dàn
Pinyin

Definition

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dàn
  1. dawn
  2. morning
  3. daybreak
  4. day
  5. dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (21)

dàn
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 yet
  3. 3 however
  4. 4 only
  5. 5 merely
  6. 6 still
Zhā
  1. 1 surname Zha
chá
  1. 1 to research
  2. 2 to check
  3. 3 to investigate
  4. 4 to examine
  5. 5 to refer to
  6. 6 to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
zhā
  1. 1 see also: 山查 shān zhā
dān
  1. 1 to undertake
  2. 2 to carry
  3. 3 to shoulder
  4. 4 to take responsibility

Related Words (17)

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
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
Fù dàn
  1. 1 Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fù dàn Dà xué]
Sā dàn
  1. 1 Satan or Shaitan
huā dàn
  1. 1 role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera

Idioms (5)

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
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

Sample Sentences

确实有这种感觉。可是,一旦进入社会参加工作,社交圈就变得非常狭窄,几乎没有什么机会结识到新的朋友。
quèshí yǒu zhèzhǒng gǎnjué 。kěshì ,yīdàn jìnrù shèhuì cānjiā gōngzuò ,shèjiāoquān jiù biànde fēicháng xiázhǎi ,jīhū méiyǒu shénme jīhuì jiéshí dào xīn de péngyou 。
Indeed it feels a bit like that. But, as soon as you start work, your social circle gets smaller and you have almost no opportunity to meet new friends.
两匹马力,三万七千转,一旦启动,这飞刀螺旋一转,叫你想停都停不下来,听见没?稳定美妙的马达声,仿佛到了方程式赛车的赛道旁,让你不由自主想把厨房里、冰箱里、地窖里,所有能找出来的青菜水果全部放进去萃取,只为了吃到生机饮食的精华!
liǎng pǐ mǎlì ,sānwàn qī qiān zhuǎn ,yīdàn qǐdòng ,zhè fēidāo luóxuán yī zhuǎn ,jiào nǐ xiǎng tíng dōu tíng bù xiàlai ,tīngjiàn méi ?wěndìng měimiào de mǎdáshēng ,fǎngfú dào le fāngchéngshìsàichē de sàidào páng ,ràng nǐ bùyóuzìzhǔ xiǎng bǎ chúfáng lǐ 、bīngxiāng lǐ 、dìjiào lǐ ,suǒyǒu néng zhǎo chūlai de qīngcài shuǐguǒ quánbù fàng jìnqù cuìqǔ ,zhī wèile chīdào shēngjī yǐnshí de jīnghuá !
Two horsepower, with 37,000 revolutions a minute. As soon as you turn it on, the blade starts to fly. You won't want to stop, you'll feel compelled to make extracts from all the fruit and vegetables you can find in your kitchen, your refrigerator and your cellar, just so you can taste their vital essence.
外交学院非洲研究中心主任李旦认为,习近平主席的讲话对中非命运共同体的内涵进行了高屋建瓴的阐述,为中非关系在新历史时期的定位、目标以及实现路径做出了战略性的全面的阐述。
WàijiāoXuéyuàn Fēizhōu yánjiū zhōngxīn zhǔrèn LǐDàn rènwéi ,XíJìnpíng zhǔxí de jiǎnghuà duì ZhōngFēi mìngyùngòngtóngtǐ de nèihán jìnxíng le gāowūjiànlíng de chǎnshù ,wèi ZhōngFēi guānxi zài Xīn lìshǐ shíqī de dìngwèi 、mùbiāo yǐjí shíxiàn lùjìng zuòchū le zhànlu:èxìng de quánmiàn de chǎnshù 。
Li Dan, director of the African Studies Center of the School of Foreign Affairs, believes that President Xi Jinping’s speech has elaborated on the meaning of the China-Africa community of shared future in his speech. He has also shared a strategic and comprehensive plan on the direction, goals and path of China-Africa relations in the new era.
李旦说:“中非合作的领域将更加宽广,更加多元。除了政府主导,将更加注重发挥市场的作用,企业将成为主力军。”
LǐDàn shuō :“ZhōngFēi hézuò de lǐngyù jiāng gèngjiā kuānguǎng ,gèngjiā duōyuán 。chúle zhèngfǔ zhǔdǎo ,jiāng gèngjiā zhùzhòng fāhuī shìchǎng de zuòyòng ,qǐyè jiāng chéngwéi zhǔlìjūn 。”
Li Dan said: "The field of China-Africa cooperation will be broader and more diverse. While there is government leadership, the role of the market and enterprise will be the main driver.
在人性的国度里,一只真正的猛虎应该能充分地欣赏蔷薇,而一朵真正的蔷薇也应该能充分地尊敬猛虎;微蔷薇,猛虎变成了菲力斯旦(Philistine);微猛虎,蔷薇变成了懦夫。
zài rénxìng de guódù lǐ ,yī zhī zhēnzhèng de měng hǔ yīnggāi néng chōngfèn de xīnshǎng qiángwēi ,ér yī duǒ zhēnzhèng de qiángwēi yě yīnggāi néng chōngfèn de zūnjìng měng hǔ ;wēi qiángwēi ,měng hǔ biànchéng le Fēilìsīdàn (Philistine );wēi měng hǔ ,qiángwēi biànchéng le nuòfū 。
