"淡" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 11
Structure
Decomp. 氵火火
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Prononciation
Mandarin dàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin dan4
Kanji /
Cangjie
EFF
水火火
Sijiao 3918.9
Wubi IOOY
CNS 11643 1-5B4D
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6DE1
GB2312 B5AD
BIG5 B248
HSK
Level 5
 dàn insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
Results beginning with 淡
 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent
 dàn rán tranquil and calm / indifferent
 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]
 dàn yǎ simple and elegant
 dàn chū to fade out (cinema) / to withdraw from (politics, acting etc) / to fade from (memory)
 dàn mò apathetic / indifferent / unsympathetic
 dàn wàng to be forgotten / to fade from memory
 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint
 dàn bó living a simple life
 dàn huáng light yellow
 dàn zhuāng light makeup
 dàn rù to fade in (cinema)
 dàn dìng calm and collected / unperturbed
 dàn guāng shimmer
 dàn pí light beer
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 dàn lán sè light blue
 dàn shuǐ yú freshwater fish
 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake
 dàn bā gū tobacco (loanword) (old)
 dàn shuǐ gǔ Freshwater Unit
 Dàn shuǐ Qū Tamsui or Danshui District, New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
 Dàn shuǐ zhèn Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
 dàn zǐ shī (bird species of China) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
 dàn bó míng zhì living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
 dàn bó guǎ wèi insipid and tasteless (idiom)
 dàn bó míng lì not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) / indifferent to worldly rewards
 dàn hóu liáo méi (bird species of China) pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari)
 dàn jiǎo shù yīng (bird species of China) pale-footed bush warbler (Urosphena pallidipes)
 dàn kē xiān wēng (bird species of China) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
绿 dàn lu:4 jú méi (bird species of China) green shrike-babbler (Pteruthius xanthochlorus)
 dàn méi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
 dàn shuǐ guǎn lǐ freshwater management
 dàn shuǐ yú yè freshwater fisheries
 dàn shuǐ zī yuán freshwater resources
 dàn wěi wēng yīng (bird species of China) Alström's warbler (Seicercus soror)
 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
 dàn huáng yāo liǔ yīng (bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
 dàn huī méi yán wú (bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
 dàn sè yá shā yàn (bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)
 dàn shuǐ xié shāng lùn tán Freshwater Consultative Forum
Approximate Results for 淡
 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special
 lěng dàn cold / indifferent
 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales)
 àn dàn variant of 暗淡[an4 dan4]
 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak
 chōng dàn to dilute
 cǎn dàn dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort
 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain
 chě dàn to talk nonsense
 kàn dàn to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken
 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
 qiǎn dàn light (color) / pale / vague (feeling)
 guǎ dàn insipid / bland / indifferent
 hán dàn waves
 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant
 xián dàn salty and unsalty (flavors) / degree of saltiness / brackish (water)
 yǎ dàn simple and elegant
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 xìng lěng dàn frigidity
 bái chě dàn (coll.) to talk rubbish
 hú chě dàn nonsense / irresponsible patter
 qīng miáo dàn xiě (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate
 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about
 hǎi shuǐ dàn huà desalination
 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
 cǎn dàn jīng yíng to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
 àn dàn lán diǎn pale
 lěng dàn guān xì cold relations (e.g. between countries)
 mù shā xī dàn Musa
 níng dìng dàn bó to live in contentment (idiom)
 xián shuǐ dàn huà desalination
 guó jì dàn shuǐ nián International Year of Freshwater
 xián shuǐ dàn huà chǎng desalination plant
广 guǎng jì bù rú dàn mò see 好記性不如爛筆頭|好记性不如烂笔头[hao3 ji4 xing4 bu4 ru2 lan4 bi3 tou2]
 jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
 shì jiè dàn shuǐ shēng tài qū Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
 yán shuǐ dàn huà xìn tuō jī jīn Trust Fund for Water Desalination
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