丹
dān
Pinyin

Definition

丹
 - 
dān
  1. red
  2. pellet
  3. powder
  4. cinnabar

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

坍
tān
  1. 1 to collapse
彤
Tóng
  1. 1 surname Tong
彤
tóng
  1. 1 red
雘
huò
  1. 1 red earth used for paints

Related Words (20)

丹心
dān xīn
  1. 1 loyal heart
  2. 2 loyalty
丹麦
Dān mài
  1. 1 Denmark
乔丹
Qiáo dān
  1. 1 Jordan (name)
牡丹
Mǔ dan
  1. 1 Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[Hé zé Shì], Shandong
  2. 2 Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
不丹
Bù dān
  1. 1 Bhutan

Idioms (5)

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir

Sample Sentences

中国前驻苏丹大使李成文说，构建人类命运共同体符合国际社会推动促进和平发展的趋势和方向，
Zhōngguó qián zhù Sūdān dàshǐ lǐchéngwén shuō ，gòujiàn rénlèi mìngyùngòngtóngtǐ fúhé guójì shèhuì tuīdòng cùjìn hépíng fāzhǎn de qūshì hé fāngxiàng ，
Li Chengwen, the former Chinese ambassador to Sudan, said that building a community of shared future is the trend and direction of the international community to promote the development of peace.
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行行行，来来，咱们这儿还有特适合您的，您瞧！这款如何？绣满大朵牡丹的斗篷，富贵！大气！！您值得拥有！
OK ，lái lái ，zánmen zhèr háiyǒu tè shìhé nín de ，nín qiáo ！zhè kuǎn rúhé ？xiù mǎn dà duǒ mǔdān de dǒupéng ，fùguì ！dàqì ！！nín zhídé yōngyǒu ！
OK, OK, OK! Come come! We've got some things that will really suit you here, look here! What about this style? A cloak embroidered with large peonies. It looks so expensive! Bold!! You need to have it!
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我肯定是“龙母丹妮莉丝”，将来会一统天下！
wǒ kěndìng shì “lóng mǔ Dānnílìsī ”，jiānglái huì yītǒngtiānxià ！
I'd definitely be Daenerys, the mother of dragons. I'd be the one to unite the Seven Kingdoms!
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哦！我知道”牡丹亭“！就是明朝的色情小说嘛！
ò ！wǒ zhīdào ”mǔdāntíng “！jiùshì Míngcháo de sèqíng xiǎoshuō ma ！
Oh! I know the Peony Pavilion! The erotic novel from the Ming dynasty.
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老实说，台上的人在唱什么我一个字也听不懂。不过还好我读过”牡丹亭“。
lǎoshi shuō ，tái shàng de rén zài chàng shénme wǒ yí ge zì yě tīng bù dǒng 。búguò hái hǎo wǒ dú guò ”mǔdāntíng “。
To be honest, I couldn't understand a word they sang on stage. But luckily I have read The Peony Pavilion before.
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好像是丹麦。
hǎoxiàng shì Dānmài 。
I think it's Denmark.
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尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。
Níluóhé yě bèichēngwéi shìjiè dì yī chánghé 。quán cháng liùqiānliùbǎiqīshí gōngli 。liújīng Tǎnsāngníyà 、Lúwàngdá 、Wūgāndá 、āisài ébǐyà 、Sūdān hé āijí děng guó ，chuānguò shìjiè shàng miànjī zuìdà de Sāhālāshāmò ，zuìhòu liúrù Dìzhōnghǎi 。liúyùmiànjī wéi sānbǎisānshíwǔ wàn píngfāng gōngli ，xiāngdāngyú fēizhōu dàlù miànjī de jiǔfēnzhīyī 。
The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.
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然而好景不长，一个名叫法海的法师发现有蛇妖偷偷跑到人间，并嫁给了人类。他绝不能允许这样的事情发生，就马上去追查。结果法海还发现这个蛇妖就是几百年前偷了自己仙丹的那个蛇妖。因为白素贞偷了仙丹，法海多修炼了几百年才有了今天的法术。法海发誓，一定要收服这个蛇妖！
ránér hǎojǐngbùcháng ，yī gè míngjiào Fǎ Hǎi de fǎshī fāxiàn yǒu shéyāo tōutōu pǎodào rénjiān ，bìng jiàgěi le rénlèi 。tā jué bù néng yǔnxǔ zhèyàng de shìqing fāshēng ，jiù mǎshàng qù zhuīchá 。jiéguǒ Fǎ Hǎi hái fāxiàn zhè ge shéyāo jiùshì jǐbǎinián qián tōu le zìjǐ xiāndān de nàge shéyāo 。yīnwèi Bái Sùzhēn tōu le xiāndān ，FǎHǎi duō xiūliàn le jǐ bǎi nián cái yǒu le jīntiān de fǎshù 。Fǎ Hǎi fāshì ，yīdìng yào shōufú zhè ge shéyāo ！
However, good times don't last long. A priest named Fa Hai discovered that a snake spirit had found its way into the human world and married a human. He refused to allow this kind of thing to happen, so he quickly went to investigate. In the end, Fa Hai discovered that this snake spirit was the same snake spirit that had stolen his pill of life hundreds of years ago. Because Bai Suzhen had stolen his pill of life, Fa Hai had to practice spiritual enlightenment for another several hundred years to obtain his current magic. Fa Hai swore an oath to take revenge against this snake spirit.
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林晓丹！你中奖了！
Lín Xiǎodān ！nǐ zhòngjiǎng le ！
Lin Xiaodan! You won!
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好，中奖的是，林晓丹！
hǎo ，zhòngjiǎng de shì ，Lín Xiǎodān ！
OK. The winner is... Lin Xiaodan!
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