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善 shàn

good, virtuous, charitable, kind

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12
Level
HSK 5
Radical
口
Type
Ideograph
Made of 羊丷一口 ⿱羊⿱⿱丷一口

Memory hint: To give someone food 羊 and conversation 口

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  1. 他是一个非常善良的人。
    Tā shì yí gè fēicháng shànliáng de rén.
    He is a very kind-hearted person.
    he is one (measure) very kind-hearted (particle) person
  2. 这项计划是不是需要再完善一下？
    Zhè xiàng jìhuà shì bu shì xūyào zài wánshàn yíxià?
    Does this plan need to be refined a bit more?
    this (measure) plan is not is need again perfect a-bit (question)
  3. 我们应该想办法改善这里的环境。
    Wǒmen yīnggāi xiǎng bànfǎ gǎishàn zhèlǐ de huánjìng.
    We should find a way to improve the environment here.
    we should think method improve here (particle) environment
  4. 他并不善于表达自己的感情。
    Tā bìng bú shànyú biǎodá zìjǐ de gǎnqíng.
    He isn't good at expressing his own feelings at all.
    he at-all not good-at express self (particle) feeling
  5. 这几年，这个城市的交通已经改善了很多。
    Zhè jǐ nián, zhège chéngshì de jiāotōng yǐjīng gǎishàn le hěn duō.
    Over the past few years, this city's traffic has improved a lot.
    these few year this (measure) city (particle) traffic already improve (particle) very much

Words with 善 (7)