淡 dàn

1. dàn adjective weak; watery
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '淡' 2, p. 76; Unihan '淡'; XHZD '淡' 2, p. 128)
2. dàn adjective indifferent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' adj 4; XHZD '淡' 3, p. 128)
3. dàn adjective sluggish; slow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' adj 5; XHZD '淡' 4, p. 128)
4. dàn adjective tranquil; contented; calm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淡' 1a, p. 76)
5. dàn adjective pale [color]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' adj 2)
6. dàn noun boring conversation
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' n 1)
7. dàn proper noun Dan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' n 2)
8. dàn adjective insipid; tasteless; not salty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
   Notes: (Guoyu '淡' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '淡' 1, p. 76; Unihan '淡'; XHZD '淡' 1, p. 128)

Contained in

• 淡脚树莺(淡腳樹鶯) pale-footed bush warbler (Urosphena pallidipes)
• 淡绿䴗鹛(淡綠鶪鶥) green shrike-babbler (Pteruthius xanthochlorus)
• 淡水湖 freshwater lake
• 涵淡 waves
• 淡淡 faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
• 淡紫䴓(淡紫鳾) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
• 淡蓝色(淡藍色) light blue
• 淡眉柳莺(淡眉柳鶯) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
• 淡红(淡紅) pail red
• 淡濛濛 watery mist
• 淡入 to fade in (cinema)
• 淡泊明志 living a simple life as one's ideal
• 粗茶淡饭(粗茶淡飯) plain tea and simple food
• 淡然 tranquil and calm; indifferent
• 淡尾鹟莺(淡尾鶲鶯) Alström's warbler (Seicercus soror)
• 淡定 calm and collected; unperturbed
• 淡光 shimmer
• 淡黄(淡黃) light yellow
• 冷淡 cold; indifferent; slack ; cold and desolate; lonely
• 淡水 fresh water ; Danshui; Tamsui
• 淡喉鹩鹛(淡喉鷯鶥) pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari)
• 黯淡 dim; faint; dismal; gloomy
• 淡巴菰 tobacco
• 雅淡 simple and elegant
• 淡泊名利 not caring about fame and fortune; indifferent to worldly rewards
• 浅淡(淺淡) light (color); pale; vague (feeling)
• 淡薄 thin ; light; flagging; faint
• 淡泊寡味 insipid and tasteless
• 淡啤 light beer
• 淡黄腰柳莺(淡黃腰柳鶯) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
• 扯淡 to talk nonsense
• 平淡无奇(平淡無奇) ordinary and mediocre; nothing to write home about
• 淡忘 to be forgotten; to fade from memory
• 淡妆浓抹(淡妝濃抹) in light or heavy makeup
• 淡雅 simple and elegant
• 惨淡(慘淡) dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
• 淡红色(淡紅色) pail red
• 淡泊 to be indifferent to fame and wealth; to be poor
• 淡水鱼(淡水魚) freshwater fish
• 惨淡经营(慘淡經營) to manage by painstaking effort
• 天高云淡(天高雲淡) the sky is tall, the clouds are light
• 咸淡(鹹淡) salty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)
• 冷淡关系(冷淡關係) cold relations (e.g. between countries)
• 淡色崖沙燕 pale martin (Riparia diluta)
• 淡颏仙鹟(淡頦仙鶲) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
• 淡漠 apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic
• 淡灰眉岩鹀(淡灰眉岩鵐) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
• 淡茶 weak tea

Also contained in

淡洋 、 淡邈 、 淡水区

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• 卷五十二 列傳第十二 庾悅 王誕 謝景仁 袁湛 褚叔度 Volume 52 Biographies 12: Yu Yue, Wang Dan, Xie Jingren, Yuan Zhan, Chu Shudu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 11
• 卷二十八　列傳第十八 褚裕之 Volume 28 Biographies 18: Chu Yuzhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 10
• 卷二百二十四上 列傳第一百四十九上 叛臣上 Volume 224a Biographies 149a: Treasonous Ministers 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
• 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
• 卷四 本紀第四 少帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Shao Book of Song 宋書 — count: 6
• 卷二十　　列傳第八:　衞操 莫含 劉庫仁 尉古真 穆崇 奚斤 叔孫建 安同 庾業延 王建 羅結 樓伏連 閭大肥 奚牧 和跋 莫題 賀狄干 李栗 奚眷 Volume 20 Biographies 8: Wei Cao, Mo Han, Liu Kuren, Wei Guzhen, Mu Chong, Xi Jin, Shu Sunjian, An Tong, Yu Yeyan, Wang Jian, Luo Jie, Lou Fulian, Lu Dafei, Xi Mu, He Ba, Mo Ti, He Digan, Li Li, Xi Juan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 5
• 卷四十五 列傳第五 王鎮惡 檀韶 向靖 劉懷慎 劉粹 Volume 45 Biographies 5: Wang Zhen E, Tan Shao, Xiang Jing, Liu Huaishen, Liu Cui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 5
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷九十七 志第五十 河渠七 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Rivers and Canals 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 简淡 (簡淡) 沖素簡淡 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十五 列傳第四十五 王湛 荀崧 范汪 劉惔 張憑 韓伯 Volume 75 Biographies 45: Wang Zhan; Xun Song; Fan Wang; Liu Tan — count: 11
• 夷淡 (夷淡) 夷淡以約其心 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十五 列傳第三十五 王導 Volume 65 Biographies 35: Wang Dao — count: 6
• 子淡 (子淡) 子淡嗣 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十九 列傳第三十九 劉隗 刁協 戴若思 周顗 Volume 69 Biographies 39: Liu Wei; Diao Xie; Dai Ruosi; Zhou Yi — count: 6
• 褚淡 (褚淡) 會稽太守褚淡之遣山陰令陸劭討敗之 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四 本紀第四 少帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Shao — count: 6
• 弟淡 (弟淡) 秀之弟淡之 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十二 列傳第十二 庾悅 王誕 謝景仁 袁湛 褚叔度 Volume 52 Biographies 12: Yu Yue, Wang Dan, Xie Jingren, Yuan Zhan, Chu Shudu — count: 5
• 费淡 (費淡) 率平西參軍費淡 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十五 列傳第五 王鎮惡 檀韶 向靖 劉懷慎 劉粹 Volume 45 Biographies 5: Wang Zhen E, Tan Shao, Xiang Jing, Liu Huaishen, Liu Cui — count: 4
• 魏淡 (魏淡) 佐魏淡修 — History of the Northern Dynasties 北史, 卷三十六　列傳第二十四:　薛辯 薛寘 薛憕 Volume 36 Biographies 24: Xue Bian, Xue Zhi, Xue Cheng — count: 4
• 孙淡 (孫淡) 孫淡 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷五十五 列傳第三十六 孝義 Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety — count: 4
• 淡嗣 (淡嗣) 子淡嗣 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十九 列傳第三十九 劉隗 刁協 戴若思 周顗 Volume 69 Biographies 39: Liu Wei; Diao Xie; Dai Ruosi; Zhou Yi — count: 4
• 淡退 (淡退) 安於淡退 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十五 列傳第五 陳騫 裴秀 Volume 35 Biographies 5: Chen Qian; Pei Xiu — count: 3