jiān​shàn

to benefit others

  • created reference approved 兼善 → 独善其身/獨善其身 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兼善 jiān​shàn

    独善其身 / 獨善其身 dú​shàn​qí​shēn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兼善 · jiān​shàn · to benefit others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兼善

    jiān​shàn

    to benefit others

    (literary) to help others as well as oneself; to benefit the world alongside oneself

    兼 (literal) → 兼 · jiān · to hold concurrently 善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · good

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 兼善 · jiān​shàn · to excel in both — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兼善

    jiān​shàn

    to excel in both

    (literary) to be skilled in two or more areas; to be proficient in multiple things, such as different styles of calligraphy

    兼 (literal) → 兼 · jiān · to hold concurrently 善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · to be good at

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense