乾旦
qián dàn
Pinyin

Definition

乾旦
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qián dàn
  1. male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 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
乾隆
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799
复旦
Fù dàn
  1. 1 Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fù dàn Dà xué]
撒旦
Sā dàn
  1. 1 Satan or Shaitan
花旦
huā dàn
  1. 1 role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
乾
qián
  1. 1 old variant of 乾[qián]
乾安
Qián ān
  1. 1 Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾县
Qián Xiàn
  1. 1 Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shaanxi
刀马旦
dāo mǎ dàn
  1. 1 female warrior role in Chinese opera
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
巴旦木
bā dàn mù
  1. 1 almond (loanword)
文旦
wén dàn
  1. 1 pomelo
旦
dàn
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 morning
  3. 3 daybreak
  4. 4 day
  5. 5 dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
旦角
dàn jué
  1. 1 dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
男旦
nán dàn
  1. 1 male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
约旦
Yuē dàn
  1. 1 Jordan
约旦河
Yuē dàn Hé
  1. 1 Jordan River

Idioms (8)

危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. 1 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2 day and night

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