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Meaning of 僭

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僭
Pinyin: jiàn
English Definition: to usurp
Chinese Definition:
①超越本分,古代指地位在下的冒用在上的名义或礼仪、器物:僭越。僭妄。僭伪(封建王朝称割据对立的王朝)。僭盗。
Total strokes: 14; Radical: 人
Pictophonetic:朁 indicates the sound; 亻 (person) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
    • 朁 [ cǎn ] if, supposing, nevertheless
Similar Characters: 僣
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Example Words
僭越 jiàn yuè to usurp; to overstep one's authority
僭主 jiàn zhǔ tyrant; usurper
僭主政治 jiàn zhǔ zhèng zhì tyranny; government by usurper
篡权僭位 cuàn quán jiàn wèi to usurp power and the throne (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
这僭妄的话
,
现在你们都听见了
。
Look, now you have heard the blasphemy
2
他说僭妄的话了
。
除了神以外
,
谁能赦罪呢
。
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
3
我们大家都希望拆除香港所有的僭建危楼
。
There is no one of us but wishes to remove all the illegal dangerous structures in Hong Kong.
4
文士和法利赛人就议论说
:
“
这说僭妄话的是谁
?
21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy?
5
大流士王制曰
:
此九僭王
,
寡人擒之于战阵
。
Thus said Darius, the King: These nine king did I capture in these wars.