淡 dàn

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

HSK 5 #1293

DEFINITIONS

淡 dàn
  • insipid
  • diluted
  • weak
  • mild
  • light in color
  • tasteless
  • indifferent
  • (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen

STROKES

WORDS

冷淡 lěng dàn
HSK 5
cold; indifferent
清淡 qīng dàn
HSK 5
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
淡水 dàn shuǐ
HSK 6
Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water
淡季 dàn jì
HSK 6
off season; slow business season; see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]
扯淡 chě dàn to talk nonsense
平淡 píng dàn flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
淡忘 dàn wàng to be forgotten; to fade from memory
暗淡 àn dàn dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
黯淡 àn dàn variant of 暗淡[an4 dan4]
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 sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)
淡出 dàn chū to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
淡淡 dàn dàn faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
惨淡 cǎn dàn dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
冲淡 chōng dàn to dilute
淡化 dàn huà to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination
淡漠 dàn mò apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic
淡然 dàn rán tranquil and calm; indifferent
淡薄 dàn bó thin; light; flagging; 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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