quàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to advise
  2. 2. to urge
  3. 3. to try to persuade
  4. 4. to exhort
  5. 5. to console
  6. 6. to soothe

Words Containing 劝

劝告
quàn gào

to advise

劝说
quàn shuō

to persuade

劝阻
quàn zǔ

to advise against

劝勉
quàn miǎn

to advise

劝动
quàn dòng

to incite

劝化
quàn huà

to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism)

劝和
quàn hé

to mediate

劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è

to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice

劝导
quàn dǎo

to advise

劝慰
quàn wèi

to console

劝教
quàn jiào

to advise and teach

劝服
quàn fú

to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over

劝架
quàn jià

to mediate in a quarrel

劝解
quàn jiě

conciliation

劝诱
quàn yòu

to prevail upon

劝诫
quàn jiè

to exhort

劝课
quàn kè

to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture)

劝谏
quàn jiàn

to admonish

劝农
quàn nóng

to promote agriculture

劝农使
quàn nóng shǐ

envoy charge with promoting agriculture (in Han dynasty)

劝退
quàn tuì

to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)

劝酒
quàn jiǔ

to urge sb to drink alcohol

劝驾
quàn jià

to urge sb to accept a post

哀劝
āi quàn

to persuade by all possible means; to implore

哄劝
hǒng quàn

to coax

奉劝
fèng quàn

may I offer a bit of advice

小三劝退师
xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī

consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee

屡劝不听
lǚ quàn bù tīng

refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance

惩恶劝善
chéng è quàn shàn

see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[chéng è yáng shàn]

相劝
xiāng quàn

to persuade

禄劝
lù quàn

Luquan Yizu Miaozu autonomous county in Yunnan

禄劝彝族苗族自治县
lù quàn yí zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan

禄劝县
lù quàn xiàn

Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan

规劝
guī quàn

to advise

解劝
jiě quàn

to soothe