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  *干* | 干* | *干
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
clean / neat
HSK 1
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
biscuit; cracker; cookie / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Qian
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
dry cell (battery)
the Qianlong era / Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王, personal name 弘曆|弘历, reigned 1735–1799
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
dried meat; jerky
dried fish
desiccant
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
to dry over a stove
HSK 7-9
hay
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
HSK 7-9
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
to drain / to run dry
to dry clean / dry cleaning
smoked bean curd
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
dried beef; beef jerky
cheese
knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
dried out / wizened / shriveled
to cry out loud without tears
to cry out loud without tears
to drain
prunes
dried ginger
to dry (sth) by airing
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
to worry helplessly
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
parched / dry mouth
wizened / skinny and shriveled
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
dry powder
dried leaf
fortune cookie
to wipe dry
to dry over a fire / to roast
to blow-dry
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
raisin / dried grape
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
casein
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried food
to retch
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
dried vegetable
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
Buddha (archaic) / Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
withered; shriveled; dried-up
dry and clean / clear and fresh
soda biscuit; soda cracker; saltine
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
see 豆干
dried shrimps
to dry up
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
to satisfy a craving with substitutes
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
old variant of
fried beans, Sichuan style
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
variant of
hand dryer

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