善行
shàn xíng
Pinyin

Definition

善行
 - 
shàn xíng
  1. good actions

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lu:3 xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 CL:趟[tàng],次[cì],個|个[gè]
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
行动
xíng dòng
  1. 1 operation
  2. 2 action
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to move about
  5. 5 mobile
行为
xíng wéi
  1. 1 action
  2. 2 conduct
  3. 3 behavior
  4. 4 activity
行走
xíng zǒu
  1. 1 to walk
进行
jìn xíng
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to conduct
  3. 3 underway
  4. 4 in progress
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 to carry out
  7. 7 to carry on
  8. 8 to execute
银行
yín háng
  1. 1 bank
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
一行
yī xíng
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 delegation
上行
shàng xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to go against the current
  3. 3 to submit (a document) to higher authorities
下行
xià xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to travel downstream
  3. 3 to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
  4. 4 (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
中行
Zhōng háng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhōng guó Yín háng]
例行
lì xíng
  1. 1 routine (task, procedure etc)
  2. 2 as usual
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
先行
xiān xíng
  1. 1 to precede others
  2. 2 in advance
出行
chū xíng
  1. 1 to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
  2. 2 to set off on a journey (longer trip)
分行
fēn háng
  1. 1 branch of bank or store
  2. 2 subsidiary bank
前行
qián xíng
  1. 1 (literary) to go forward

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
来者不善，善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
功完行满
gōng wán xíng mǎn
  1. 1 to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
势在必行
shì zài bì xíng
  1. 1 circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary
  2. 2 imperative
劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
  1. 1 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  2. 2 you get what's coming to you
危言危行
wēi yán wēi xíng
  1. 1 upright and plainspoken (idiom)
厉行节约
lì xíng jié yuē
  1. 1 to practice strict economy (idiom)

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