兰 lán

orchid; elegant, graceful

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DEFINITIONS

  • orchid
  • elegant, graceful
  • surname Lan
  • abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
  • orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
  • fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
  • lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

STROKES

WORDS

西兰花 xī lán huā broccoli
设得兰群岛 shè dé lán qún dǎo Shetland Islands
贺兰山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
贺兰山岩鹨 hè lán shān yán liù (bird species of China) Mongolian accentor (Prunella koslowi)
贺兰山红尾鸲 hè lán shān hóng wěi qú (bird species of China) Alashan redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)
贺兰山脉 hè lán shān mài Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
贺兰县 hè lán xiàn Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1], Ningxia
达兰萨拉 dá lán sà lā Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile
都兰 dū lán Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
都兰县 dū lán xiàn Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
金兰之交 jīn lán zhī jiāo intimate friendship (idiom)
金兰谱 jīn lán pǔ lit. directory of golden orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)
铃兰 líng lán lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
阿特兰蒂斯 ā tè lán dì sī Atlantis
阿兰文 ā lán wén Aramaic
阿兰若 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
双蕊兰 shuāng ruǐ lán double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species
雪兰莪 xuě lán é Selangor (Malaysia)
革兰氏 gé lán shì Mr Gram; Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
革兰氏染色法 gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
革兰氏阴性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
革兰阳 gé lán yáng Gram-positive (bacteria)
革兰阳性 gé lán yáng xìng Gram-positive (bacteria)
香草兰 xiāng cǎo lán vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
马兰基地 mǎ lán jī dì Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
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