癉 (dān) - Dan — toil, hardship & also refers to fever, heat

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癉 · dān

Dan — toil, hardship;

also refers to fever, heat;

to hate, to censure;

in ancient texts, used to describe exhaustion from toil or disease.

Dan — toil, hardshipalso refers to fever, heatto hate, to censure

Usage highlights

Toil and hardshipFever illnessCensure evilPromote good and censure evilSuffering from hardshipHeatstroke

Synonyms

  • 勞— toil, labor
  • 疾— illness, disease
  • 憎— hate, detest

Antonyms

  • 安— peace, safety
  • 康— health, well-being

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The people suffered from toil and hardship (民瘁已甚).
  • He fell ill with a fever (發瘅).
  • The ancient text records the suffering of the people (書云：『瘅我饑饉』).
  • To censure evil and promote good (彰善瘅惡).

Collocations

  • Toil and hardship(勞瘅)
  • Fever illness(熱瘅)
  • Censure evil(瘅惡)
  • Promote good and censure evil(彰善瘅惡)
  • Suffering from hardship(瘅疾)
  • Heatstroke(暑瘅)

Idioms

  • Promote the good and hate the evil(彰善瘅惡)
  • The people's toil is extreme(下民卒瘅)
  • Hardship and illness(瘅癘)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Appears in classical Chinese texts such as the Book of Documents (尚書) to describe the suffering and toil of the people.
  • In traditional Chinese medicine, it refers to febrile diseases or conditions related to heat and exhaustion.
  • Used in literary contexts to express censure or hatred towards evil, reflecting Confucian values of moral judgment.

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