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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
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)
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
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 clean / dry cleaning
(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
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
dry powder
withered; shriveled; dried-up
parched / dry mouth
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
to dry up
to worry helplessly
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
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 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
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
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin
drysuit (diving)
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
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
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
income provided by a sinecure
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
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)
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
a drier
to dry out / to dry completely
dried vegetable
prunes
single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")
to watch helplessly
dry / parched / dull / insipid
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
to cry out loud without tears
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried ginger
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
rammed earth / adobe house
knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
to dry-heave / to retch
aridisol (soil taxonomy)
rations (to take on expedition)
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried food
dried leaf
dried out / wizened / shriveled
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亁* | 亁* | *亁
variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乹* | 乹* | *乹
old variant of


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