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


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