鲜 (鮮) xiān

1. xiān adjective fresh; new
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 2, p. 493; Unihan '鮮'; XHZD '鲜' 1, p. 812)
2. xiān adjective delicious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 1b, p. 493; Unihan '鮮'; XHZD '鲜' 2, p. 812)
3. xiān adjective bright in color; vivid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 3, p. 493; XHZD '鲜' 3, p. 812)
4. xiān noun a delicacy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' n 3; XHZD '鲜' 4, p. 812)
5. xiān noun fresh fish; live fish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 1, p. 493)
6. xiān noun fresh meat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' n 2; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 1a, p. 493)
7. xiān adjective lively; amusing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 2a, p. 493)
8. xiān verb to die before one's time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' xiǎn adv; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 4, p. 493)
9. xiān proper noun Xian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' n 4; XHZD '鲜' 5, p. 812)
10. xiǎn adjective uncommon; rare; few
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' xiǎn adj 1; Kroll 2015 '鮮' xiǎn, p. 493; XHZD '鲜' xiǎn, p. 815)

Contained in

• 德薄能鲜(德薄能鮮) little virtue and meager abilities
• 三鲜(三鮮) three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
• 鲜啤酒(鮮啤酒) draft beer; unpasteurized beer
• 卫氏朝鲜(衛氏朝鮮) Wiman Korea
• 光鲜(光鮮) bright and neat
• 朝鲜字母(朝鮮字母) hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
• 鲜白(鮮白) bright white
• 朝鲜语(朝鮮語) Korean
• 轮廓鲜明(輪廓鮮明) sharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline; in sharp relief
• 朝鲜文(朝鮮文) Korean written language
• 鲜货(鮮貨) produce; fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh aquatic food; fresh herbs
• 鲜少(鮮少) very few; rare
• 鲜丽(鮮麗) dazzling; sparkling
• 旗帜鲜明(旗幟鮮明) to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand
• 朝鲜劳动党(朝鮮勞動黨) Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
• 芳草鲜美(芳草鮮美) petals of the dazzling and fragrant blossoms
• 生鲜(生鮮) fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
• 鲜美(鮮美) delicious; tasty
• 鲜奶(鮮奶) fresh milk
• 地三鲜(地三鮮) dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
• 鲜花插在牛粪上(鮮花插在牛糞上) a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
• 寡见鲜闻(寡見鮮聞) having seen little and heard about few things; ignorant
• 鲜乳(鮮乳) fresh milk
• 海鲜(海鮮) seafood
• 毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事(毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事) Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
• 鲜味(鮮味) umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
• 朝鲜人(朝鮮人) North Korean (person)
• 北朝鲜(北朝鮮) North Korea
• 卫满朝鲜(衛滿朝鮮) Wiman Korea
• 肥鲜(肥鮮) fresh and tender (of food); delicious
• 鲜活货物(鮮活貨物) live cargo
• 浅鲜(淺鮮) meager; slight
• 朝鲜海峡(朝鮮海峽) Korea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
• 鲜奶油(鮮奶油) cream; whipped cream
• 鲜为人知(鮮為人知) rarely known to anyone; almost unknown; secret to all but a few
• 鲜烈(鮮烈) fresh and intense; vivid
• 鲜血淋漓(鮮血淋漓) to be drenched with blood; dripping blood

Also contained in

朝鲜中央新闻社 、 鲜卑族 、 鲜橙多 、 南朝鲜 、 鲜卑 、 李氏朝鲜 、 朝鲜中央通讯社 、 朝鲜日报 、 保鲜膜 、 朝鲜战争 、 大朝鲜国 、 朝鲜国 、 长白朝鲜族自治县 、 朝鲜八道

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Truncated for common words

• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 22
• 卷三十三　列傳第二十三 范泰 荀伯子 徐廣 鄭鮮之 裴松之 何承天 Volume 33 Biographies 23: Fan Tai, Xun Bozi, Xu Guang, Zhen Xianzhi, Pei Songzhi, He Chengtian History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 21
• 卷六十四 列傳第二十四 鄭鮮之 裴松之 何承天 Volume 64 Biographies 24: Zheng Xianzhi, Pei Songzhi, He Chengtian Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 15
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷一百六十一　列傳第四十八: 楊大淵 劉整 Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 8
• 卷一 Scroll 1 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8

Collocations

• 鲜虞 (鮮虞) 申鮮虞之傅摯為右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 34
• 伐鲜 (伐鮮) 晉伐鮮虞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 17
• 子鲜 (子鮮) 子鮮從公及竟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 鲜克 (鮮剋) 鮮克有終 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 10
• 叔鲜 (叔鮮) 乃使其弟管叔鮮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 6
• 民鲜 (民鮮) 民鮮克舉之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧烝民 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Zheng Min — count: 5
• 鲜不为 (鮮不為) 鮮不為則 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 5
• 鲜食 (鮮食) 暨益奏庶鮮食 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 4
• 鲜鱼 (鮮魚) 炰鼈鮮魚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧韓奕 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Han Yi — count: 4
• 围鲜 (圍鮮) 晉士鞅帥師圍鮮虞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4