gān qián

dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)

DEFINITIONS

乾 gān
  • old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • surname Gan
  • dry
  • clean
  • in vain
  • dried food
  • foster
  • adoptive
  • to ignore
  • variant of 乾|干[gan1]
  • to concern
  • to interfere
  • shield
  • stem
乾 qián
  • old variant of 乾[qian2]
  • surname Qian
  • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
  • male principle
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
  • variant of 乾[qian2]

STROKES

WORDS

酪 gān lào cheese
酪素 gān lào sù casein
陵 qián líng Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
隆 qián lóng Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735-1799
飯 gān fàn cooked and dried rice
餾 gān liú to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization
bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job; allocated task
兒 bāo gān r erhua variant of 包乾|包干[bao1 gan1]
制 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
飯 chī gān fàn (coll.) to be incompetent; useless; good-for-nothing
chuī gān to blow-dry
唾面自 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek; to drain the cup of humiliation
外強中 wài qiáng zhōng gān strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
大便燥 dà biàn gān zào constipated
大溪豆 dà xī dòu gān Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
太陽照在桑河上 tài yáng zhào zài sāng gān hé shàng The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
夾心餅 jiā xīn bǐng gān sandwich cookie; (jocularly) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
威化餅 wēi huà bǐng gān wafer; wafer cookie
巴馬酪 bā mǎ gān lào Parmesan cheese
宗迦峰 kāng qián zōng jiā fēng Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
盛世 kāng qián shèng shì booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
手腳不淨 shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing
扭轉坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
cā gān to wipe dry