臣

chén

Definitions

1. state official or subject in dynastic China
2. Kangxi radical 131

Words Containing 臣

• 谋臣武将 móu chén wǔ jiàng: strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
• 谋臣 móu chén: imperial strategic adviser
• 掌玺大臣 zhǎng xǐ dà chén: chancellor (rank in various European states)
• 臣子 chén zǐ: official in feudal court
• 财政大臣 cái zhèng dà chén: finance minister
• 史臣 shǐ chén: official in charge of public records
• 大臣 dà chén: chancellor (of a monarchy)
• 臣下 chén xià: official in feudal court
• 臣属 chén shǔ: official in feudal court
• 臣妾 chén qiè: (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)
• 吴任臣 wú rèn chén: Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
• 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén: to bow before (idiom)
• 朝臣 cháo chén: court councilor
• 臣虏 chén lǔ: slave
• 丰臣秀吉 fēng chén xiù jí: TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord, undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598
• 名臣 míng chén: important official or statesman (in feudal China)
• 开国功臣 kāi guó gōng chén: outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
• 重臣 zhòng chén: important minister
• 诤臣 zhèng chén: official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
• 内阁总理大臣 nèi gé zǒng lǐ dà chén: formal title of the Japanese prime minister
• 骨鲠之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén: lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
• 车臣 chē chén: Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia
• 财务大臣 cái wù dà chén: finance minister
• 争臣 zhēng chén: minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
• 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ: rebels and traitors (idiom)
• 防卫大臣 fáng wèi dà chén: minister of defense (esp. in Japan)
• 臣仆 chén pú: servant
• 逆臣 nì chén: rebellious minister
• 忠臣 zhōng chén: faithful official
• 家臣 jiā chén: counselor of king or feudal warlord
• 臣民 chén mín: subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
• 臣服 chén fú: to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime)
• 文臣 wén chén: civilian court official (in former times)
• 谋臣猛将 móu chén měng jiàng: strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
• 臣一主二 chén yī zhǔ èr: One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
• 李舜臣 lǐ shùn chén: Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
• 奸臣 jiān chén: a treacherous court official
• 人臣 rén chén: an official (in former times)
• 内臣 nèi chén: chamberlain
• 外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén: Foreign Secretary
• 宠臣 chǒng chén: favored minister
• 谋臣如雨 móu chén rú yǔ: strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
• 功臣 gōng chén: minister who has given outstanding service
• 臣僚 chén liáo: court official (in former times)
• 弄臣 nòng chén: emperor's favorite courtier
• 柄臣 bǐng chén: powerful official
• 微臣 wēi chén: this small official
• 一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén: new emperor, new officials (idiom)
• 贰臣 èr chén: turncoat official
• 位极人臣 wèi jí rén chén: to have reached the highest official positions
• 船政大臣 chuán zhèng dà chén: Minister of Navy during Qing times