浅 (淺)
qiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

浅 (淺)
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qiǎn
  1. shallow
  2. light (color)
浅 (淺)
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jiān
  1. sound of moving water

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

搁浅
gē qiǎn
  1. 1 to be stranded (of ship)
  2. 2 to run aground
  3. 3 fig. to run into difficulties and stop
浅
jiān
  1. 1 sound of moving water
肤浅
fū qiǎn
  1. 1 skin-deep
  2. 2 superficial
  3. 3 shallow
受益匪浅
shòu yì fěi qiǎn
  1. 1 to benefit (from)
害人不浅
hài rén bù qiǎn
  1. 1 to cause a lot of trouble
  2. 2 to inflict much suffering

Idioms (6)

交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn
  1. 1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
深入浅出
shēn rù qiǎn chū
  1. 1 to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
  2. 2 (of language) simple and easy to understand
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
  2. 2 to attempt half-heartedly
  3. 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
  2. 2 to attempt half-heartedly
  3. 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
  4. 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止

Sample Sentences

越绕越糊涂，什么归因偏差，片面归因的，别说得这么深奥，生怕别人不知道你假正经啊，来点深入浅出，浅显易懂的。
yuè rào yuè hútu ，shénme guīyīn piānchā ，piànmiàn guīyīn de ，bié shuō de zhème shēn ào ，shēngpà biérén bù zhīdào nǐ jiǎ zhèngjing ā ，lái diǎnr shēnrùqiǎnchū ，qiǎnxiǎnyìdǒng de 。
The more you explain the less I understand. What is attribution bias? What is subjective attribution? Don't be so abstruse, just so people won't see through your serious pose. Can you put it in layman's terms so that it's easy to understand, please?
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你知道我特别注重精神层面的匹配，现代人都特肤浅，只看物质看外表。和那样的人话不投机半句多，不聊也罢。
nǐ zhīdào wǒ tèbié zhùzhòng jīngshén céngmiàn de pǐpèi ，xiàndài rén dōu tè fūqiǎn ，zhī kàn wùzhì kàn wàibiǎo 。hé nàyàng de rén huà bù tóujībànjùduō ，bù liáo yě bà 。
You know how much weight I put on finding a soulmate. Nowadays people are so superficial, they only care about material things and appearance. I can never stand talking to someone like that, better to save my breath.
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这么赤裸裸的打击人，你看啊，最近离婚率那么高，男人又都爱找网红脸小三，特肤浅，我对男人失望至极。
zhème chìluǒluǒ de dǎjī rén ，nǐ kàn ā ，zuìjìn líhūn lǜ nàme gāo ，nánrén yòu dōu ài zhǎo wǎnghóng liǎn xiǎosān ，tè fūqiǎn ，wǒ duì nánrén shīwàng zhìjí 。
Such a blatant personal attack. Look how high the divorce rate has been recently and guys always look to cheat with mistresses with the faces of internet celebrities, it's so superficial. I'm really disappointed with men.
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加热过的黄酒，营养丰富，酒香四溢，暖胃活血，尤其适合在江南的冬季小酌。在老街的酒铺里，见到那些划乌篷船的老爹爹，坐在四条腿的方桌旁，取一只浅浅的土陶碗，倒一碗黄酒，剥几粒茴香，细品慢嚼，悠然自得。
jiārè guò de huángjiǔ ，yíngyǎng fēngfù ，jiǔ xiāng sìyì ，nuǎn wèi huó xiě ，yóuqí shìhé zài Jiāngnán de dōngjì xiǎozhuó 。zài lǎojiē de jiǔpù lǐ ，jiàndào nàxiē huá wūpéngchuán de lǎodiēdie ，zuò zài sì tiáo tuǐ de fāng zhuō páng ，qǔ yī zhī qiǎnqiǎn de tǔtáowǎn ，dào yī wǎn huángjiǔ ，bāo jǐ lì huíxiāng ，xì pǐn màn jiáo ，yōuránzìdé 。
Warm huangjiu is very nutritious and particulary fragrant. It will warm your belly and improve your circulation. It's particularly suitable for drinking in winter in the area south of the Yangtze river. You see those old men who row the famous black-awning boats in the wine shops of the old street sitting beside the four legged square tables, picking up a shallow clay bowl, pouring in huangjiu, and peeling a few aniseed flavoured broad beans, sipping daintily at the wine while chewing slowly, at ease and content.
