"挽" Chinese-English Dictionary

挽 wǎn

Traditional: 輓
Radical: 手 (4 traits)
Number of strokes: 10
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: QNAU 手弓日山
Sijiao: 5701.6
Wubi: RQKQ
GB 2312: CDEC
Big5: AEBE
Unicode: U+633D

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
挽輓	wǎn	variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
挽回	wǎn huí	to retrieve / to redeem	syn
挽救	wǎn jiù	to save / to remedy / to rescue	syn
挽留	wǎn liú	to urge to stay / to detain	syn
挽歌	wǎn gē	a dirge / an elegy
挽联挽聯	wǎn lián	pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
挽具	wǎn jù	harness
挽词挽詞	wǎn cí	an elegy / elegiac words	syn
挽辞挽辭	wǎn cí	an elegy / elegiac words	syn
挽额挽額	wǎn é	elegiac tablet
挽近輓近	wǎn jìn	old variant of 晚近[wan3 jin4]
挽力	wǎn lì	pulling power (of draft animals)
挽诗輓詩	wǎn shī	elegy
挽幛	wǎn zhàng	large elegiac scroll
挽救儿童挽救兒童	wǎn jiù ér tóng	to rescue a child / Save the Children, a British charity

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
推挽	tuī wǎn	to push and pull / to move sth forward by shoving and pulling
力挽狂澜力挽狂瀾	lì wǎn kuáng lán	to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis	syn
无可挽回無可挽回	wú kě wǎn huí	irrevocable / the die is cast	syn
不可挽回	bù kě wǎn huí	irreversible
无法挽救無法挽救	wú fǎ wǎn jiù	incurable / no way of curing / hopeless