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

• 陈谷子烂芝麻(陳谷子爛芝麻) stale grain, overcooked sesame; the same boring old gossip
• 陈列台(陳列臺) stall
• 敷陈(敷陳) to give an orderly account
• 茵陈(茵陳) artemisia
• 陈米(陳米) old rice; rice kept for many years
• 条陈(條陳) to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior
• 六陈(六陳) six grains
• 陈酒(陳酒) old wine
• 陈请权(陳請權) to state one's point of view ; the right to petition
• 横陈(橫陳) to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse
• 陈案(陳案) an old case
• 陈设(陳設) to display; to set out ; furnishings
• 陈毙(陳斃) to be killed in battle
• 陈述(陳述) to declare; to state; to describe
• 陈水扁(陳水扁) Chen Shuibian
• 暗渡陈仓(暗渡陳倉) secretly crossing the Wei River at Chencang; to feign one thing while doing another
• 陈馈(陳饋) to lay out dishes
• 陈腐(陳腐) rotten ; clichéd; out of fashion
• 陈美(陳美) Vanessa-Mae
• 陈列室(陳列室) showroom; display room
• 乏善可陈(乏善可陳) to be nothing to write home about
• 陈账(陳賬) old debt
• 五味杂陈(五味雜陳) with complex feelings
• 陈奏(陳奏) to present a memorial (to the Emperor)
• 陈行(陳行) to marshal troops
• 直陈(直陳) to say straight out; to point out bluntly; to give a straightforward account; to disclose
• 陈皮(陳皮) dried orange peel
• 陈义(陳義) to explain an idea
• 陈说(陳說) to state; to assert; to describe
• 沥陈鄙见(瀝陳鄙見) to state one's humble opinion
• 说楔子敷陈(說楔子敷陳) an prologue to the story
• 陈套(陳套) set pattern; old habit

Also contained in

陈炯明 、 陈祖义 、 陈冠希 、 陈独秀 、 陈平 、 陈凯歌 、 陈书 、 陈铭枢 、 陈伯之 、 陈元光 、 陈纳德 、 陈景润 、 陈抗 、 陈留郡 、 陈冲 、 陈希同 、 陈德铭 、 陈桥兵变 、 陈情表

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Truncated for common words

• 卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 210
• 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: 104
• 《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: 71
• 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: 61
• 《陳杞世家》 Houses of Chen and Qi Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 59

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: 23
• 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: 11
• 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
• 陈曰 (陳曰) 石碏使告于陳曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 陈桓公 (陳桓公) 陳桓公方有寵於王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 陈及 (陳及) 陳及鄭平 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3