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(name) Jordan
Daniel (name)
orange osmanthus
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
HSK 7-9
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red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
Bhutan
pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
Denver, Colorado
Denmark
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
Michael Jordan (1963–) US basketball player
erysipelas (medicine)
Yu Dan (1965–), Chinese scholar and author known for popularizing Chinese classical thought
Dandong, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
cinnabar
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市, Shandong / Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Danzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dantu, a district of Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
red phoenix
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Danny (name)
Danjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
see 山丹
panacea / cure-all
Great Dane (dog breed)
Daoist elixir
maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills
coral lily (Lilium pumilum)
panacea
Danyang, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
(Tw) Stanford (University)
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
folk remedy
painting
Taoist internal alchemy
Staten Island, borough of New York City
Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
Dennis (name)
cinnabar (used in TCM)
The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖
(geology) (loanword) yardang
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
vermilion / rhetorical language
nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
Isetan, Japanese department store
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
Stanford University
Dan Brown (American novelist)
loyal heart / loyalty
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong / Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Sudan
(loanword) sultan
Ramadan (loanword)
Giordano (brand)
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
to concoct pills of immortality
amber
Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河
lantana (botany)
elixir / magic potion
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
Nandan, a county in Hechi City 河池市, Guangxi
South Sudan
Taoist external alchemy
(loanword) denim / tannin
Shandan, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市, Gansu
the root bark of the peony tree
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉
dahlia
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Kelantan (state of Malaysia)
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市, Shandong
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉
Stanley (name)
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

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