It is not easy to distinguish good from evil.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
善恶
good and evil
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
good and evil
02
good versus evil
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 善恶 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 善恶.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 善恶.
Directly before
- 区分善恶1
- 辨别善恶1
Directly after
- 善恶不1
- 善恶终有1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 善恶
What does 善恶 mean in Chinese?
善恶 (shànè) means good and evil.
How do you pronounce 善恶?
善恶 is pronounced shànè.
Is 善恶 an HSK word?
善恶 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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