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Trad. 善終
- to die naturally with dignity; to pass away peacefully
- (of partnerships, projects etc) to end well; to have a good ending
- (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
- well-developed
- excellent
- to refine
- to improve
Trad. 善後
- to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident)
- funeral arrangements
- reparations
Trad. 永善縣
- Yongshan county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
Trad. 嘉善縣
- Jiashan county in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang
- Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962
- (idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
Trad. 善罷干休
- variant of 善罷甘休|善罢甘休[shan4 ba4 gan1 xiu1]
Trad. 從善如流
- readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
Trad. 善罷甘休
- (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
Trad. 善自為謀
- to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
Trad. 善自珍攝
- take good care of yourself! (idiom)
Trad. 共襄善舉
- to cooperate in a charity project
Trad. 善財難捨
- to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
- skinflint
- miserly
- Alxa, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
Trad. 能詩善文
- highly literate
- lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
- the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])
- (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
- lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom)
- fig. amiable looking; benign-faced
Trad. 懲惡勸善
- see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
Trad. 懲惡揚善
- to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
Trad. 首善之區
- (idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
Trad. 多謀善斷
- (idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
Trad. 勸善懲惡
- to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
- you get what's coming to you
Trad. 擇善固執
- to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
Trad. 擇善而從
- to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
Trad. 改惡向善
- turn away from evil and follow virtue
Trad. 隱惡揚善
- (idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults
Trad. 多錢善賈
- much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
- (idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
Trad. 為善最樂
- doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)
Trad. 循循善誘
- to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)
Trad. 面惡心善
- to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)
Trad. 棄惡從善
- to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
Trad. 盡善盡美
- perfect (idiom); perfection
- the best of all possible worlds
- as good as it gets
Trad. 與人為善
- to be of service to others
- to help others
- benevolent
Trad. 彰善癉惡
- to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
- to praise good and expose vice
Trad. 長袖善舞
- long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation
Trad. 善始善終
- where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
- to carry things through
- I started, so I'll finish.
Trad. 善後借款
- reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
Trad. 驍勇善戰
- to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)
Trad. 乏善可陳
- (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
Trad. 善有善報
- virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
Trad. 獨善其身
- (idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
- Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
- Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Trad. 百善孝為先
- of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
- man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])
Trad. 從善如登，從惡如崩
- doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
Trad. 過而能改，善莫大焉
- If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
Trad. 來者不善，善者不來
- He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
- Be careful not to trust foreigners.
- Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
Trad. 人之將死，其言也善
- words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
Trad. 善有善報，惡有惡報
- virtue has its reward, evil its retribution