàn mù to envy / to admire
 xiàn mù jí dù hèn to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)
Approximate Results for 羡
 yàn xiàn to envy / to admire
 jīng xiàn to marvel at
 jī xiàn surplus / profit
 jì xiàn to envy
 qīng xiàn to admire / to adore
 qīn xiàn to admire / to hold in high esteem
 xīn xiàn to admire
 Jì Xiàn lín Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
 lín chuān xiàn yú see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
 lín hé xiàn yú see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
 lín yuān xiàn yú see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
 ràng rén xiàn mù enviable / to be admired
退 lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net
退 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
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