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羡
羨
xiàn
1. to envy
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

羡
xiàn
to envy, to covet; to admire, to praise
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (13)

倾羡
qīngxiàn
to admire
奇羡
jīxiàn
surplus
心羡
xīnxiàn
to admire
钦羡
qīnxiàn
to admire
羡慕
xiànmù
to envy
HSK 4
艳羡
yànxiàn
to envy
惊羡
jīngxiàn
to marvel at
季羡林
JìXiànlín
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
临河羡鱼
línhéxiànyú
see [[臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网<línyuānxiànyú]], [[bùrútuìérjiéwǎng>]]
临渊羡鱼
línyuānxiànyú
see [[臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网<línyuānxiànyú]], [[bùrútuìérjiéwǎng>]]
让人羡慕
ràngrénxiànmù
enviable
临川羡鱼
línchuānxiànyú
see [[臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网<línyuānxiànyú]], [[bùrútuìérjiéwǎng>]]
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
línyuānxiànyú,bùrútuìérjiéwǎng
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,731
Word Frequency Rank
5,366 of 84,292