chén
Pinyin

Definition

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chén
  1. morning
  2. dawn
  3. daybreak

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

líng chén
  1. 1 very early in the morning
  2. 2 in the wee hours
zǎo chén
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
chén
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 dawn
  3. 3 daybreak
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
jīn chén
  1. 1 this morning

Idioms (5)

一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
牝鸡司晨
pìn jī sī chén
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.

Sample Sentences

什么什么?晨间体验?清晨那会儿不应该在梦乡里吗?还有比这更美妙的体验吗?话说回来,你说的完美晨间体验指的是什么?
shénme shénme ?chénjiān tǐyàn ?qīngchén nà huìr bù yīnggāi zài mèngxiāng lǐ ma ?háiyǒu bǐ zhè gèng měimiào de tǐyàn ma ?huàshuōhuílai ,nǐshuōde wánměi chénjiān tǐyàn zhǐ de shì shénme ?
What and what? Morning experience? Aren't you supposed to be in dream town in the early morning. What's a better experience than that? That being said, what exactly do you mean by the perfect morning experience?
哎呀,你是不知道,早上叫醒我的可不是闹钟,而是对美好一天的憧憬和完美的晨间体验!
āiyā ,nǐ shì bù zhīdào ,zǎoshang jiàoxǐng wǒ de kěbushì nàozhōng ,érshì duì měihǎo yītiān de chōngjǐng hé wánměi de chénjiān tǐyàn !
Come on, it's not like you don't know, what wakes me up in the morning ain't the alarm clock. It's the longing for an amazing day and the perfect morning experience.
啊?五点?吓死宝宝了,我的瞌睡都吓醒了。我可起不来,我天生就是夜猫子型人格呀,你们这些晨型人就尽知道刺激我们。
ā ?wǔ diǎn ?xiàsǐ bǎobao le ,wǒ de kēshuì dōu xià xǐng le 。wǒ kě qǐbùlái ,wǒ tiānshēng jiùshì yèmāozi xíng réngé ya ,nǐmen zhèxiē chénxíng rén jiù jìn zhīdào cìjī wǒmen 。
What? Five? You've scared the living daylight out of me. You've scared the sleepiness away. Waking up that early, that is something I cannot do. I'm was born a night owl. You early morning types, all you know is how to show us up.
来看看喔,今天菜很新鲜喔!清晨刚摘,六点送到,现在八点就卖给你。
lái kàn kan ō ,jīntiān cài hěn xīnxiān ō !qīngchén gāng zhāi ,liùdiǎn sòng lái ,xiànzài bā diǎn jiù màigěi nǐ 。
Come and look, today's vegetables are really fresh! Plucked this morning and delivered at six and now at eight I'm selling them to you.
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时间:清晨6:00
shíjiān :qīngchén liùdiǎn
Time: 6:00 early morning.
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下一班车是凌晨三点,时间很尴尬。
xià yī bān chē shì língchén sān diǎn ,shíjiān hěn gāngà 。
The next train is at 3am, the time is a bit awkward.
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预计明天清晨暴风圈才会逐渐远离台湾。
yùjì míngtiān qīngchén bal4fāngquān cái huì zhújiàn yuǎnlí Táiwān 。
It's expected that the storm will gradually move away from Taiwan in the early hours of tomorrow.
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我下午看到新闻,凌晨十二点后油价要涨,我要去把油加满!到了,顺路嘛,不耽误你多少时间的,等我一下。
wǒ xiàwǔ kàndào xīnwén ,língchén shí èr diǎn hòu yóujià yào zhǎng ,wǒ yào qù bǎ yóu jiā mǎn !dào le ,shùnlù ma ,bù to interfere with nǐ duōshao shíjiān de ,děng wǒ yīxià 。
I saw the news this afternoon, the price of gas is set to rise after 12, I want to get a full tank! We're here, it's on the way, I won't take up too much of your time, wait for me a second.
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关注吸气时腹部向外的涨起推出,呼气尽量将肚脐贴向脊柱的方向,使我们肺内沉积而污浊的气体向外地呼出。此时我们像是一朵晨间悄悄开放的莲花,没有尘世的污染,只有自身的洁白。
guānzhù xīqì shí fùbù xiàngwài de zhǎngqǐ tuīchū ,hūqì jǐnliàng jiāng dùqí tiē xiàng jǐzhù de fāngxiàng ,shǐ wǒmen fèi nèi chénjī ér wūzhuó de qìtǐ xiàngwài de hū chū 。cǐshí wǒmen xiàng shì yī duǒ chén jiān qiāoqiāo kāifàng de liánhuā ,méiyǒu chénshì de wūrǎn ,zhǐyǒu zìshēn de jiébái 。
Notice that when you are inhaling, your abdomen rises and pushes outwards. Try your best to press your belly button to your spine when you are exhaling. This allows the impure air that has built up to exit our lungs. Right now, we are like a lotus flowers gently blossoming in at dawn. We are untouched by the pollution of this world. All we have is our own purity.
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哎呀,我是晚上去的,怪不得我们没碰到。晨跑当然没有夜跑好啊,早晨二氧化碳含量高,不利于有氧运动的。
āiyā ,wǒ shì wǎnshang qù de ,guàibude wǒmen méi pèng dào 。chénpǎo dāngrán méiyǒu yèpǎo hǎo a ,zǎochén èryǎnghuàtàn hánliàng gāo ,bùlìyú yǒuyǎngyùndòng de 。
Oh no. I went in the evening, no wonder we didn't meet each other. Of course, an early morning run is not as good as an evening run. In the early morning, carbon dioxide is high, and it is not good for aerobic activities.
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