1 old variant of 乾|干[gān]

1 clean

2 neat

1 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

2 desiccation

3 dull

4 uninteresting

5 arid

1 straightforward

2 clear-cut

3 blunt (e.g. statement)

4 you might as well

5 simply

1 to apply (paint etc)

2 to smear

3 to daub

4 to blot out

5 to scribble

6 to scrawl

7 (literary) mud

8 street

1 thoroughly (idiom)

2 completely

3 one and all

4 very clean

1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition

2 complete shambles

3 a total mess

1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly

2 a crushing defeat

3 beaten and in a hopeless position

1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced

2 still wet behind the ears

1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)

2 a lot of noise but no action