簡 jiǎn

simple, terse, succinct; letter

DEFINITIONS

  • simple, terse, succinct
  • letter
  • simple
  • uncomplicated
  • letter
  • to choose
  • to select
  • bamboo strips used for writing (old)

WORDS

不簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
二簡 èr jiǎn abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4 er4 ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4]
刪簡壓縮 shān jiǎn yā suō to simplify and condense (a text); abridged
因陋就簡 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily; It's not pretty but it works.
時間簡史 shí jiān jiǎn shǐ "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
書簡 shū jiǎn (literary) letter
極簡主義 jí jiǎn zhǔ yì minimalism
漢簡 hàn jiǎn bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
生平簡介 shēng píng jiǎn jiè biographic sketch
白簡 bái jiǎn Wrigley's Spearmint (brand)
白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
短簡 duǎn jiǎn brief
竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together to form whole scrolls)
第二次漢字簡化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986); abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
簡・愛 jiǎn ・ ài Jane Eyre, novel by Charlotte Brontë 夏洛特·勃良特[Xia4 luo4 te4 · Bo2 liang2 te4]
簡介 jiǎn jiè summary; brief introduction
簡便 jiǎn biàn simple and convenient; handy
簡冊 jiǎn cè booklet; brochure; (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)
簡則 jiǎn zé general rule; simple principle
簡化 jiǎn huà to simplify
簡化字 jiǎn huà zì simplified Chinese character
簡史 jiǎn shǐ a brief history
簡單 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated
簡單化 jiǎn dān huà simplification; to simplify
簡單地說 jiǎn dān de shuō to put it simply; simply put
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