帘 (簾)
lián
Pinyin

Definition

帘 (簾)
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lián
  1. hanging screen or curtain

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

窗帘
chuāng lián
  1. 1 window curtains
眼帘
yǎn lián
  1. 1 eyes (in literature)
  2. 2 eyesight
帘子
lián zi
  1. 1 curtain
卷帘门
juǎn lián mén
  1. 1 roll-up door
卷帘
juǎn lián
  1. 1 roller shutter
  2. 2 a blind

Idioms (2)

垂帘听政
chuí lián tīng zhèng
  1. 1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
  2. 2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
映入眼帘
yìng rù yǎn lián
  1. 1 (idiom) to greet the eye
  2. 2 to come into view

Sample Sentences

用来放毛笔的东西叫做“笔帘”，可以随身携带毛笔，笔帘通风，就不用担心毛笔发霉。
yònglái fàng máobǐ de dōngxi jiàozuò “bǐlián ”，kěyǐ suíshēn xiédài máobǐ ，bǐlián tōngfēng ，jiù bùyòng dānxīn máobǐ fāméi 。
The item we use to store the pens are called "bi lian - pen curtain". You can bring it with you anywhere. It keeps the brushes aired so you don't have to worry about the brushes going mouldy.
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凉屋通常傍水而建，利用机械原理将水送至屋顶，然后水流沿着屋檐往下淌，大有人工“水帘洞”的味道。
liángwū tōngcháng bàngshuǐérjiàn ，lìyòng jīxiè yuánlǐ jiāng shuǐ sòng zhì wūdǐng ，ránhòu shuǐliú yánzhe wūyán wǎng xià tǎng ，dàyǒu réngōng “shuǐliándòng ”de wèidao 。
Summer houses were built near water, and used mechanical principle to deliver water to the roof top and down the eaves creating a man made water curtain
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他显然因此种阳刚和阴柔之分而感到自豪。其实东坡之词何尝都是“大江东去”？“笑渐不闻声渐杳，多情却被无情恼”；“绣帘开，一点明月窥人”；这些词句，恐怕也只合十七八女郎曼声低唱吧？
tā xiǎnran yīn cǐzhǒng yánggāng hé yīnróu zhīfēn ér gǎndào zìháo 。qíshí Dōngpō zhī cí hécháng dōu shì “dà jiāng dōng qù ”？“xiào jiàn bù wén shēng jiàn yǎo ，duōqíng què bèi wúqíng nǎo ”；“xiùlián kāi ，yīdiǎn míngyuè kuī rén ”；zhèxiē cí jù ，kǒngpà yě zhǐ hé shíqī bā nǚláng màn shēng dī chàng ba ？
He clearly felt proud of this kind of distinction between masculine and feminine, but actually it's not like Su Dongpo's ci are all like 'The River Surges Eastward'". Wouldn't lines of poetry like, "Gradually, the laughter within the walls faded, and the passersby dispersed. As if one's passion was injured by the ruthlessness of a young girl." and "Through the embroidered curtain, the moon steals a furtive glance at her." also maybe only be appropriate for young girls of 17 or 18 to sing in modest voices?
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不了，我得走了，我跟设计师约好要去挑磁砖、选家具、订窗帘！
bù le ，wǒ děi zǒu le ，wǒ gēn shèjìshī yuē hǎo yào qù tiāo cízhuān 、xuǎn jiājù 、dìng chuānglián ！
No, I have to go. I've got an appointment with my designer to go pick out tiles, furniture and to order curtains!
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是不是上帝在我眼前遮住了帘，
shìbushì shàngdì zài wǒ yǎnqián zhē zhù le lián ，
Did god cover my eyes with curtains
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窗帘好好的，干嘛换？
chuānglián hǎohāo de ，gànmá huàn ？
The curtains are great, why would we change them?
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咱们把家里的窗帘换一换好吗？
zánmen bǎ jiālǐ de chuānglián huàn yī huàn hǎo ma ？
Let's change the curtains in our house, OK?
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我比较瘦，就藏在窗帘后面吧。李艾，你就藏在床底下吧。
wǒ bǐjiào shòu ，jiù cáng zài chuānglián hòumian ba 。Lǐ Ài ，nǐ jiù cáng zài chuáng dǐxià ba 。
I'm pretty skinny. I'll hide behind the curtain. Li Ai, you just hide under the bed.
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上次的配色方案你不是点头了吗？再说，暗红色的墙面配古铜色的窗帘，不仅气派，而且很现代的。
shàngcì de pèisè fāng\'àn nǐ bùshì diǎntóu le ma ？zài shuō ，àn hóngsè de qiángmiàn pèi gǔtóngsè de chuānglián ，bùjǐn qìpài ，érqiě hěn xiàndài de 。
Didn't you agree to the color scheme last time? Besides, the dark red wall matches the bronze colored curtains. Not only does it have a lot of feeling, it's modern too.
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这样，我帮你们把插座装在有窗户的这面墙上，平时窗帘垂下来，插座也就看不到了。
zhèyàng ，wǒ bāng nǐmen bǎ chāzuò zhuāng zài yǒu chuānghu de zhè miàn qiáng shàng ，píngshí chuānglián chuí xiàlái ，chāzuò yě jiù kànbudào le 。
How about this, I'll install the outlet on the wall with the window here. Usually the curtain will be hanging down and you won't be able to see the outlet.
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