堪
word C2- (bound form) may; can
- (bound form) to endure; to bear
- (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
Words with it
- 不堪 bù kān cannot bear
- 难堪 nán kān hard to take
- 堪称 kān chēng can be rated as
- 疲惫不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted
- 不堪一击 bù kān yī jī
- 堪忧 kān yōu worrying
- 不堪设想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate
- 苦不堪言 kǔ bù kān yán to suffer unspeakable misery
- 堪比 kān bǐ to be comparable to
- 不堪入目 bù kān rù mù unbearable to look at
From the library
殷仲堪当之荆州，王东亭问曰：「德以居全为称，仁以不害物为名。
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