Character data

HSK 5

FREQUENCY 1293rd character

RADICAL ⽔ (85.8)

STROKES 11

INDEX # 2430

淡 dàn

light in color; tasteless; diluted

HSK 5 #1293

淡 dàn

Word	Meaning
冷淡 lěng dàn HSK 5	cold; indifferent
清淡 qīng dàn HSK 5	light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid
淡水 dàn shuǐ HSK 6	fresh water; potable water (water with low salt content)
淡季 dàn jì HSK 6	off season; slow business season; see also 旺季wàng jì
扯淡 chě dàn	to talk nonsense
平淡 píng dàn	ordinary; nothing special; dull
淡忘 dàn wàng	to be forgotten; to fade from memory
暗淡 àn dàn	dim (light); dark; dull (color)
黯淡 àn dàn	variant of 暗淡àn dàn
平淡无奇 píng dàn wú qí	ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě	to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)
淡出 dàn chū	to withdraw from (politics, acting etc)
淡淡 dàn dàn	faint; dim; dull
惨淡 cǎn dàn	gloomy; dismal; dark
冲淡 chōng dàn	to dilute
淡化 dàn huà	to play down; to weaken; to water down
淡漠 dàn mò	indifferent; apathetic; unsympathetic
淡然 dàn rán	tranquil and calm; indifferent
淡薄 dàn bó	light; thin; faint
淡黄 dàn huáng	light yellow
淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú	freshwater lake
淡水鱼 dàn shuǐ yú	freshwater fish
惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng	to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
淡妆 dàn zhuāng	light makeup
浓淡 nóng dàn	shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)

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