灿烂 (燦爛)
càn làn
Pinyin

Definition

灿烂 (燦爛)
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càn làn
  1. to glitter
  2. brilliant
  3. splendid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灿烂
càn làn
  1. 1 to glitter
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 splendid
烂
làn
  1. 1 soft
  2. 2 mushy
  3. 3 well-cooked and soft
  4. 4 to rot
  5. 5 to decompose
  6. 6 rotten
  7. 7 worn out
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 messy
  10. 10 utterly
  11. 11 thoroughly
  12. 12 crappy
  13. 13 bad
捣烂
dǎo làn
  1. 1 to mash
  2. 2 to beat to a pulp
死缠烂打
sǐ chán làn dǎ
  1. 1 (coll.) to pester
  2. 2 to harass
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time

Idioms (8)

好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
灿若繁星
càn ruò fán xīng
  1. 1 bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent

Sample Sentences

如若听说一个孩子在重点学校、尖子班，班主任抓的严，或者孩子自加压力，主动要求上各种辅导班，其它家长的反应都是满满地对别人家孩子的羡慕和赞叹，好像一眼就看到了这位刻苦学习的好孩子用时间兑换出了光辉灿烂的未来。
rúruò tīngshuō yīgē háizi zài chóngdiǎn xuéxiào 、jiānzi Bān ，bānzhǔrèn zhuā de Yán ，huòzhě háizi zì Jiā yālì ，zhǔdòng yāoqiú shàng gèzhǒng fǔdǎobān ，qítā jiāzhǎng de fǎnyìng dōu shì mǎnmǎn de duì biéren jiā háizi de xiànmù hé zàntàn ，hǎoxiàng yīyǎn jiù kàndào le zhèwèi kèkǔ xuéxí de hǎo háizi yòng shíjiān duìhuàn chū le guānghuīcànlàn de wèilái 。
If one hears that a child is in an "elite school", an "elite class", their homeroom teacher is "strict", or that the child is putting undue stress on himself/herself by taking additional classes, other parents usually respond with full-hearted compliments to this "other people's child", as if already seeing with a glance the bright future this good, hard-working kid is exchanging for his/her childhood.
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靡不有初，鲜克有终。”实现中华民族伟大复兴需要一代又一代人为之努力。中华民族创造了具有五千多年历史的灿烂文明，也一定能够创造出更加灿烂的明天。
mí bù yǒu chū ，xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng 。”shíxiàn zhōnghuámínzú wěidà fùxīng xūyào yī dài yòu yī dài rén wèi zhī nǔlì 。zhōnghuámínzú chuàngzào le jùyǒu wǔ qiān duōnián lìshǐ de cànlàn wénmíng ，yě yīdìng nénggòu chuàngzào chū gèngjiā cànlàn de míngtiān 。
"We should never start that which we cannot finish.” To implement the great renaissance of the Chinese people, we need hard work in generation after generation. The Chinese people created a brilliant civilization of over 5000 years of history, and they are surely able to create a more brilliant tomorrow.
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写下灿烂的诗篇
xiěxià cànlàn de shīpiān
Writing magnificent poetry
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中国有历史悠久的文明和灿烂的文化，而且近几年的发展也让人惊叹。
Zhōngguó yǒu lìshǐ yōujiǔ de wénmíng hé cànlàn de wénhuà ，érqiě jìnjǐnián de fāzhǎn yě ràngrén jīngtàn 。
Chinese civilization has a long history and a magnificent culture. Even so, the development of the past few years has really stunned people.
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