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  *便* | 便* | *便
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to : then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
HSK 6
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *川* | 川* | *川
(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
HSK 7-9
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  *素* | 素* | *素
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
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  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
(used in place names) plain; flatland / (dialect) sandbar; shoal
HSK 7-9
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  *野* | 野* | *野
field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral
HSK 6
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  *白* | 白* | *白
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
HSK 1
North China Plain
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
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  *质* | 质* | *质
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even
candid / frank / plain dealing
HSK 7-9
plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江
alluvial plain
bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned
smooth / smooth-going / plain sailing
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
to level the land / level ground / plain
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest
HSK 7-9
plain boiled water
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
riverside / river plain
HSK 7-9
plain white cloth / calico
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  *坪* | 坪* | *坪
a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
civilian clothes; plain clothes / plainclothesman
plain / open country
(idiom) simple; plain; unadorned
(of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain
tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi, forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原 and the Han River 漢水|汉水 valley
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
plain noodles in broth
(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recount events in a flat, colorless style
lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) / fig. as far as the eye can see / covering everything / omnipresent
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原 and the Han River 漢水|汉水 valley
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
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  *朴* | 朴* | *朴
(bound form) plain; simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]
amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in
plain-clothed policeman
Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
(bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb) / fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life
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  *缦* | 缦* | *缦
plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy
HSK 7-9
Salisbury plain
plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc)
Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原
plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
plain weave
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  *渭* | 渭* | *渭
the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原
standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原
a type of plain-woven woolen fabric that is thin, stiff and smooth
(bird species of China) plain prinia (Prinia inornata)
East European Plain
Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原
thrifty and plain
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
white vinegar / plain vinegar
plain noodles in broth
(of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people
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  *岙* | 岙* | *岙
plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江 and 福建
plain; ordinary / vegan; vegetarian
conspicuous / plain to see
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
(computing) plain text
Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
Pingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes"
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia / also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners
(bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi)
unsweetened soy milk; plain soy milk
plain rice congee
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
plain water
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
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  *陋* | 陋* | *陋
low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar
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  *缟* | 缟* | *缟
plain white silk


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