虽 (雖) suī
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suī
conjunction
although; even though
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 虽 is the main concessive function word in Literary Chinese. It indicates that the proposition of a sentence is true in any case (CC-CEDICT '雖'; Guoyu '雖' conj 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 156). For example, 雖大國，必畏之矣。'even great kingdoms will be constrained to stand in awe of him' (Mengzi: 3.4/17/22, translation by Legge) -
suī
adverb
only
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '雖' adv)
Contained in
- 虽败犹荣(雖敗猶榮) honorable even in defeat
- 虽则(雖則) nevertheless; although
- 虽说(雖說) though; although
- 虽死犹荣(雖死猶榮) although dead, also honored; died a glorious death
- 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全(麻雀雖小，五臟俱全) The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there .; small but complete in every detail
- 虽是(雖是) although; even though; even if
- 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶(牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 虽然(雖然) although; even though
- 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 话虽如此(話雖如此) be that as it may
- 秤砣虽小压千斤(秤砣雖小壓千斤) although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds; apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
- 虽死犹生(雖死猶生) although dead, as if still alive; still with us in spirit
- 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 51
- 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 45
- 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 42
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 41
- 卷108之四 禮志四之四 Volume 108d Treatise 4: Rituals 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 37
- 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 36
- 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 36
- 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 35
- 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33