càn
Pinyin

Definition

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càn
  1. beautiful
  2. bright
  3. splendid
  4. smilingly

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

càn
  1. 1 gem
  2. 2 luster of gem

Related Words (1)

càn rán
  1. 1 clear and bright
  2. 2 with a big smile

Sample Sentences

随后郑伯的陪同大夫也心领神会吟诵《诗经.郑风.缁衣》中“适子之馆兮,还予授子之粲兮”,意思是,我家郑伯前来也是为卫侯之事,希望晋侯看在二位诸侯面子上,释放卫侯,二人将十分感激。
suíhòu zhèngbó de péitóng dàifu yě xīnlǐngshénhuì yínsòng 《shījīng .zhèngfēng .zīyī 》zhōng “shì zǐ zhī guǎn xī ,huán yǔ shòu zǐ zhī càn xī ”,yìsi shì ,wǒjiā zhèngbó qiánlái yě shì wèi wèihóu zhī shì ,xīwàng jìnhóu kàn zài èr wèi zhūhóu miànzi shàng ,shìfàng wèihóu ,èr rén jiāng shífēn gǎnjī 。
Following this, the senior official accompanying the Duke of Zheng intuitively recited the line "We will go to your court, And when we return home, we will send you a feast!" from Zi Yi from the Odes of Zheng in the Book of Songs, which meant, my Duke of Zheng has come here for the Duke of Wei, and we hope that out of respect for these two nobles, you will release him and we shall be very grateful for it.