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且夫水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力。覆杯水于坳堂之上，则芥为之舟；置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力。故九万里，则风斯在下矣，而后乃今培风；背负青天，而莫之夭阏者，而后乃今将图南。
qiě fú shuǐ zhī jī yě bù hòu ，zé qí fù dàzhōu yě wúlì 。fù bēishuǐ yú àotáng zhī shàng ，zé jiè wèizhī zhōu ；zhì bēi yān zé jiāo ，shuǐ qiǎn ér zhōu dà yě 。fēng zhī jī yě bù hòu ，zé qí fù dàyì yě wúlì 。gù jiǔwàn lǐ ，zé fēng sī zài xià yǐ ，ér hòu nǎi jīn péifēng ；bèi fù qīngtiān ，ér mò zhī yāoè zhě ，ér hòu nǎi jīn jiāng tú nán 。
And moreover, (to speak of) the accumulation of water; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support a large boat. Upset a cup of water in a cavity, and a straw will float on it as if it were a boat. Place a cup in it, and it will stick fast; the water is shallow and the boat is large. (So it is with) the accumulation of wind; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support great wings. Therefore (the peng ascended to) the height of 90,000 li, and there was such a mass of wind beneath it; thenceforth the accumulation of wind was sufficient. As it seemed to bear the blue sky on its back, and there was nothing to obstruct or arrest its course, it could pursue its way to the South.
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我听过词的派别，分成“豪放派”和“婉约派”，我把它们非常浅显的理解为“积极派”与“消极派”。
wǒ tīng guò cí de pàibié ，fēn chéng “háofàng pài ”hé “wǎnyuē pài ”，wǒ bǎ tāmen fēicháng qiǎnxiǎn de lǐjiě wèi “jījí pài ”yǔ “xiāojí pài ”。
I've heard that there are different schools of ci poetry, the unrestrained school and the subdued school. In very plain terms I've understood this as the "positive school" and the "negative school".
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是啊，所以，我觉得传统的门当户对观念，不仅只是肤浅的指双方家庭物质环境的匹配，更有因为物质环境而影响的思维方式和价值观念。
shì a ，suǒyǐ ，wǒ juéde chuántǒng de méndānghùduì guānniàn ，bùjǐn zhǐshì fūqiǎn de zhǐ shuāngfāng jiātíng wùzhì huánjìng de pǐpèi ，gèng yǒu yīnwèi wùzhì huánjìng ér yǐngxiǎng de sīwéi fāngshì hé jiàzhí guānniàn 。
Yeah, so, I think that the traditional notion of matchmaking according to their family's status is not just a superficial way of suggesting that their family's material circumstances are matched, but also comes from the fact that material circumstances influence one's thinking and one's value system.
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女孩儿每次点完咖啡，就站在柜台前面，不发一语地看着秦宇制作她的咖啡，只有从秦宇手中接过咖啡时，才报以一个浅浅的微笑和一句谢谢，随即就离开了。
nǚháiēr měicì diǎn wán kāfēi ，jiù zhàn zài guìtái qiánmiàn ，bùfāyìyǔ de kàn zhe qínyǔ zhìzuò tā de kāfēi ，zhǐ yǒu cóng qínyǔ shǒu zhōng jiēguò kāfēi shí ，cái bàoyǐ yīgē qiǎnqiǎn de wēixiào hé yījù xièxie ，suíjí jiù líkāi le 。
Every time after ordering her coffee, she would stand in front of the counter and watch QinYu making her coffee silently. Only when she took her coffee from QinYu, she would give him a little smile and a “thank you”. Then she would leave the shop.
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从浅到深排列，大概是“知道、了解、明白、懂（懂得）
cóng qiǎn dào shēn páiliè ，dàgài shì “zhīdào 、liǎojiě 、míngbai 、dǒng （dǒngde ）
from shallow to deep, it's probably...
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很多人对新闻内容有意见，觉得它太肤浅。
hěn duō rén duì xīnwén nèiróng yǒu yìjiàn ，juéde tā tài fūqiǎn 。
A lot of people have a problem with the content of this news piece. They think it's too shallow.
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