Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 恩

favor
grace
kindness

variant of 恩 (ēn)

favor
grace

Charismatic Christianity

Rennes

Enping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門／江门, Guangdong

Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990

to be grateful

Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw)

benefactor

bestowed kindness

gratitude and grudges
resentment
grudges
grievances

rich favor

favor from an emperor or high official

to extend kindness

to receive favor

to pay a debt of gratitude
to repay a kindness

Gene (name)

Kahn

to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)

to receive favor

to bestow (favors, charity etc)

Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

kind patronage

benevolence
favor

loving affection (in a couple)
conjugal love

Thun, Switzerland

pension granted as a favor

favor
grace

debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge

to be ungrateful

Ron (name)

feelings of gratitude and loyalty

Jaén, Spain

to show kindness

to give a favor (used of Christian God)

Cohen (name)

to confer a favor on sb
to confer a benefit

salvation

imperial kindness
benevolence from the emperor

kindness
affection
grace
favor

Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)

Enshi prefecture-level city in southwest Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)

special favor from a ruler
Emperor's generosity towards a favorite

a benefactor
a person who has significantly helped sb else

(greatly respected) teacher

approved by His (or Her) Majesty
permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position)
to graciously permit
to condescend to allow

(name) Ryan

VPN (loanword)

Enshi prefecture-level city in Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism

Jīn Zhèng'ēn

Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日 ( Jīn Zhèngrì), supreme leader of North Korea from 2011

Charismatic Movement

Isle of Man, British Isles
Isle of Mann

see 法相宗 ( Fǎxiàngzōng)

Thanksgiving Day

Enshi county in southwest Hubei

Keynes (name)
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist
Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia

Browne (person name)

(name) Kenyon; Canyon

Burns (name)
Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2022-

Brian (name)

to make a public display of affection

Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记

Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976

Stern (name)

Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward)
also written 基甸

Enping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門／江门, Guangdong

Yaounde, capital of Cameroon

Engel (name)
Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician

Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

Orion (NASA spacecraft)

McCain (name)
John McCain (1936-2018), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona 1987-2018

Xuān'ēn Xiàn

Xuan'en County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

Lucerne, Switzerland

TNT (trinitrotoluene) (loanword)

gǎn'ēntúbào

grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom)

to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)

ēnwēijiānshī

to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)

Féngdélái'ēn

Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019

harsh and merciless (idiom)

jiù'ēnjìhuà

plan of salvation

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

Mǎ En Liè Sī

abbr. for Marx 馬克思／马克思 ( Mǎkèsī), Engels 恩格斯 ( Engésī), Lenin 列寧／列宁 ( Lièníng) and Stalin 斯大林 ( Sīdàlín)

zhī'ēnbùbào

ungrateful

zhīyùzhī'ēn

lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom)
patronage
protection

jí'ēnguǎngyì

to pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome

Enschede, city in the Netherlands

ēnjiāngchóubào

to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)

Amiens (French town)

gǎn'ēndàidé

deeply grateful

Bournemouth, UK

N'Djamena, capital of Chad

Bō'ēn Dàxué

University of Bonn

ēnduànyìjué

to split up
to break all ties

rune

Daci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an

Kěnpǔsuǒ'ēn

(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)

to disobey one's benefactor
to violate debts of gratitude
to repay good with evil

Táng'ēn Dōulè

Dunkin' Donuts

ēntóngzàizào

your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)

Kēluó'ēnbìng

Krohn's disease

wàng'ēnfùyì

to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
to kick a benefactor in the teeth

Wéi'ēntújiě

Venn diagram

tī'ēntīdāngliàng

梯恩梯当量

[梯恩梯當量]

TNT equivalent

Kāngsīwéi'ēngé

康思维恩格

[康思維恩格]

Kongsvinger (city in Hedemark, Norway)

dà'ēnbùyánxiè

大恩不言谢

[大恩不言謝]

(maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor
(expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done

Enpéiduōkèlēi

恩培多克勒

[恩培多克勒]

Empedocles (490-430 BC), Greek Sicilian pre-Socratic philosopher

Sītài'ēnxiè'ěr

斯泰恩谢尔

[斯泰恩謝爾]

Steinkjær (city in Trøndelag, Norway)

Zhōngguó Gǎn'ēnjié

中国感恩节

[中國感恩節]

Chinese Thanksgiving, another name for 蛋炒飯節／蛋炒饭节 ( Dànchǎofànjié)

Enlǐkē· Fèimǐ

恩里科·费米

[恩里科·費米]

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist

Zhěngjiù Dàbīng Ruì'ēn

拯救大兵瑞恩

[拯救大兵瑞恩]

Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)

Pítèkǎi'ēn Qúndǎo

皮特凯恩群岛

[皮特凱恩群島]

Pitcairn Islands

Kēbǐ· Bùlái'ēntè

科比·布莱恩特

[科比·布萊恩特]

Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star

Luóbótè· Bó'ēnsī

罗伯特·伯恩斯

[羅伯特·伯恩斯]

Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet

Nǎmùbā'ěr· Enhèbāyà'ěr

那木巴尔·恩赫巴亚尔

[那木巴爾·恩赫巴亞爾]

Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, president of Mongolia 2005-2009

Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu

恩施土家族苗族自治州

[恩施土家族苗族自治州]

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei

Tuōmǎsī· Sìtè'ēnsī· Aìlüètè

托马斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特

[托馬斯·斯特恩斯·艾略特]

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet