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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
clean / neat
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
biscuit; cracker; cookie / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 5
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
to dry over a stove
HSK 7-9
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
(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
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王, personal name 弘曆|弘历, reigned 1735-1799
withered; shriveled; dried-up
to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
raisin / dried grape
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Qian
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Gan
desiccant
cheese
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
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
dried out / wizened / shriveled
dried ginger
clean and efficient / neat and tidy
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
parched / dry mouth
to dry (sth) by airing
wizened / skinny and shriveled
clothes dryer
a drier
to retch
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 水分)
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
to dry clean / dry cleaning
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to dry in the shade
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
dry and clean / clear and fresh
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to dry up
to dry in the sun
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
rations (to take on expedition)
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
a mummy
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
dried vegetable
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
see 豆干
soda biscuit / cracker
to worry helplessly
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
to dry over a fire / to roast
dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried shrimps
dry / parched / dull / insipid
dry powder
to watch helplessly
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
dried up; shriveled; withered
smoked bean curd
to cry out loud without tears
hay
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
variant of 豆干
to dry-heave / to retch
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried food
rammed earth / adobe house
to cry out loud without tears
to drain
to wipe dry
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亁* | 亁* | *亁
variant of
psoriasis
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乹* | 乹* | *乹
old variant of
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
income provided by a sinecure
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
dried leaf
conpoy / dried scallop
erhua variant of 包乾|包干

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