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陈
Trad. 陳
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 阜
Strokes 8
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 阝七小
阝 + 东
Prononciation
Mandarin chén
Entry Methods
Pinyin chen2
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Cangjie
 NLKD
弓中乂木
Sijiao 742.9
Wubi BAIY
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+9648
GB2312 B3C2
陈 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale
Results beginning with 陈
陈述 chén shù an assertion / to declare / to state
陈列 chén liè to display / to exhibit
陈旧 chén jiù old-fashioned
陈设 chén shè to display / to set out / furnishings
陈年 chén nián old / stored for many years
陈毅 Chén Yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
陈云 Chén Yún Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
陈皮 chén pí orange peel / tangerine peel / dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
陈腐 chén fǔ trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude
陈胜 chén shèng Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
陈词 chén cí to state one's views / speech / statement / plea
陈规 chén guī outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways
陈兵 chén bīng to deploy troops / to mass troops
陈情 chén qíng to give a full account
陈醋 chén cù mature vinegar
陈迹 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins
陈说 chén shuō to state / to assert
陈化 chén huà to age / to mature (wine, timber etc)
陈寿 Chén Shòu Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
陈酒 chén jiǔ old wine
陈诉 chén sù to state / to assert
陈仓 Chén cāng ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi / Chencang district of Baoji City
陈忱 Chén Chén Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传
陈诚 chén chéng Chen
陈冲 Chén Chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
陈放 chén fàng to display
陈厚 Chén Hòu Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor
陈货 chén huò shop-worn goods / remnants
陈娇 Chén Jiāo Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[Han4 Wu3 di4], died c. 110 BC
陈露 Chén Lù Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
陈美 Chén Měi Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
陈米 chén mǐ old rice / rice kept for many years
陈绍 chén Shào old Shaoxing wine
陈尸 chén shī to lay out the corpse
陈书 Chén shū History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
陈套 chén tào set pattern / old habit
陈抟 Chén Tuán Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
陈账 chén zhàng old debt
陈奏 chén zòu to present a memorial (to the Emperor)
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陈水扁 Chén Shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 / politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
陈列室 chén liè shì display room
陈独秀 Chén Dú xiù Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
陈省身 Chén Xǐng shēn Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
陈嘉庚 chén jiā gēng Tan
陈伯达 Chén Bó dá Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
陈子昂 Chén Zǐ áng Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
陈炯明 Chén Jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
陈纳德 Chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
陈香梅 Chén Xiāng méi Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2]
陈希同 Chén Xī tóng Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident
陈炳德 chén bǐng dé Chen
陈天华 Chén Tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
陈晓旭 chén xiǎo xù Chen
陈仓区 Chén cāng Qū Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
陈德良 Chén Dé liáng Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam
陈恭尹 Chén Gōng yǐn Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
陈冠希 Chén Guān xī Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
陈建仁 Chén Jiàn rén Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020
陈景润 Chén Jǐng rùn Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
陈凯歌 Chén Kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
陈可雄 Chén Kě xióng Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist
陈丽春 chén lì chūn Madame
陈列台 chén liè tái stall
陈木胜 Chén Mù shèng Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
陈其迈 Chén Qí mài Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
陈其美 chén qí měi Chen
陈庆炎 Chén Qìng yán Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017
陈仁锡 Chén Rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
陈述句 chén shù jù declarative sentence
陈述书 chén shù shū representation letter (law) / a brief / written statement / declaration
陈伟联 chén wěi lián Kelvin
陈欣健 chén xīn jiàn Philip
陈奕迅 Chén Yì xùn Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
陈用彩 chén yòng cǎi Bruce
陈元光 Chén Yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
陈云林 Chén Yún lín Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] (2008-2013)
陈再道 Chén Zài dào Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
陈志明 chén zhì míng Dominic
陈仲琳 Chén Zhòng lín Chen Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]
陈词滥调 chén cí làn diào cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype
陈规陋习 chén guī lòu xí outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways
陈陈相因 chén chén xiāng yīn to follow a set routine
陈方安生 Chén Fāng An1 shēng Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
陈规旧习 chén guī jiù xí old rules and customs
陈桥兵变 Chén qiáo bīng biàn the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 / to found the Song dynasty
陈巴尔虎旗 Chén bā ěr hǔ qí Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
陈谷子烂芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip
陈胜吴广起义 Chén Shèng Wú Guǎng Qǐ yì Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
陈规定型的看法  stereotype
Approximate Results for 陈
铺陈 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate
敷陈 fū chén to give an orderly account / a thorough narrative
横陈 héng chén to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse
六陈 liù chén food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
坦陈 tǎn chén to reveal / to confess
条陈 tiáo chén to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior
直陈 zhí chén to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose
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菌陈蒿 jūn chén hāo tarragon
南朝陈 Nán cháo Chén Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
茵陈蒿 yīn chén hāo Artemisia
新陈代谢 xīn chén dài xiè metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate
乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
暗渡陈仓 àn dù Chén cāng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
推陈致新 tuī chén zhì xīn see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
技术陈旧  technological obsolescence
开场陈述 kāi chǎng chén shù opening statement
沥陈鄙见 lì chén bǐ jiàn to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
五味杂陈 wǔ wèi zá chén with complex feelings (idiom)
受害人陈诉  victim impact statements
美术陈列干事  Art Presentation Officer
意外陈旧过时  unforeseen obsolescence
国家自愿陈述 guó jiā zì yuàn chén shù national voluntary presentation
职业的陈规定型  occupational stereotype
性别陈规定型观念  gender stereotype
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
从战争陈观到和平理想  From the Stereotypes of War to the Ideals of Peace
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