In the human realm, a real tiger should be able to properly appreciate a rose, and a real rose should also be able to fully respect a tiger; without the rose, the tiger is a Philistine; without the tiger, the rose is a coward.
谁说不是呢?整天做牛做马的,福利不好就不说了,可是一旦出了问题还都得我来背黑锅。
shéi shuō bùshì ne ?zhěngtiān zuò niú zuò mǎ de ,fúlì bù hǎo jiù bù shuō le ,kěshì yīdàn chū le wèntí hái dōu děi wǒ lái bēihēiguō 。
You're not wrong there. Every day I worked like a dog. It's not even just that there were no benefits, but when something went wrong, I'd be the one who had to take the blame for it.
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我是觉得开战的可能性几乎没有吧,因为一旦两个超级大国爆发战争,那就是全面战争,不管对谁来说都将承担不可估量的损失。
wǒ shì juéde kāizhàn de kěnéngxìng jīhū méiyǒu ba ,yīnwèi yīdàn liǎng gè chāojídàguó bàofā zhànzhēng ,nà jiùshì quánmiàn zhànzhēng ,bùguǎn duì shéi láishuō dōu jiāng chéngdān bù kě gūliáng de sǔnshī 。
I don't think that there is much chance of a war breaking out, because as soon as two superpowers go to war with one another, that's all out war, which would lead to both sides having to take on incalculable losses.
是啊,一旦开战,中美两国将蒙受重大损失,经济倒退几十年,会让别的国家坐享渔人之利,这么简单的道理谁都会明白的。
shì a ,yīdàn kāizhàn ,Zhōng Měi liǎngguó jiāng mēngshòu zhòngdà sǔnshī ,jīngjì dàotuì jǐshínián ,huì ràng biéde guójiā zuòxiǎngyúrénzhīlì ,zhème jiǎndān de dàolǐ shéidōu huì míngbai de 。
Yeah, as soon as any war were to break out, China and the US would both sustain heavy losses. Their economies would lose several years' progress, and other countries would step in to take advantage of the conflict. That is pretty clear to everyone, no?
我是珍惜我们的友谊呀,一旦成为室友,那不是等着日后拔刀相向嘛。
wǒ shì zhēnxī wǒmen de yǒuyì ya ,yīdàn chéngwéi shìyǒu ,nà búshi děng zhe rìhòu bádāoxiāngxiàng ma 。
That’s because I treasure our friendship, once we become roommates, it’s only a matter of time we throw daggers at each other.
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使用流行语就是为了好玩,大家对于一些词语会心照不宣地笑一下。“丁歆觉得,网络语言会让语言异化。“我们会把一些传统词语进行解构,重新放到现在的聊天环境下,本质上来说是污染了汉语原本的语义的,但这可能也是流行文化的意义。”复旦大学中文系教授申小龙认为,网络语言既是一种特殊的语言现象,也是一种社会文化现象,蕴含着丰富的社会文化、情感和心理。网络交际平台为交际者提供了一个较为宽松、便于自由创造的语域。
shǐyòng liúxíngyǔ jiùshì wèile hǎowán ,dàjiā duìyú yīxiē cíyǔ huì xīnzhàobùxuān de xiào yīxià 。“dīngxīn juéde ,Wǎngluò yǔyán huì ràng yǔyán yìhuà 。“wǒmen huì bǎ yīxiē chuántǒng cíyǔ jìnxíng jiěgòu ,chóngxīn fàng dào xiànzài de liáotiān huánjìng xià ,běnzhì shàng láishuō shì wūrǎn le Hànyǔ yuánběn de yǔyì de ,dàn zhè kěnéng yě shì liúxíng wénhuà de yìyì 。”FùdànDàxué Zhōngwén xì jiàoshòu Shēn xiǎolóng rènwéi ,Wǎngluò yǔyán jì shì yīzhǒng tèshū de yǔyán xiànxiàng ,yě shì yīzhǒng shèhuì wénhuà xiànxiàng ,yùnhán zhe fēngfù de shèhuì wénhuà 、qínggǎn hé xīnlǐ 。Wǎngluò jiāojì píngtái wéi jiāojì zhě tígōng le yīgē jiàowéi kuānsōng 、biànyú zìyóu chuàngzào de yǔyù 。
“When people use buzzwords they have fun knowing everyone using them will know their meanings”. Ding Xin feels that internet language will create dissimilation problems. “Some words are deconstructed and inserted into today’s conversations which essentially “pollutes” the original semantics of Chinese, but this may also be driven by popular cultural trends”. Shen Xiaolong, a professor of Chinese Department at Fudan University, believes that internet language is not only a special language phenomenon, but also a social and cultural phenomenon, which contains rich social culture, emotions and psychology. The internet social platform provides users with a more relaxed environment and drives creativity.