勸 quàn

recommend, advise, urge

DEFINITIONS

  • recommend, advise, urge
  • to advise
  • to urge
  • to try to persuade
  • to exhort
  • to console
  • to soothe

WORDS

勸勉 quàn miǎn to advise; to encourage
勸動 quàn dòng to incite
勸化 quàn huà to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms
勸告 quàn gào to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]
勸和 quàn hé to mediate; to urge peace
勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
勸學 quàn xué On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
勸導 quàn dǎo to advise; to attempt to convince
勸慰 quàn wèi to console
勸戒 quàn jiè variant of 勸誡|劝诫[quan4 jie4]
勸教 quàn jiào to advise and teach; to persuade and instruct
勸服 quàn fú prevail; convince
勸架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel; to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down
勸解 quàn jiě conciliation; mediation; to mollify; to propitiate; to reconcile
勸誘 quàn yòu to prevail upon; to coax
勸誡 quàn jiè to exhort; to admonish
勸說 quàn shuō to persuade; persuasion; to advise
勸課 quàn kè to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture)
勸諫 quàn jiàn to admonish
勸農 quàn nóng to promote agriculture
勸農使 quàn nóng shǐ envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)
勸退 quàn tuì to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
勸酒 quàn jiǔ to urge sb to drink alcohol
勸阻 quàn zǔ to advise against; to dissuade
勸駕 quàn jià to urge sb to accept a post; to urge sb to agree to do sth
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