寡淡
guǎ dàn
Pinyin
Definition
寡淡
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- insipid
- bland
- indifferent
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不患寡而患不均
- 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻薄寡恩
- 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
君子之交淡如水
- 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
失道寡助
- 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
- 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
- 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
- 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
- 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)