染
rǎn
Pinyin

Definition

染
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rǎn
  1. to dye
  2. to catch (a disease)
  3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. to contaminate
  5. to add color washes to a painting

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

感染
gǎn rǎn
  1. 1 infection
  2. 2 to infect
  3. 3 to influence
染
rǎn
  1. 1 to dye
  2. 2 to catch (a disease)
  3. 3 to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. 4 to contaminate
  5. 5 to add color washes to a painting
污染
wū rǎn
  1. 1 pollution
  2. 2 contamination
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
传染
chuán rǎn
  1. 1 to infect
  2. 2 contagious

Idioms (6)

一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
染指
rǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
  2. 2 to get a share of the action
  3. 3 abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
染指垂涎
rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
  1. 1 lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
  1. 1 lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
  2. 2 to get a share of the action

Sample Sentences

在丽水市庆元县，当地菇农用电力代替柴火烘干香菇，不仅节约了生产成本，还减轻了生产过程中的烟尘污染。
zài Líshuǐshì Qìngyuánxiàn ，dāngdì gū Nóng yòng diànlì dàitì cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，bùjǐn jiéyuē le shēngchǎnchéngběn ，hái jiǎnqīng le shēngchǎn guòchéng zhōng de yānchén wūrǎn 。
In Qingyuan County, Lishui City, a local mushroom farm uses electricity instead of firewood to dry mushrooms. This not only saves production costs, but also reduces smoke pollution during production.
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家里的闲置物品我现在会去闲鱼交易，但是像旧手机、旧家电这类，以前真的不知道正规的处理渠道在哪里，随意丢弃的话对环境污染真的蛮厉害的。
jiālǐ de xiánzhìwùpǐn wǒ xiànzài huì qù xiányú jiāoyì ，dànshì xiàng jiù shǒujī 、jiù jiādiàn zhè lèi ，yǐqián zhēnde bù zhīdào zhèngguī de chǔlǐ qúdào zài nǎlǐ ，suíyì diūqì dehuà duì huánjìngwūrǎn zhēnde mán lìhai de 。
For idle tems in the house, I use an application by Taobao to resell. But for old mobile phones and other old home electrical appliances, I did not know the proper channels to dispose in the past. Improper disposal can cause serious environmental harm
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一切软文的感染力其实都是有套路的，含蓄型的会用桀骜不逊或放浪不羁的态度来获取精神优越和自信，从而引领你的消费方向
yīqiè ruǎnwén de gǎnrǎnlì qíshí dōu shì yǒu tàolù de ，hánxù xíng de huì yòng jiéàobùxùn huò fànglàngbùjī de tàidu lái huòqǔ jīngshén yōuyuè hé zìxìn ，cóngér yǐnlǐng nǐ de xiāofèi fāngxiàng
The influential power of all soft-sell promotions is a set up, and the subtle ones will use rakish or unrestrained drives to gain a superior and self-confident spirit, and thus “influence your consumption direction”.
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没错，除了皮肤病，缺水还容易导致心脑血管疾病和糖尿病；尿路感染以及便秘的情况，同时人们感觉到疲劳和反应迟钝也和大脑缺水有关联。
méicuò ，chúle pífū bìng ，quēshuǐ hái róngyì dǎozhì xīn nǎo xuèguǎn jíbìng hé tángniàobìng ；niàolù gǎnrǎn yǐjí biànmì de qíngkuàng ，tóngshí rénmen gǎnjué dào píláo hé fǎnyìng chídùn yě hé dànǎo quēshuǐ yǒu guānlián 。
That's right. As well as skin problems, lack of water can very easily lead to illnesses affecting the blood vessels in the heart and the brain and lead to diabetes, urinary tract infections and constipation; Feeling exhausted and slow to react is also related to lack of water in the brain.
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观念不同，没有事业基础怎么给孩子好的生活条件，再说了，目前食安问题，环境污染问题那么严重，不生孩子才是最大的责任感吧。
guānniàn bùtóng ，méiyǒu shìyè jīchǔ zěnme gěi háizi hǎo de shēnghuó tiáojiàn ，zàishuō le ，mùqián shíān wèntí ，huánjìng wūrǎn wèntí nàme yánzhòng ，bù shēng háizi cáishì zuìdà de zérèngǎn ba 。
They're just different points of view. If you don't have a good foundation in your career how can you provide your child with quality of life. And what's more, with the food security issues and the seriousness of the environmental pollution, not giving birth to a child seems like the most responsible thing to do.
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你指的是淘汰那些占用资源多、经济效益差、环境污染严重的企业。
nǐ zhǐ de shì táotài nàxiē zhànyòng zīyuán duō 、jīngjì xiàoyì chà 、huánjìng wūrǎn yánzhòng de qǐyè 。
Are you talking about getting rid of the heavy-polluting industries which use a lot of resources and aren't very economically effective?
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说的是啊，那些重污染的企业，每天排放那么多污水、废气，把原本的蓝天绿水污染得这么严重，早就该整治了。
shuōdeshì ā ，nàxiē zhòng wūrǎn de qǐyè ，měitiān páifàng nàme duō wūshuǐ 、fèiqì ，bǎ yuánběn de lántiān lǜshuǐ wūrǎn de zhème yánzhòng ，zǎo jiù gāi zhěngzhì le 。
That's right, those heavy-polluting firms release so much polluted water and waste gas every day, seriously polluting what was once the blue sky and crystal-clear water, should have been dealt with long ago.
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首先，有机蔬果不使用农药，少了化学残留，可以让人吃得放心，更可以减少土地的污染。
shǒuxiān ，yǒujī shūguǒ bù shǐyòng nóngyào ，shǎo le huàxué cánliú ，kěyǐ ràngrén chī de fàngxīn ，gèng kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo tǔdì de wūrǎn 。
First of all, organic vegetables don't make use of pesticides, so don't have chemical residues. So you can feel confident eating it, and you can reduce soil pollution.
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口罩还不够，要保持一定的社交距离。新闻说病毒的潜伏期很长，有些患者没有症状，但已经受到感染了。
kǒuzhào hái bùgòu ，yào bǎochí yīdìng de shèjiāojùlí 。xīnwén shuō bìngdú de qiánfúqī hěn cháng ，yǒuxiē huànzhě méiyǒu zhèngzhuàng ，dàn yǐjīng shòudào gǎnrǎn le 。
Masks are not enough, you need to keep a certain social distance. The news said that the incubation period of the virus is very long. Some patients are asymptomatic, but they have been infected.
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还有，没事别去医院，那儿被传染的风险高。
háiyǒu ，méi shì bié qù yīyuàn ，nàr bèi chuánrǎn de fēngxiǎn gāo 。
Also, don't go to the hospital if not necessary. The risk of getting infected there is high.
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