渐 (漸) jiàn

1. jiàn adverb gradually; drop by drop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 慢慢 or 逐步; for example, the idiom 渐入佳境 'a gradually improving environment' (CC-CEDICT '漸'; Guoyu '漸' adv; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122; Unihan '漸'; XHZD '渐')
2. jiān verb to permeate; to flow into
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 流入 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1a; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122)
3. jiàn verb to soak; to immerse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 浸泡 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 2; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122)
4. jiān adverb ever more
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 2)
5. jiàn noun an indication; a sign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3)
6. jiàn noun a sequence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '漸' n; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1a)
7. jiàn proper noun Gradual Advance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The 53rd hexagram in the ”Yijing” (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3)
8. qián adjective latent; submerged
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 3; Kroll 2015 '漸' qián)

Contained in

• 渐或(漸或) rarely
• 渐进主义(漸進主義) incrementalism
• 渐渍于道德(漸漬於道德) imbued with morality
• 渐稀(漸稀) to thin out gradually; to become fainter and fainter
• 渐异其范围(漸異其範圍) each gradually changes it scope
• 渐快(漸快) to speed up gradually; faster and faster; accelerando
• 渐新统(漸新統) Oligocene system
• 渐入佳境(漸入佳境) a gradually improving environment
• 渐形明显(漸形明顯) for the shape to gradually become visible
• 逐渐增加(逐漸增加) to increase gradually; to build up
• 渐次后退(漸次後退) retreated one by one
• 渐新世(漸新世) Oligocene
• 逐渐废弃(逐漸廢棄) to abandon gradually
• 日渐(日漸) to progress day by day; more with each passing day
• 渐染(漸染) gradually infect
• 渐润(漸潤) moisten
• 东渐(東漸) gradually advancing to the east
• 渐渍而不骤(漸漬而不驟) accumulate gradually without haste
• 杜渐防萌(杜漸防萌) to nip in the bud
• 渐磨而进(漸磨而進) advance by steady effort
• 渐变(漸變) a gradual change
• 渐深(漸深) gradually becoming deeper
• 渐消(漸消) gradually melt
• 渐至负债(漸至負債) gradually accumulated dedt
• 防微杜渐(防微杜漸) to nip in the bud
• 声渐悄(聲漸悄) the sound fades away
• 渐减(漸減) gradually diminishing
• 渐化相安(漸化相安) relations becoming gradually more peaceful
• 渐弱(漸弱) to fade out; gradually weakening; diminuendo; decrescendo
• 渐慢(漸慢) to slow down gradually; slower and slower; decelerando; ritardando
• 渐民以仁(漸民以仁) imbue the people with benevolence
• 渐近(漸近) approximation
• 渐次(漸次) gradually; one by one
• 渐进(漸進) to approach gradually; to advance step by step
• 渐冻人症(漸凍人症) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); motor neurone disease (MND)
• 积渐(積漸) to accumulate gradually
• 渐积(漸積) gradually accumulate
• 渐趋(漸趨) to become more and more; to gradually become
• 逐渐(逐漸) gradually
• 渐行渐远(漸行漸遠) gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
• 渐渐(漸漸) gradually
• 西风东渐(西風東漸) Western trends gradual advance into Asia
• 循序渐进(循序漸進) to follow in order and advance step by step

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