tǎn

tǎn verb to bare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '袒')

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  • 袒庇 to shield; to harbor; to cover up
  • 肉袒 to make a humble apology
  • 袒露 to expose; to bare
  • 左右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
  • 袒衣 to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing
  • 袒裼 to bare the upper body
  • 右袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
  • 袒免 to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
  • 不为左右袒(不為左右袒) to remain neutral in a quarrel
  • 袒护(袒護) to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take somebody's side
  • 膝袒 to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
  • 裸袒 naked; bare
  • 左袒 to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
  • 露袒 exposed; uncovered; naked
  • 袒膊 to strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist
  • 偏袒 to bare one shoulder ; to side with; to discriminate in favor of
  • 袒缚(袒縛) to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
  • 袒胸 to bare the breast

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