鲜 (鮮) xiān
-
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) -
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) -
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) -
xiān
noun
a delicacy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鮮'; Guoyu '鮮' n 3; XHZD '鲜' 4, p. 812) -
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) -
xiān
noun
fresh meat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' n 2; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 1a, p. 493) -
xiān
adjective
lively; amusing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '鮮' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '鮮' 2a, p. 493) -
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) -
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) -
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
- 鲜货(鮮貨) produce; fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh aquatic food; fresh herbs
- 道鲜(道鮮) delicious; tasty
- 朝鲜族(朝鮮族) Korean ethnic group
- 鲜菜(鮮菜) fresh vegetable
- 鲜乳(鮮乳) fresh milk
- 卫满朝鲜(衛滿朝鮮) Wiman Korea
- 生鲜(生鮮) fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
- 鲜花(鮮花) fresh flowers
- 鲜啤酒(鮮啤酒) draft beer; unpasteurized beer
- 鲜活(鮮活) live and or fresh
- 朝鲜核谈(朝鮮核談) talks on North Korea's nuclear program
- 光鲜(光鮮) bright and neat
- 屡见不鲜(屢見不鮮) a common occurrence
- 鲜亮(鮮亮) bright (color); vivid
- 朝鲜劳动党(朝鮮勞動黨) Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
- 北朝鲜(北朝鮮) North Korea
- 鲜豔(鮮豔) brightly colored; vivid; colorful
- 保鲜期(保鮮期) shelf life; freshness date
- 鲜为人知(鮮為人知) rarely known to anyone; almost unknown; secret to all but a few
- 鲜奶(鮮奶) fresh milk
- 小鲜肉(小鮮肉) teen idol (male)
- 朝鲜海峡(朝鮮海峽) Korea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
- 鲜血淋漓(鮮血淋漓) to be drenched with blood; dripping blood
- 治大国若烹小鲜(治大國若烹小鮮) ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy
- 鲜奶油(鮮奶油) cream; whipped cream
- 鲜明(鮮明) dazzling; sparkling ; clear; understood ; astute; skilled
- 朝鲜文(朝鮮文) Korean written language
- 鲜味(鮮味) umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
- 鲜活货物(鮮活貨物) live cargo
- 鲜明个性(鮮明個性) individuality; clear-cut personality
- 鲜丽(鮮麗) dazzling; sparkling
- 朝鲜人(朝鮮人) North Korean (person)
- 靡不有初,鲜克有终(靡不有初,鮮克有終) almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end; don't start sth you can't handle
- 朝鲜(朝鮮) Korea; North Korea ; Joseon; Chosŏn; Choson; Chosun; Cho-sen
- 海鲜酱(海鮮醬) hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce); seafood sauce
- 轮廓鲜明(輪廓鮮明) sharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline; in sharp relief
- 朝鲜筝(朝鮮箏) gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither
- 德薄能鲜(德薄能鮮) little virtue and meager abilities
- 不新鲜(不新鮮) stale
Also contained in
鲜卑 、 大朝鲜国 、 朝鲜总督府 、 南朝鲜 、 朝鲜中央新闻社 、 保鲜膜 、 朝鲜八道 、 李氏朝鲜 、 朝鲜太宗 、 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 、 朝鲜时期 、 朝鲜王朝
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 卷一 Scroll 1 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 8
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 天下鲜 (天下鮮) 天下鮮矣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — count: 4