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HSK
seafood
HSK 4
fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮮* | 鮮* | *鮮
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
(of colors) bright; fresh and clear / clear-cut; distinct
HSK 4
flower / fresh flowers / CL:
HSK 4
bright-colored; gaily-colored
HSK 5
variant of 鮮豔|鲜艳
HSK 5
blood
HSK 7-9
to keep fresh
HSK 7-9
delicious / tasty
HSK 7-9
vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
HSK 7-9
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
fresh and intense / vivid
fresh and tender (of food) / delicious
Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮮* | 鮮* | *鮮
few / rare
cream / whipped cream
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
fresh milk
Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
scarlet / bright red
(idiom) drenched with blood; dripping with blood
plastic wrap / preservative film / cling film
very few / rarely
Korean written language
North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1]
bright and neat
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown / secret to all but a few
a common occurrence (idiom)
produce / fresh fruits and vegetables / fresh aquatic food / fresh herbs
Korean Peninsula
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
Korean language
three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new
meager / slight
a common occurrence (idiom)
Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修)
fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
(coll.) teen idol (male)
hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce) / seafood sauce
a North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
shelf life / freshness date
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin Province 吉林省
fresh vegetable
dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
plastic wrap / cling wrap / cling film
North Korea
South Korea
North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) / abbr. to 朝中社
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
Korean War (1950-1953)
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
sharp image / clear-cut / in bold outline / in sharp relief
bright (color) / vivid
(of fruit, prawns etc) freshly peeled / Taiwan pr. [xian1bo1]
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
individuality / clear-cut personality
Xianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink
live cargo
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)


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