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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 quànquan4to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
2劝说 勸說 quàn shuōquan4 shuo1to persuade; persuasion; to advise
3劝告 勸告 quàn gàoquan4 gao4to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; Classifiers:
4劝阻 勸阻 quàn quan4 zu3to advise against; to dissuade
5劝酒 勸酒 quàn jiǔquan4 jiu3to urge sb to drink alcohol
6劝之无效 勸之無效 quàn zhī xiàoquan4 zhi1 wu2 xiao4to have vainly tried to persuade sb. (idiom)
7劝诱 勸誘 quàn yòuquan4 you4to prevail upon; to coax
8劝饮 勸飲 quàn yǐnquan4 yin3and urged him to drink
9劝学 勸學 quàn xuéquan4 xue2On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
10劝慰 勸慰 quàn wèiquan4 wei4to console
11劝退 勸退 quàn tuìquan4 tui4to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
12劝善惩恶 勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng èquan4 shan4 cheng2 e4to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
13劝农使 勸農使 quàn nóng shǐquan4 nong2 shi3envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)
14劝农 勸農 quàn nóngquan4 nong2to promote agriculture
15劝勉 勸勉 quàn miǎnquan4 mian3to advise; to encourage
16劝课 勸課 quàn quan4 ke4to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture)
17劝戒 勸戒 quàn jièquan4 jie4to exhort; to admonish; variant of 劝诫
18劝解 勸解 quàn jiěquan4 jie3conciliation; mediation; to mollify; to propitiate; to reconcile
19劝教 勸教 quàn jiàoquan4 jiao4to advise and teach; to persuade and instruct
20劝谏 勸諫 quàn jiànquan4 jian4to admonish
21劝驾 勸駕 quàn jiàquan4 jia4to mediate in a quarrel; to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down; to urge sb to accept a post; to urge sb to agree to do sth
22劝化 勸化 quàn huàquan4 hua4to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms
23劝和 勸和 quàn quan4 he2to mediate; to urge peace
24劝服 勸服 quàn quan4 fu2prevail; convince
25劝返 勸返 quàn fǎnquan4 fan3and urged him to return