Shùn
Shun (c. 22nd century BC), mythical sage and leader
shùn
to obey
to follow
to arrange
to make reasonable
along
favorable
bì
to avoid
to shun
to flee
to escape
to keep away from
to leave
to hide from
huí bì
to shun
to avoid (sb)
to skirt
to evade (an issue)
to step back
to withdraw
to recuse (a judge etc)
shǔn
draw forth
horizontal railing
jié shēn zì hào
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality
to shun evil influence
to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble
to keep one's hands clean
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times
possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
xiān wáng
former kings
former emperors
in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
Yú Shùn
Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4]
Shùn dì líng
several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县 in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城 Shanxi
shǔn
strike, hit with hand
tap
shùn
wink
twinkle
very short time
Áo Shùn
Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
Shùn rì Yáo tiān
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
xiá qì
to cast away
to reject
to shun
to desert one's post
Shùn rì Yáo nián
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
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