淡
dàn
Pinyin

Definition

淡
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dàn
  1. insipid
  2. diluted
  3. weak
  4. mild
  5. light in color
  6. tasteless
  7. indifferent
  8. (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
淡定
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
淡淡
dàn dàn
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 dim
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 insipid
  5. 5 unenthusiastic
  6. 6 indifferent
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
扯淡
chě dàn
  1. 1 to talk nonsense

Idioms (8)

君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
  1. 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
淡泊名利
dàn bó míng lì
  1. 1 not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 indifferent to worldly rewards

Sample Sentences

应该是因为淡季。
yīnggāi shì yīnwèi dànjì 。
It might due to the low season.
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你今天怎么跟吃火药似的，咸吃萝卜淡操心。
nǐ jīntiān zěnme gēn chī huǒyào shìde ，xián chī luóbo dàn cāoxīn 。
You’re snappish today, worrying for nothing.
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汝窑是中国五大名窑之一。汝窑瓷的釉色是淡淡的天青色，蓝中带绿，仔细看，有细细开片裂纹，各位同学可以上前来好好欣赏一下。
rǔyáo shì Zhōngguó wǔ dà míng yáo zhīyī 。rǔyáo cí de yòusè shì dàndànde tiānqīngsè ，lán zhōng dài lǜ ，zǐxì kàn ，yǒu xìxì kāipiàn lièwén ，gèwèi tóngxué kěyǐ shàngqiánlái hǎohǎo xīnshǎng yīxià 。
Ru Ware is one of China’s five famous kiln wares. Ru Ware’s glaze is a light cyan blue, blue with a little bit of green. Look carefully at the flaws opened up through it. Everyone can come up to the front and admire it.
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知道了、知道了，我少吃加工食品，多注意成分标示就是了。或是多喝一些水，看能不能把吃进去的盐冲淡一些。
zhīdào le 、zhīdào le ，wǒ shǎo chī jiāgōng shípǐn ，duō zhùyì chéngfèn biāoshì jiùshì le 。huòshì duō hē yīxiē shuǐ ，kàn néng bùnéng bǎ chī jìnqù de yán chōngdàn yīxiē 。
I know, I know. I have to eat less processed food and pay more attention to ingredient lists. Or drink more water, to see if I can dilute the salt that I intake a bit.
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嗨，所谓向上管理，核心就是用更好的方式跟老板沟通而已，让工作更高效。当然了，如果公司前途暗淡，老板简直是人渣，你实力也不容小觑，还是可以考虑另谋高就的。
hāi ，suǒwèi xiàngshàng guǎnlǐ ，héxīn jiùshì yòng gèng hǎo de fāngshì gēn lǎobǎn gōutōng éryǐ ，ràng gōngzuò gèng gāoxiào 。dāngrán le ，rúguǒ gōngsī qiántú àndàn ，lǎobǎn jiǎnzhí shì rénzhā ，nǐ shílì yě bùróng xiǎoqù ，háishì kěyǐ kǎolǜ lìng móu gāojiù de 。
Come on, this idea of "upward management" at it's core, is just using better ways to communicate with your boss and therefore making your work more efficient. However, if the company has no future, the boss is a total A-hole and your talents are being overlooked and you should still consider finding a better position elsewhere.
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我呢，实在是想笑，可又想给男朋友塑造一个有“傻白甜”女友的形象，于是就淡定地举杯灌了一大口水。
wǒ ne ，shízàishì xiǎng xiào ，kě yòu xiǎng gěi nán péngyou sùzào yī gè yǒu “shǎ bái tián ”nǚyǒu de xíngxiàng ，yúshì jiù dàndìng de jǔbēi guàn le yī dà kǒu shuǐ 。
Me? I really felt like laughing, but I also wanted to give my boyfriend the image of having a naive, pretty and sweet-natured girlfriend, so I calmly held up my glass and swallowed a big mouthful of water.
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人家嗓子不舒服，我们可不可以吃点清淡的呀？
rénjiā sǎngzi bù shūfu ，wǒmen kěbùkěyǐ chī diǎn qīngdàn de ya ？
My throat is not well, can we eat food that is less heavy and more bland?
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太淡了。
tài dàn le 。
That's too bland.
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我也没办法，现在是淡季。
wǒ yě méi bànfǎ ，xiànzài shì dànjì 。
I can't do anything about this. It's the low season now.
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只是，在鲸肉逐步淡出日本民众餐桌的背景下，业者认为商业捕鲸前景难料，日本媒体忧虑招致反对捕鲸的国家更多批评。
zhǐshì ，zài jīng ròu zhúbù dànchū Rìběn mínzhòng cānzhuō de bèijǐng xià ，yèzhě rènwéi shāngyè bǔjīng qiánjǐng nánliào ，Rìběn méitǐ yōulǜ zhāozhì fǎnduì bǔjīng de guójiā gèng duō pīpíng 。
However, as Japanese consume less whale meat, the industry believes the future of commercial whaling is uncertain and may trigger criticism from countries who object commercial whaling.
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