令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 好心 hǎo xīn kindness / good intentions syn 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 心术 心術 xīn shù designs / schemes / intentions / scheming / calculating (of a person) syn 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn 积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit / to do good / to give to charity / virtuous actions syn 自白 zì bái confession / to make clear one's position or intentions / to brag 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind syn 不露声色 不露聲色 bù lù shēng sè not show one's feeling or intentions syn 贼心 賊心 zéi xīn evil intentions syn 笑里藏刀 笑裡藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese syn 居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng to harbor evil intentions (idiom) syn 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous syn 大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn 贤淑 賢淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous syn 功德无量 功德無量 gōng dé wú liàng no end of virtuous achievements (idiom) / boundless beneficence syn 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 贤士 賢士 xián shì virtuous person / a man of merit 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions 德才 dé cái ethics and ability / virtuous and talented syn 义行 義行 yì xíng virtuous deed 鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle syn 善 shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 襟 jīn lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain syn 骥 驥 jì thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous syn 腆 tiǎn make strong (as liquors) / virtuous syn 懿 yì (literary) exemplary / virtuous 爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) syn 见贤思齐 見賢思齊 jiàn xián sī qí see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects) / emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher. 包藏祸心 包藏禍心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom) / concealing malice syn 心口不一 xīn kǒu bù yī heart and mouth at variance (idiom) / keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 欲益反损 欲益反損 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears. 司马昭之心路人皆知 司馬昭之心路人皆知 sī mǎ zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret 任贤使能 任賢使能 rèn xián shǐ néng to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity 功德圆满 功德圓滿 gōng dé yuán mǎn virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) syn 爱国如家 愛國如家 ài guó rú jiā to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler) 推贤让能 推賢讓能 tuī xián ràng néng to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom) 淑人君子 shū rén jūn zi virtuous gentleman (idiom) 好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent 不怀好意 不懷好意 bù huái hǎo yì to harbor evil designs / to harbor malicious intentions 苞藏祸心 苞藏禍心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom) / concealing malice 藏奸 cáng jiān to harbor evil intentions 不安好心 bù ān hǎo xīn to have bad intentions 又想当婊子又想立牌坊 又想當婊子又想立牌坊 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜 wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom) 热脸贴冷屁股 熱臉貼冷屁股 rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom) / to be snubbed despite showing good intentions 安好心 ān hǎo xīn to have good intentions 报备 報備 bào bèi to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions) 不怀好意 不懷好意 bù huái - hǎo yì (idiom) to harbor evil designs / to harbor malicious intentions 包藏祸心 包藏禍心 bāo cáng - huò xīn (idiom) to harbor evil intentions / to conceal malice syn 好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fèi (idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will 有德行 yǒu dé xíng virtuous 良性循环 良性循環 liáng xìng xún huán virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) 劝化 勸化 quàn huà to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism) / to beg for alms 妒贤忌能 妒賢忌能 dù xián jì néng to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom) 形丑心善 形醜心善 xíng chǒu xīn shàn an ugly face may hide a virtuous heart (idiom) 耀德 yào dé to hold up as a virtuous example 茂亲 茂親 mào qīn one's capable and virtuous relatives 贤淑仁慈 賢淑仁慈 xián shū rén cí a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom) 良朋益友 liáng péng yì yǒu virtuous companions and worthy friends 白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 