陈 (陳) chén

1. chén proper noun Chen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' n 3; Kroll 2015 '陳' 7, p. 46; Unihan '陳')
2. chén proper noun Chen of the Southern dynasties
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: 557-589 CE (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' n 2; Kroll 2015 '陳' 6, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41; XHZD '陈' 5, p. 83)
3. chén verb to arrange
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 排列 (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' v 1; Kroll 2015 '陳' 1, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41; XHZD '陈' 1, p. 83)
4. chén verb to display / to exhibit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 显示 (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' v 3; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41; Unihan '陳'; XHZD '陈' 1, p. 83)
5. chén verb to narrate / to state / to explain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 述说 (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' v 2; Kroll 2015 '陳' 2, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41; Unihan '陳'; XHZD '陈' 2, p. 83)
6. chén adjective stale
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '陳'; Guoyu '陳' adj; Kroll 2015 '陳' 3, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41; XHZD '陈' 3, p. 83)
7. chén proper noun Chen princedom of the Zhou dynasty
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: Located in present-day Henan area (Guoyu '陳' n 1; Kroll 2015 '陳' 5, p. 46; XHZD '陈' 4, p. 83)
8. chén adjective aged [wine] / matured
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As for aged wine (Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41)
9. chén noun a path to a residence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陳' 4, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41)
10. zhèn noun a battle / a battle array
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 阵 (Guoyu '陳' zhèn n; Kroll 2015 '陳' zhèn, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '陳', p. 41)

Contained in

• 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓(明修棧道，暗渡陳倉) repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River at Chencang / to feign one thing while doing another
• 陈力就列(陳力就列) to put in effort to secure a position [as an officer]
• 陈词滥调(陳詞濫調) cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype
• 条陈(條陳) to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior
• 陈列台(陳列臺) stall
• 陈套(陳套) set pattern / old habit
• 陈其五行(陳其五行) arrangement of the five elements
• 陈述书(陳述書) representation letter / a brief / written statement / declaration
• 陈规旧习(陳規舊習) old rules and customs
• 陈设(陳設) to display / to set out ; furnishings
• 敷陈(敷陳) to give an orderly account
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 陈醋(陳醋) mature vinegar
• 陈行(陳行) to marshal troops
• 陈腔滥调(陳腔濫調) the same old platitudes
• 陈词(陳詞) a statement / a plea ; an accusation
• 陈年(陳年) old / stored for many years
• 陈国治(陳國治) Chen Guozhi
• 横陈(橫陳) to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse
• 沥陈鄙见(瀝陳鄙見) to state one's humble opinion
• 陈情(陳情) to give a full account
• 推陈布新(推陳佈新) to push out the old and bring in the new / to innovate / to go beyond old ideas
• 陈久(陳久) a long period of time
• 陈米(陳米) old rice / rice kept for many years
• 五味杂陈(五味雜陳) with complex feelings
• 陈放(陳放) to display
• 陈迹(陳跡) past events / relics from a former age / ruins

Also contained in

陈舜俞 、 陈厉公 、 陈香梅 、 陈那菩萨 、 君陈 、 陈桥兵变 、 陈景润 、 陈鸿 、 陈蕃 、 陈再道 、 陈德良 、 陈独秀选集 、 陈琳 、 陈公培 、 余陈月瑛 、 陈亢 、 陈巴尔虎旗 、 陈铭枢 、 陈师道 、 陈德铭 、 陈木胜 、 陈操 、 陈纳德 、 陈炯明

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 212
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 114
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 103
• 《張耳陳餘列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 87
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 84
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 72
• 卷三百二十一 列傳第二百〇九 外國二 安南 Volume 321 Biographies 209: Foreign States 2 - Annan History of Ming 明史 — count: 70
• 卷十　　周本紀下第十:　　高祖武帝 宣帝 靜帝 Volume 10 Northern Zhou Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 64
• 《陳涉世家》 House of Chen She Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 60
• 《陳杞世家》 Houses of Chen and Qi Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 60

Collocations

• 陈侯 (陳侯) 陳侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 44
• 陈人 (陳人) 故陳人君之德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧君子偕老 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Jun Zi Xie Lao — count: 21
• 伐陈 (伐陳) 黃人伐陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 侵陈 (侵陳) 鄭伯侵陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
• 陈辕 (陳轅) 齊人執陳轅濤塗 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 奔陈 (奔陳) 高克奔陳 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — count: 4
• 救陈 (救陳) 晉趙盾帥師救陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 葬陈 (葬陳) 葬陳桓公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 陈灵 (陳靈) 陳靈公受盟于晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 陈郑 (陳鄭) 師出於陳鄭之間 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3