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  *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
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
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surname Qian
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one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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surname Gan
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
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
to dry (sth) by airing
to dry clean / dry cleaning
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
(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
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
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
biscuit; cracker; cookie / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 5
dry powder
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
withered; shriveled; dried-up
parched / dry mouth
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
to dry up
to worry helplessly
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
desiccated corpse; mummified body
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
to cry out loud without tears
dry and clean / clear and fresh
wizened / skinny and shriveled
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
cheese
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
fried beans, Sichuan style
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
hay
desiccant
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
to blow-dry
raisin / dried grape
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin
drysuit (diving)
to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)
dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干
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)
to dry over a stove
HSK 7-9
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
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)
casein
to retch
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
dried fruit
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
income provided by a sinecure
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
hand dryer
psoriasis
the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
low tide / low water
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
Parmesan cheese
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
to dry in the sun
raisin
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
a drier
to wipe dry
dried up; shriveled; withered
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
to dry out / to dry completely
smoked bean curd
dried sweet potato slices

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